Principal Platform Engineer- GCP and Kubernetes is a must

Sonicwall
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Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have hands-on Kubernetes and GCP experience.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hands-on Kubernetes and GCP experience in production environments, and a track record of improving system reliability and scalability
    — “5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments”
  • Individuals with a strong background in infrastructure-as-code and Terraform automation
    — “Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code workflows”
  • Those with a history of collaborating across engineering and support teams to build resilient platforms
    — “Partner with Engineering and Support teams to optimize system performance”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a long-term commitment due to the 10+ years of experience requirement
    — “At least 10+ years of related experience”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with observability tools and metrics, logs, and traces in your resume and interview responses
    — “Ensure comprehensive observability across services, infrastructure, and applications”
  • Emphasize your ability to diagnose and tune database performance in distributed systems
    — “Diagnose and tune database and service performance across distributed systems”
  • Demonstrate your influence on architectural decisions through specific examples in your interview
    — “Influence architectural decisions and build resilient platforms”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • optimized Kubernetes production environment
  • enhanced system reliability and scalability
Typical background
experience with Kubernetes and cloud platformsbackground in systems administration

Skills & requirements

Required

KubernetesGCPTerraformLinux Systems AdministrationDatabase Performance Tuning

Preferred

GoPythonNetworking

Stack & domain

KubernetesGCPTerraformGoPythonLinuxDatabase Performance OptimizationCybersecurityCloud ComputingInfrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Sonicwall via Greenhouse

SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

We are seeking a seasoned Principal Platform Engineer to lead the evolution and performance of our Kubernetes-based production environment. In this role, you will drive reliability, scalability, and observability across mission-critical systems while working hands-on with Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, and modern infrastructure automation. You will partner closely with Engineering and Support teams to optimize system performance, influence architectural decisions, and build resilient platforms that enable business growth at scale.

Responsibilities:

Maintain, scale, and enhance our Kubernetes production platform

Improve the performance, reliability, and availability of production systems

Ensure comprehensive observability across services, infrastructure, and applications (metrics, logs, traces, alerts)

Diagnose and tune database and service performance across distributed systems

Partner with Development teams to assess platform impact of new features and architectural changes

Identify architecture bottlenecks and contribute to scalable, resilient technical solutions

Collaborate with Support teams to build and maintain operational runbooks and improve incident response processes

Requirements:

5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments

Strong expertise with Linux systems administration and troubleshooting

GCP cloud experience required; multi-cloud exposure is a plus

Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code workflows

Strong understanding of container lifecycle management and deployments

Programming experience in Go, Python, or a comparable language

Experience with database performance optimization and tuning

Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals and network-level troubleshooting

Education and Experience:

At least 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience preferred

 Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred

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SonicWall is an equal opportunity employer.  

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

At SonicWall, we pride ourselves on recruiting a diverse mix of talented people and providing active security solutions in 100+ countries.

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