Principal Engineer - Core Engineering NetSec

Your Career

We are looking for an exceptional Principal Engineer to lead the technical design and implementation of critical infrastructureSRE and DevOps solutions. This role demands deep technical expertise in modern DevOps & SRE practices distributed systems and cloudnative technologies. You will focus on building scalable frameworks driving automation and enhancing operational maturity across engineering teams.

As the Principal Engineer of the Core DevOPs team part of NetSeC cloud infrastructure and platform engineering(CIPE) org you will play a pivotal role in building the technical backbone that supports Palo Alto Networks SASE global scale. Your work will directly influence the reliability scalability and efficiency of systems across the SASE organization driving innovation and operational excellence.

What We Offer:

• A highly technical and collaborative environment
• Opportunities to work on cuttingedge technologies and solve complex challenges
• A chance to shape the future of DevOps and SRE practices at a leading cybersecurity company

Your Impact

• Core DevOps Framework 
  • Architect and implement a unified DevOps framework to integrate and standardize provisioning and deployment pipelines from multiple product teams
  • Develop a oneclick infrastructure and deployment solution to simplify and accelerate delivery processes across teams
  • Leverage technologies such as Kubernetes Terraform and gitlab systems to create scalable and modular frameworks
• Cloud Cost Observability and Optimization
  • Extend existing FinOps platforms to provide granular realtime cloud cost observability and actionable insights for engineering teams
  • Build automated cost anomaly detection systems and remediation workflows using cloudnative tools and custom solutions
  • Implement policyascode frameworks for cost management and resource optimization
• DevOps/SRE Maturity Automation
  • Design automated scorecard systems to continuously assess and benchmark the DevOps and SRE maturity of individual teams
  • Build telemetry systems and dashboards that provide actionable insights into reliability scalability and operational efficiency metrics
• Infrastructure and Tooling Expertise
  • Drive adoption of best practices in infrastructureascode CI/CD pipelines and observability platforms
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to identify gaps and develop solutions for improving reliability scalability and performance
  • Evaluate and introduce cuttingedge tools frameworks and practices that align with the organizations technical strategy

Qualifications :

Your Impact

Technical Depth

• 7 years in software engineering technology architecture and DevOps with a demonstrated ability to design implement and maintain secure scalable and resilient systems to support software development and deployment
• BS in CS CE EE or relevant field or equivalent military experience 
• Extensive experience in designing and building scalable cloudnative infrastructure on platforms like AWS GCP or Azure
• Strong expertise in container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes) service mesh architectures and infrastructureascode tools (e.g. Terraform Pulumi)
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python Go or Java for automation and tool development
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems and cloud platform concepts 
• Solid understanding of fundamental CI/CD GitOps and DevOps concepts and experience with building pipelines using technologies such as gitlab and jenkins
• Proven highgrowth startup experience in scaling and supporting engineering teams with the ability to lead by example and foster a highperformance culture

Operational Excellence

• Deep understanding of distributed systems reliability engineering and incident management
• Experience with building observability pipelines including metrics logs and distributed tracing (e.g. Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry)
• Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL MySQL and NoSQL systems with a focus on reliability and scalability

Cost Optimization Expertise

• Practical experience with FinOps practices including cost observability anomaly detection and policy enforcement
• Experience building automated workflows for cost reduction and cloud resource optimization

DevOps Leadership

• Proven ability to design frameworks and tools that are adopted across multiple teams and scale effectively
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles pipeline optimization and deployment strategies
• Ability to assess team maturity using datadriven methodologies and deliver tailored solutions to enhance operational practices

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime