Principal IT Release Engineer

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.

Our Approach to Work

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

We are searching for a Principal Release Engineer, IT with experience in software release management processes. You will oversee the entire release process, from planning and scheduling to executing the release. You must have experience managing IT releases in a complex, fast-paced, heterogeneous IT environment with many SaaS and On-prem systems. There will be multiple releases every month. Good written, verbal communication skills are necessary as you will work closely with IT Leaders, IT Program managers, Product managers, and Dev/Tech leads. You will ensure all approvals are obtained to release the software in a timely manner to QA, UAT, and Production environments. You will also manage Dev, QA, and UAT environment refreshes. 

Your Impact

• Work with IT project,  product, and development teams to create and maintain release schedules
• Manage version control and release documentation
• Perform risk assessments and contingency planning 
• Coordinate with stakeholders to communicate release plans and progress
• Define and drive the execution of the CI/CD process for the IT application
• Manage SDLC environment refresh and schedule working with project managers and IT leads

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 14+ years of proven experience as a Release Engineer or in DevOps
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable communicating directly with software developers, QA Engineers, IT Support 
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline and build tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, etc. 
• Proficiency in scripting to automate repetitive tasks
• Experience with version control systems
• Experience working in an Agile, scrum environment
• Experience with major platforms like SFDC, SAP, Workday, Micro Services, and Snaplogic iPaaS 
• Located in SF Bay Area, need to be in office 3 days a week.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field or equivalent military experience required
• Master’s degree is preferred

Additional Information

The Team 

At Palo Alto Networks®, everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than one before. 

The IT Enterprise Architecture team is uniquely positioned to transform new production introductions, business processes, and system landscapes across the PANW enterprise for the next growth phase. 

The IT Enterprise Architecture Organization consists of four teams performing critical functions. 

• New Product Introductions (NPI) 
• Business Architecture
• Information System Architecture
• IT QA

The NPI team does product introductions for all PANW product lines. This function is closely aligned with our product line (speedboats) from ideation to GA. They work closely with all stakeholders (IT, Marketing, sales ops, GCS, Finance, and Legal) to launch PANW products.

The Business Architecture team is responsible for designing, reengineering, and automating business processes across the enterprise. 

The Information System Arch