Senior Software Architect

Our Mission

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Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

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Job Summary

CyberArk, a Palo Alto Networks company is seeking a skilled Production Engineering Architect to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader responsible for designing and implementing scalable, secure cloud infrastructure within a FedRAMP-compliant environment. You will work alongside cross-functional teams to drive platform visibility, accelerate CI/CD maturity, and shape the future of our cloud architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Design Implementation of AWS infrastructure components such as VPCs, EC2, EKS, S3, tagging schemes, CloudFormation, etc.

• Architecture of deployment and management automation of cloud-based infrastructure and software

• Design and implement automated solutions to streamline FedRAMP compliance activities (Inventory, Vulnerability Management, etc.).

• Architecting the use of configuration management tools in both Windows and Linux – AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible

• Design and implement SRE solutions for high availability and resiliency - Ensuring architectures meet availability and recoverability requirements

• Architecture and implementation of cloud-based monitoring, alerting and observability

• Provide support and guidance to junior engineers to create efficiencies within the team

• Deep understanding of the latest tech solutions, trends, and ability to dive into the details of the architecture as needed.

• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, design standards, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates to drive consistency across our platforms

• Work with the Team Leads within the group to identify areas of improvement, prepare architecture road maps, and advocate to the Product Management group.

• Evaluate and integrate AI-powered tooling into engineering workflows — including AI-assisted code review, anomaly detection, intelligent alerting, and automated remediation.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience managing AWS infrastructure

• Minimum of 8 years of experience with systems engineering and software development

• Expert understanding/experience of container orchestration platforms such as Kubernete,SS1 CF2 , ECS or equivalent

• Solid understanding/experience of web services, databases and relating infrastructure/architectures

• Solid understanding of backup/restore best practices

• Strong level of expertise programming in C# / C++ / Java / Python or equivalent language

• Strong grasp ofplatform observability, including AI-assisted monitoring strategies using tools like Datadog or similar.

• Experience supporting an enterprise-level SaaS environment

• Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance requirements and how they influence architectural decisions around network segmentation, encryption, identity, and access management - including considerations specific to AI data pipelines and model storage.

• Familiarity with NIST 800-53 control requirements as they relate to FedRAMP, cloud and AI system design.

• Candidates must be U.S. Citizens to meet federal access and security compliance requirements.

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here ( .

$147,000.00 - $237,500.00/yr

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io .

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.