Principal DevOps Engineer
Core
Architect, scale, and optimize a massive-scale, multi-region GCP environment for the Cortex SecOps platform (XDR, XSIAM, XSOAR, XPANSE), serving as a technical pillar and visionary for infrastructure resilience and cost-efficiency.
Role type
Principal DevOps Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering)
Builds
Global multi-region GCP infrastructure, self-healing CI/CD pipelines, automated remediation frameworks, and intelligent auto-scaling solutions for the Cortex platform.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure (GCP) (via careerplan.io/jobs/JR-019551-principal-devops-engineer-at-paloaltonetworks)
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
GCP architecture, Kubernetes (GKE), Terraform, Python/Go, Linux internals, GitOps (ArgoCD), Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry, FinOps
Preferred skills
Cross-functional technical leadership, troubleshooting distributed systems, autonomous high-stakes decision making
Technologies
GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, Go, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, PagerDuty
Responsibilities
Design and govern global cloud infrastructure strategy using IaC; architect secure, self-healing CI/CD workflows; drive long-term GCP cost optimization and FinOps models; consult with product engineering on containerization and scalability; lead post-mortems for systemic outages; develop internal automation platforms; define DevOps technical roadmap and mentor senior engineers.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence