Experienced DevOps Engineer (Cortex)

About the role

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

Your Career:
Join our Cortex Cloud security Devops team as experienced Devops engineer.
The cloud security platform empowers teams through automation and security-as-code. We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to help build, manage, and secure our infrastructure while ensuring optimal performance and reliability.

Your Impact

  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure solutions.

  • Execute on our technical roadmap and drive infrastructure improvements from concept to deployment.

  • Improve service uptime by building comprehensive monitoring and enforcing SLAs.

  • Implement robust security measures and stay updated on the latest security best practices.

  • Provide technical guidance on infrastructure and security to the broader engineering team.

  • Act as an internal user of our cloud security platform, providing valuable product feedback to the development team.

Qualifications

Your experience:
 

  • 2 - 4 years of hands-on experience as a DevOps Engineer.

  • Strong background in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, and scripting (Bash, Python, or JavaScript).

  • Experience managing container workloads and Kubernetes, with a strong preference for GCP.

  • Proficient with Infrastructure as Code and configuration tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.

  • Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitLab CI or Jenkins.

  • Familiarity with observability tools and managing databases such as BigQuery, MongoDB, Neo4j, or ElasticSearch.

  • Collaborative team player and fast learner with experience supporting scalable, multi-service production environments.

Our Commitment

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.

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  [email protected].

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

About Cortex by Palo Alto Networks

Demisto Enterprise is a security operations platform that combines intelligent automation and collaboration into a single ChatOps interface. It combines security orchestration and automation, incident management, and interactive investigation to help security teams meet these challenges and best leverage existing and new security investments.

Demisto’s automation is provided by DBot, who interacts with your team via ChatOps for playbook-based workflows, cross-correlation, and information sharing, helping security teams scale while working and learning the way humans are wired to – together.

The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Cupertino, California.

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Job details

Company

NameCortex by Palo Alto Networks
IndustryAutomation
Team Size4

Funding

Total raised

$69M

Last stage

Series C

Investors

Greylock
Accel
CClearSky
CCerca Partners
Salesforce Ventures

Founders

SM

Slavik Markovich

Co-Founder & CEO

LinkedIn
RB

Rishi Bhargava

Co-Founder & VP Marketing

LinkedIn
DS

Dan Sarel

Co-Founder & VP Product

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.