Staff Software Engineer, Cloudops
Palo Alto Networks
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This role pays more than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $168,725–$215,687 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $230k versus about $192k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.
Palo Alto Networks currently has 40 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $164,000–$266,000 across 38 roles with salary data.
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Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Compute Infrastructure joins the Information Technology team as an AI-Native Reliability Software Engineer. This role focuses on building software engines, intelligent pipelines, and autonomous systems to power a cloud presence by treating the cloud as a programmable, AI-orchestrated entity. The engineer will lead enterprise architectural strategy across AWS, Azure, and GCP while integrating AI workflows and LLM agents for automated infrastructure refactoring. Key responsibilities include architecting secure-by-design telemetry pipelines, engineering autonomous agents for predictive auto-scaling, and managing globally distributed Kubernetes fleets with AI-driven traffic routing. The role requires expertise in Go, Python, or TypeScript (Node.js), along with experience in vector databases, prompt engineering, and CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions or GitLab CI to solve complex problems regarding high-availability cloud infrastructure and automated incident response.
What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 59 postings across 16 companies.
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