Director DevOps Engineering (Cortex)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

We are seeking a dynamic and visionary DevOps Director to lead and transform our Cortex DevOps group based in our Tel Aviv R&D center. The DevOps group plays a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and availability of the production environment hosting Cortex products. Additionally, this group enables the entire XDR R&D team through the strategic use of CI tools, infrastructure, and automation.

Your Impact

• Lead and manage a talented group of DevOps managers and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence
• Provide strategic direction and drive the development of cutting-edge solutions for maintaining and enhancing the reliability and availability of our SaaS products
• Oversee end-to-end operations for the production of our innovative SaaS cybersecurity product, ensuring high service levels and operational efficiency
• Drive the creation and implementation of automated remediation tools for known issues, security measures, and monitoring within our cloud infrastructure
• Review existing processes, technologies and procedures and implement ways to mature the environment as we scale
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including InfoSec, development, and QA, to enhance software architecture, scalability, and service reliability
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to manage and orchestrate our large-scale cloud deployment
• Innovate and introduce new technologies to optimize cloud operations and address large-scale challenges
• Manage large-scale cloud environments, including thousands of Kubernetes clusters, ensuring seamless performance
• Play a crucial role in incident response and on-call rotation, supporting applications and infrastructure
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 8+ years of experience as a DevOps/SRE/Integration engineer, with a strong focus on high reliability and service excellence
• 5+ years of proven experience in a leadership role, driving teams to achieve goals and exceed expectations
• Expertise in scripting languages such as Shell scripts and Python, coupled with a deep understanding of Linux systems
• Proficiency in virtualized and containerized environments, including Kubernetes and Docker
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams
• Ability to adapt quickly to emerging technologies and prioritize multiple responsibilities in a dynamic environment
• Advantageous - Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform operations and experience with Terraform and HashiCorp tools
• Advantageous - Strong background in CI/CD, Configuration Management, and familiarity with tools like Jenkins
• Demonstrated passion for technology, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of excellence
  
  

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyber attacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.