Manager, IT Software Engineering

Palo Alto Networks • Santa Clara, CA

440d • $157,000 - $260,500

About The Position

The Manager of Infrastructure Platform Engineering at Palo Alto Networks is responsible for leading a team that designs, builds, and maintains the company's cloud-based infrastructure platforms. This role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, ensuring that the infrastructure supports the organization's growth, scalability, and reliability needs. The manager will work closely with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure strategies with business goals while advocating for automation and security best practices.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Infrastructure software development, site reliability engineering, or DevOps, with 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Experience managing large-scale, cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-premise datacenters.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices architectures.
• Extensive experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic).
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools and frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Expertise in automation frameworks and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
• Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, and post-mortem culture.
• Exceptional leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent military experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in multi-cloud environments and hybrid cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio) and cloud-native security practices.
• Experience with cost management and optimization in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of platform engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive the design, implementation, and maintenance of cloud-based infrastructure platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem solutions.
• Advocate for and implement automation practices, including Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools like Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
• Ensure platforms are highly available, scalable, and cost-efficient.
• Partner with SRE and product teams to align infrastructure strategy with business goals.
• Establish and maintain effective monitoring, alerting, and performance metrics for infrastructure health and resource utilization.
• Work with the security team to integrate security best practices into the infrastructure platform.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to manage the infrastructure budget and identify cost-optimization opportunities.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Mental and financial health resources
• Personalized learning opportunities
• FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Master's degree