Palo Alto Networks

Director, SW Engineering (Prisma Access)

In short

This role leads design, development, and delivery of core services for Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Access platform, managing a team of cloud infrastructure engineers. The company is a cybersecurity vendor, and the scope covers multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, OCI) and Kubernetes-based infrastructure, container orchestration, and SRE practices. It demands 15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years leading large, distributed engineering organizations, plus deep expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD/Flux, and cloud-native architecture. The position is onsite at the company's California headquarters and does not offer visa sponsorship.

Job Summary
Your Career:
We are seeking a Leader in Engineering who will lead the design, development, and delivery of core services of the Prisma Access platform.
Key Responsibilities
This role is ideal for someone with expertise in Kubernetes, container orchestration, multi-cloud resource orchestration and distributed systems. The team you will join is responsible for architecting, scaling, and optimizing our multi-cloud environments (Terraform, CFT etc. as well as Kubernetes-based environments) to build and maintain a high-availability, resilient infrastructure.
Your Impact:
•Lead, mentor, and grow a team of cloud infrastructure engineers.
•Drive a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
•Establish best practices for container orchestration, CI/CD, and cloud automation.
•Work cross-functionally with development, DevOps, and security teams to streamline deployments and optimize system reliability.
Technical Strategy & Implementation:
•Architect, implement, monitor and scale multi-cloud deployments, Kubernetes clusters for mission-critical applications.
•Oversee the design and automation of multi-cloud and containerized workloads, ensuring reliability and efficiency.
•Define and enforce Kubernetes security, networking, and governance best practices. Improve monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for Kubernetes-based workloads.
•Evaluate and integrate service mesh technologies like Istio where necessary.
•Optimize performance, cost, and availability in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, OCI).
Process & Collaboration:
•Develop and manage dynamic orchestration for multiple cloud resources in AWS, GCP, OCI etc.
•Ensure compliance with SLAs, SLOs, and SRE best practices for uptime and performance.
•Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and capacity planning efforts.
Qualifications
Your Experience:
•15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 5 years leading large, distributed engineering organizations.
•Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or OCI) and cloud-native technologies.
•Experience with Helm, Terraform, Kustomize, ArgoCD, or Flux.
•Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Compensation Disclosure
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.
$252,500.00 - $346,500.00/yr
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. The company will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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