Palo Alto Networks
Staff Software Engineer(Cloudops)
$124K–$201K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years in Cloud Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Distributed Systems Infrastructure; 2+ years integrating AI tools, LLMs, or predictive analytics into deployment workflows, pipelines, or software platforms.
- Visa sponsorship
- No immigration sponsorship; the company may consider applicants with current work authorization who require transfer of an existing H-1B, but not new sponsorship or applicants in OPT/CPT status who will require future sponsorship.
About the job
Build and operate AI-orchestrated, multi-cloud software and infrastructure systems, including automation, governance, observability, security, and incident response.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain cloud systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP, using infrastructure-as-code and AI-assisted workflows.
- Develop automation, internal services, and agents for provisioning, scaling, self-healing, cloud optimization, and governance.
- Operate Kubernetes and observability systems, embed security in delivery pipelines, and support complex incidents with AI-assisted response.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in TypeScript (Node.js), Go, or Python.
- Deep proficiency in at least two of AWS, Azure, and GCP, with architectural understanding of the third; expert-level Kubernetes knowledge.
- Experience with LLM APIs, vector databases, and prompt engineering for systems-level orchestration.
- Deep understanding of Linux internals, distributed systems, asynchronous programming, and performance tuning.
Nice to have
- CKA certification preferred.
Pay
USD $124,500.00 - $201,300.00/yr base salary
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Pulumi, AWS CDK, Terraform, TypeScript (Node.js), Kubernetes
AI focus
Integrate LLMs, agents, and predictive machine learning into infrastructure provisioning, cloud optimization, observability, security, and autonomous incident response.
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