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Palo Alto Networks Staff Site Reliability Engineer in Bangalore, India
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.
Who We Are
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks is looking for a talented Site Reliability Engineer for our ever expanding Cloud Operations. The ideal candidate enjoys working in a fast-paced environment with highly innovative technologies. Our team partners closely with IT and Engineering groups and requires individuals to bring a can-do, positive attitude, with a focus on delivering exceptional customer support.
Your Impact
Implementing and supporting the Linux infrastructure as code where our globally distributed customer-facing platform runs.
Provision, configure & support resilient hybrid cloud deployment architecture using the automation framework and make it more efficient
Manage Linux infrastructure CI/CD platform, work with other SREs in deploying and maintaining automation framework, capacity planning, create and review PKI operational runbooks.
Manage scalability, capacity planning, redundancy, and resiliency.
Maintain service availability and performance SLAs based on business and product requirements.
Contribute to documentation related to design, deployment, validation, operations and DR/BCP.
Design proactive service monitoring, alerting and trend analysis of underlying infrastructure, and support the operations team in implementation.
Build and operate compute fabric for 1000s of VMs, Kubernetes Clusters. Develop scripts, build tools and write code to automate routine tasks.
Provide technical support to platform users
Respond to security implementation and audits of the environment.
Plan maintenance windows, write up change requests, present technical updates.
Participate in On-Call support including participating in RCA as required.
Your Experience
Strong hands-on Linux experience in managing and supporting Linux server infrastructure in CentOS/RHEL/Ubuntu.
Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or technical stream with the equivalent combination of work experience required.
Design and performance tuning for Linux infrastructure and API, in-depth knowledge of multi-tier web applications.
Experience in developing and managing APIs, understanding of API infrastructure optimization and security.
In-depth knowledge of Certificate Lifecycle Management
Fluent in Linux security & system hardening, vulnerability management & patching process. Familiarity with CIS compliance levels.
Must be comfortable with Ansible, Chef or similar configuration management tool to manage infrastructure as code and source code control systems such as GIT or SVN.
Ability to work cross-functionally across multiple business units, such as product development and engineering
Must be able to collaborate with a global team spread across multiple time zones.
Passion, drive, energy, a sense of humour and a great attitude!
6+ years of relevant experience, Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
Experience with administration and orchestration of cloud computing (AWS, GCP, etc.) running virtual or container environments.
Good user and admin Linux skills (Ubuntu a plus).Experience with virtual networking.
Working experience with IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible. Knowledge of Python and shell scripting.
Experience with CI/CD development using platforms like - Jenkins, Harness, Artifactory.
Solid problem solving, troubleshooting, critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills.
Passion for automation and monitoring instrumentation in the code.
The Team
We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
At Palo Alto Networks, you'll have the opportunity to work on challenging projects that have a direct impact on our business success. We offer a collaborative and dynamic work environment where your contributions are valued and recognized. Join us in shaping the future of data-driven decision-making in our organization and unlock your full potential as a Staff IT Data Engineer.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Our Commitment
We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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