# Principal DevOps Engineer (US Citizen) at Palo Alto Networks

- Company: Palo Alto Networks
- What the company does: Implement Zero Trust, Secure your Network, Cloud workloads, Hybrid Workforce, Leverage Threat Intelligence & Security Consulting. Cybersecurity Services & Education for CISO’s, Head of Infrastructure, Network Security Engineers, Cloud Architects & SOC Managers. Backed by Greylock, Sequoia and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Office - USA - CA - Headquarters
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-02
- Apply by: 2026-11-16
- Apply: https://paloaltonetworks.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/panwexternalcareers/job/Office---USA---CA---Headquarters/Principal-DevOps-Engineer_JR-019363?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/palo-alto-networks-principal-devops-engineer-us-citizen-2/

## About the role

The Cortex team builds and delivers the industry’s most advanced SecOps platform, consisting of XDR, XSIAM, XSOAR, and XPANSE. As a Principal DevOps Engineer for the Cortex platform, you will serve as a technical pillar and visionary, architecting, scaling, and optimizing a massive-scale, multi-region GCP environment. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Architecture, with a proven track record of owning large-scale, business-critical production environments
- Cloud Infrastructure: Deep, authoritative expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS), including complex networking, IAM governance, and multi-region architectures
- Container Orchestration: Expert-level mastery of Kubernetes (GKE/EKS) and the broader cloud-native ecosystem (Service Meshes, Ingress controllers, advanced scheduling)
- Automation & Software Engineering: High proficiency in Python or Go, advanced Linux internals, and robust shell scripting. Expert-level experience designing maintainable, dry, and scalable Terraform modules
- Enterprise CI/CD: Deep architectural understanding of enterprise-scale software delivery pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and GitOps methodologies (e.g., ArgoCD)
- Observability & Telemetry: Proven experience designing comprehensive, platform-wide observability strategies using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and PagerDuty


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