Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Palo Alto Networks
TDP
$147-230k
More information about location
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Leading cybersecurity protections and software platform
Be an early applicant
Leading cybersecurity protections and software platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$147-230k
More information about location
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years as an engineer in Infrastructure, Operations, SRE, DevOps, or System Engineering
- 4+ years building high availability, scalable cloud-native applications on AWS and GCP
- BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience or equivalent military experience required
- Expert proficiency in SQL and GraphQL
- Deep working knowledge of at least one major relational database platform (e.g. Neo4j, Spanner, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB)
- Experience with database design, data modeling, and data warehousing concepts
- Strong understanding of backup, recovery, performance monitoring, and tuning techniques
- Expertise in configuration management with a framework such as Ansible, Terraform, Helm
- Passion for infrastructure and monitoring as code
- Solid experience in container workloads and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with PKI concepts, Networking concepts
- In-depth knowledge of different security controls ( app-id, user-id, security profile, url category, content, ssl decryption, firewall MFA etc)
- Linux administration, internals, and network troubleshooting
- Proficiency with programming languages like Golang or Python along with shell scripting to automate tasks
- Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, ArgoCD and GitLab CI/CD
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex distributed systems handling high volume transactions
- Experience with managing Kafka is a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication, able to collaborate and rally support
- Self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Ready to understand and dissect new technology stacks quickly
- Experience with Cloud Database Services (e.g., Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL)
- Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate)
- Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)
- Familiarity with data governance and regulatory compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)
What the job involves
- Palo Alto Networks runs a large infrastructure and is one of the largest GCP customers.
- As a Principle Site Reliability Engineer for the TDP team, you will be part of a team supporting the services running on this infrastructure.
- This includes automation, architecture, performance, observability, troubleshooting, security, and reliability
- Contribute to the success of SRE and DevOps
- Develop expertise in new technologies
- Work with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts
- Design, build and operate reliable, secure Cloud infrastructure
- Ensure that applications are production-ready, scalable, and reliable
- Develop tools and automation frameworks
- Automate robust deployment of robust services
- Orchestrate end-to-end monitoring and alerting
- Participate with SRE and Dev teams in the on-call rotation
- Lead root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
- Design, implement, and maintain the company’s database systems to ensure optimal performance, availability, and stability
- Safeguard sensitive data by implementing and managing robust security measures
- Develop and manage reliable backup and recovery strategies to prevent data loss and ensure business continuity
- Collaborate with development and IT teams to support applications and infrastructure that rely on the databases
- Proactively monitor database performance to identify and resolve bottlenecks, slow queries, and resource contention issues
- Optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and database configurations (tuning)
- Manage and optimize database objects, including tables, indexes, and schemas, to improve efficiency and responsiveness
- Design, implement, and manage comprehensive backup and recovery procedures
- Perform regular testing of backups and restore procedures to ensure data can be recovered swiftly and accurately in a disaster scenario
- Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and execute them during system outages
Our take
With cyber threats evolving at lightening speed, businesses need robust solutions to protect their data and infrastructure. And the global cybersecurity market is projected to grow significantly, driven by increasing cyberattacks and the adoption of digital transformation initiatives. Because of this, companies are seeking security platforms that can address these challenges efficiently.
That's where Palo Alto Networks steps in, a frontrunner in the cybersecurity arena. It offers a suite of AI-powered security solutions designed to safeguard enterprises across various sectors. Its platforms, such as Cortex XSIAM and Prisma AIRS, integrate advanced threat detection, zero trust architecture, and real-time response capabilities so organizations are ready to manage and mitigate risks.
Its leadership is evident too, with impressive growth and strategic partnerships. Recently the company surpassed $1.5M in sales through the Google Cloud Marketplace, highlighting the demand for its innovative security solutions. Additionally, a collaboration with AT&T aims to enhance cybersecurity offerings, further solidifying its position in the market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2022
$34m
SERIES A
May 2022
$11m
SEED
Total funding: $45m
Company benefits
- Healthcare: We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you need
- Wellness: With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. Our juice bar, Gym & Juice, features fresh juice blends, a quick and nutritious option pre- or post-workout. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellness
- Development: Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capability
- Financial: Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000
- Time Off: In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leave
- Perks: Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, dry cleaning service, EV charging stations, and a company store. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day. Life at Palo Alto Network
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Leadership
Nikesh Arora
(CEO & Chairman)Previously the President and COO at SoftBank, CBO at Google, and CMO at T-Mobile.
Nir Zuk
(Founder & CTO)Previously CTO at NetScreen Technologies, which was acquired by Juniper Neworks in 2004. They also co-founded OneSecure where they served as CTO and was the Principal Engineer at Check Point Software Technologies.
Lee Klarich
(CPO)Initially joined Palo Alto in 2006 as the EVP of Product Management and became CPO in 2018. Prior to this, they were the Director of Product Management at Juniper Networks and a Product Line Manager at NetScreen Technologies.
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