Senior Platform Engineer (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.

Who We Are

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for a motivated Senior Platform Engineer to join our Cortex Platform group in our Tel Aviv R&D center. As part of the Devops group, this team is responsible for the orchestration platform that manages the entire lifecycle of the production environment hosting all Cortex products, as well as the enablement of the entire RnD group using self service APIs and internal tooling.

More information about Cortex can be found here.

Your Impact

Develop the orchestration platform that manages the entire lifecycle of the production environment hosting all Cortex products deployed on GCP

Develop Kubernetes operators and cloud-native applications to streamline our infrastructure management and deployment processes

Collaborate with engineering teams to design and enhance software architecture to improve scalability, service reliability, cost and performance

Stay abreast of cutting-edge technologies and deploy them to production environments when appropriate

Contribute to team-wide efforts including code reviews, design reviews, and technical/architectural decisions

Participate in the on-call rotation to provide support for applications and infrastructure

Qualifications

Your Experience

5+ years as a Platform/Software Engineer Engineer (or similar role) with a strong programming experience in either Go, Python or other relevant coding languages

Proficiency in one of the Cloud providers. GCP - preferred

Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles and tools such as Terraform/ArgoCD/ConfigConnector

Experience improving product stability through thoughtful code reviews, testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes

High proficiency with virtualized and containerized environments (Kubernetes and Docker)

Ability to grasp new technologies quickly and prioritize and multitask on multiple responsibilities

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues in production environments

Experience with working with internal and external customers and stakeholders

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work and coordinate between multiple teams

Nice to Have:

Experience developing Kubernetes operators

Proficiency with databases

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 problem solvers that 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.