Sr FedRAMP Cloud Engineer

Palo Alto Networks

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place. Who We Are In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us! 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 Summary Your Career Palo Alto Networks runs a large hybrid infrastructure and is one of the largest GCP customers. As a Platform Engineer, you will be part of a team building tooling to help manage this infrastructure and improve overall efficiency and performance. This includes automation, architecture design, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, and reliability. Our stack includes Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kafka, Redis, Pub/sub, Bigtable, VertexAI, Bigquery, MongoDB, Python, and Go. We don’t expect you to know all these, but we do expect you to learn the ones needed for this role.

Requirements

BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience or equivalent military experience
Expertise in managing distributed and autoscaled applications in Kubernetes clusters
Expertise in configuration management with a framework such as Helm, Terraform, or Kustomize
Experience in Production Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability
Expertise in the public cloud (GCP, AWS, or OCI)
Experience in regulatory compliance, fedramp certification
Understand and orchestrate technology and process to zero-trust mindsets
Strong Linux administration, internals, and network troubleshooting
Proficiency with programming languages like Python, Golang, or Rust to develop applications and tooling to manage advanced data systems and automate complex tasks
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab and GitHub preferred
Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex distributed systems handling high-volume transactions
Excellent written and verbal communication, able to collaborate and rally support
Self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, and strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
Passion for infrastructure and monitoring as code
Ready to understand and dissect new technology stacks quickly