Director, IT Platform Engineering
Palo Alto Networks · Bengaluru · 15+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-14
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About the role
Our engineering team is at the core of our products, directly contributing to preventing cyberattacks. We constantly innovate and challenge industry standards to solve complex, novel problems. We seek motivated individuals who thrive in ambiguity, welcome technical challenges, and are driven to secure the digital environments facing everyday lives. Lead and scale a world-class Platform Engineering organization, driving global technology, security, and infrastructure initiatives. As a highly motivated, hands-on leader who leads by example, you will deliver scalable, secure infrastructure through PaaS architectures, Infrastructure as Code, and predictive monitoring. You will champion a "Customer 0" mindset, ensuring all internal software engineering, security, and infrastructure products are thoroughly validated, secure, and production-ready. Cultivate a results-oriented culture focused on converting visionary engineering concepts into robust production environments while actively mentoring and developing technical talent. Responsibilities: Provide hands-on technical leadership, driving engineering execution and leading by example across global teams. Hire, mentor, and retain a high-performing, diverse team of platform and infrastructure software engineers. Build and scale a secure platform across cloud, compute, storage, and networking layers. Act as "Customer 0" and the first customer for internal tools, ensuring the team validates, hardens, and directly influences the roadmap for all security and infrastructure products. Partner with Product teams to deliver exceptional platform engineering outcomes and seamless software engineering tool integration. Implement comprehensive service monitoring across all compute, storage, networking, and application layers to ensure uptime and security compliance. Define and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for availability, performance, and automation. Identify process, security, and product gaps early, driving rapid resolution and operational excellence. Qualifications: Required Qualifications 15+ years of hands-on technical software engineering and architecture experience alongside proven team management. Experience building and scaling platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise security organizations. Deep technical expertise in cloud, compute, storage, and networking technologies. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automation and foundational security. Experience building, scaling, and running production operations 24x7 for heterogeneous applications in a cloud environment. A motivated, problem-solving mindset focused on customer service and high-quality technical implementation. Ability to nurture and support a strong operations culture: customer/service focus excellent technology; high quality implementations; self-motivated innovation and problem-solving. Preferred Qualifications Extensive experience on architecture design of large scale data platforms, machine learning, analytics, and data-driven applications. Advanced architectural design experience with large-scale infrastructure products and enterprise security frameworks. Proven success operating as the first customer/Customer 0 to validate software and security solutions before market release. Strong background in DevSecOps, CI/CD, and security practices within PaaS environments. Experience establishing metrics-based process and platform improvements.
Qualifications
- Required Qualifications 15+ years of hands-on technical software engineering and architecture experience alongside proven team management.
- Experience building and scaling platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise security organizations.
- Deep technical expertise in cloud, compute, storage, and networking technologies.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automation and foundational security.
- Experience building, scaling, and running production operations 24x7 for heterogeneous applications in a cloud environment.
- A motivated, problem-solving mindset focused on customer service and high-quality technical implementation.
- Ability to nurture and support a strong operations culture: customer/service focus excellent technology; high quality implementations; self-motivated innovation and problem-solving.
- Preferred Qualifications Extensive experience on architecture design of large scale data platforms, machine learning, analytics, and data-driven applications.
- Advanced architectural design experience with large-scale infrastructure products and enterprise security frameworks.
- Proven success operating as the first customer/Customer 0 to validate software and security solutions before market release.
- Strong background in DevSecOps, CI/CD, and security practices within PaaS environments.
- Experience establishing metrics-based process and platform improvements.
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, driving engineering execution and leading by example across global teams.
- Hire, mentor, and retain a high-performing, diverse team of platform and infrastructure software engineers.
- Build and scale a secure platform across cloud, compute, storage, and networking layers.
- Act as "Customer 0" and the first customer for internal tools, ensuring the team validates, hardens, and directly influences the roadmap for all security and infrastructure products.
- Partner with Product teams to deliver exceptional platform engineering outcomes and seamless software engineering tool integration.
- Implement comprehensive service monitoring across all compute, storage, networking, and application layers to ensure uptime and security compliance.
- Define and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for availability, performance, and automation.
- Identify process, security, and product gaps early, driving rapid resolution and operational excellence.