Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Platform and SRE (REMOTE)

Job Description

• Implement and support the Linux infrastructure as code both on cloud and on-prem data centers

• Provision, configure & support resilient hybrid cloud deployment architecture using the automation framework

• Manage Linux infrastructure, CI/CD platform, work with other SREs in deploying and maintaining automation framework, capacity planning, create and review operational runbooks

• Set up critical infrastructure, develop tools and framework to automate operational tasks, deployment of machines, services/apps

• 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 and operations

• Design proactive service monitoring, alerting and trend analysis of underlying infrastructure, and support the operations team in implementation

• Initiate, lead scripting and automation to streamline system updates and upgrades

Qualifications

• 8+ Years of system engineering experience on mission-critical, enterprise level systems

• 8+ Years of Linux systems experience, ideally Ubuntu, SUSE and CentOS, Managing large scale complex applications

• Demonstrated Linux/Systems experience in hybrid (cloud, on-prem) environment

• Must have a strong foundation in Linux operating systems, Troubleshooting, Design and Implementation

• Experience with Ansible, Chef or similar configuration management tool to manage infrastructure as code

• Experience working with cloud environments, primarily Google Cloud Platform

• Experience using Infrastructure-As-Code to build large scale environments

• Experience with Linux vulnerability management process and patching

• Must have programming knowledge in Python/Bash/Perl/Go languages to automate infrastructure workflow

• Understanding of software development methodologies and practices, including agile development, continuous integration and continuous delivery

• Understanding of Network Firewalls, load balancers, and complex network designs

• Experience in monitoring technologies like Datadog, Nagios, Graphite, Cacti, Grafana

• Understanding Kubernetes, container lifecycle and troubleshooting

• Hands-on knowledge of high-availability approaches such as load balancing, failover, clustering and disaster recovery

• Passion, drive, energy, a sense of humor and a great attitude!

• Can work anywhere in USA (Remote)

Additional Information

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.

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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.