Palo Alto Networks
Principal AI Platform Engineer
$184K–$297K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · No · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- Experience in Production Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability; no years specified.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience or equivalent military experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Immigration sponsorship: Yes
About the job
Build and operate AI-enabled tooling and reliable cloud infrastructure for Palo Alto Networks’ hybrid environment, improving its efficiency and performance.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, services, and automation tools.
- Develop monitoring and alerting; troubleshoot production issues and lead root cause analysis.
- Collaborate across engineering and research teams, participate in on-call rotations and design reviews, and mentor DevOps practices.
What they ask for
- Expertise in configuration management and Kubernetes-based distributed applications.
- Experience in Production Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability, and expertise in a public cloud (GCP, AWS, or OCI).
- Strong Linux administration, internals, and network troubleshooting; ability to diagnose complex distributed systems.
- Proficiency in Python, Golang, or Rust for applications and infrastructure tooling.
Nice to have
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, and GitHub.
Pay
$183,600.00 - $297,000.00/yr (USD; base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, AWS, Terraform, Kafka, Vault, Python
AI focus
Adopt AI-SDLC and use AI and DevOps ontology to empower the platform.
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