Sr Staff Engineer Software Infrastructure (SASE)

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

We are seeking a talented Sr Staff level Engineer to join our Engineering Productivity team that can challenge the status quo, thrive in an evolving and fast-paced environment to find creative, efficient and high quality solutions to complex problems. We expect you to take healthy risks as you collaborate with engineering teams across the company to empower them in developing and delivering their products with the highest quality and velocity while ensuring security throughout the lifecycle.

You will be instrumental in elevating the innovation within the team as we champion a world-class engineering culture across the company. You will tremendously impact thousands of engineers and drive the technical vision and  initiatives in source code management, build and test tooling, end-to-end CI/CD pipeline workflows while automating everything (well, everything that matters and should be automated).

We are looking for a lead engineer with a brain for innovation using or ready to use the most innovative AI tools!  With your engineering background be ready to showcase your talents with your interest in developer productivity. ​​The way this engineer will deliver impact may vary depending on the situation but they will be expected to deliver complete solutions to existing problems from ideation to production and effectively communicate with stakeholders.

This role is located at our dynamic Santa Clara California headquarters campus, and in office 3 days a week.

Your Impact

• Tool Management and Optimization: Plan, deploy, and manage GitLab, Vault, and Artifactory across different environments
• Ensure seamless integration and optimal performance of these tools in FedRamp and China operational contexts
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive CI/CD templates for use across various engineering teams
• Provide support and best practices for the adoption and customization of CI/CD templates
• AI Infrastructure Management: Oversee the development and maintenance of AI infrastructure
• Implement AI tools and frameworks to enhance developer productivity and coding efficiency through tools like AI Code Review
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including security, compliance, and development, to ensure alignment and integration of engineering productivity tools
• Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, provide technical expertise, and deliver scalable solutions
• Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Monitor the performance and health of the engineering productivity tools
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues promptly to minimize downtime and impact on developer productivity
• Continuous Improvement : Identify opportunities for automating repetitive tasks, improving workflows, and enhancing overa