# Principal Site Reliability Engineer 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: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-14
- Apply: https://paloaltonetworks.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/panwexternalcareers/job/Office---USA---CA---Headquarters/Senior-Site-Reliability-Engineer_JR-022032?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
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## 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 member of the Cortex DevOps team, your role involves operating and maintaining a large-scale GCP environment, including the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of our comprehensive observability systems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- DevOps/SRE Expertise : 5+ years of experience as a DevOps/SRE engineer with a passion for technology and a strong motivation for high reliability at the service level
- Observability Tools : High proficiency with Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry and other monitoring tools
- Incident and Alerts Management : Clear understanding of incident and alerts management using tools like Pagerduty and Prometheus Alert Manager
- Cloud Proficiency : High proficiency in either Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services
- Kubernetes and Docker : High proficiency with Kubernetes and Docker for container orchestration
- Scripting and Automation : High proficiency in Python programming and Linux Shell commands. Experience with Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure as code


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