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Corporate Overview

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.

Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.

The Role

At Proofpoint, we are amid an exciting transformation, migrating our applications from traditional on-premises data centers to a cloud-native, Kubernetes-based infrastructure. As a DevOps Tools Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and executing this migration strategy across AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a strong emphasis on Azure AKS. You will be responsible for building scalable, resilient, and secure platforms, enabling our teams to deploy, operate, and manage applications seamlessly in a multi-cloud environment.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure a smooth transition to Kubernetes and implement best practices. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys tackling challenges in hybrid cloud environments and wants to impact our cloud strategy significantly.

Your Day to Day

• Design highly available and robust Infrastructure services that increase the productivity of SRE and Engineering teams.

• Integrate industry-standard CNCF projects into the Proofpoint ecosystem.

• Interact with SRE/Engineering teams to understand requirements and drive solutions.

• Work in a dynamic environment and respond to interruptions promptly.

• Provide L2 support for Infrastructure services running in production.

• Provide mentoring to others within the team and the larger Ops org.

What You Bring to the Team

• Cloud Expertise : Proven experience with AWS, GCP , or Azure , including significant experience with Azure AKS and Kubernetes-based migrations.

• Infrastructure as Code and Automation Skills : Proficiency with Terraform, Helm , and scripting languages (Python, Bash, or Go) for automated infrastructure management and configuration.

• DevOps and CI/CD Experience : Expertise in building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Argo CD for efficient application deployment and updates during migration.

• Monitoring and Observability : Proven experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry for comprehensive monitoring and logging.

• Proactive and Independent : A self-starter who can take ownership of projects, drive initiatives independently, and adapt quickly to changing requirements.

• Soft Skills : Excellent problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and the ability to work effectively across teams and functions.

Nice to have

• Security Expertise: Knowledge of cloud security tools and practices, including Trivy or Snyk .

• Experience with Multi-Cloud Abstraction: Knowledge of tools like Crossplane, Rancher , or Cluster API for creating a unified abstraction layer over AWS, GKE, and AKS. Experience in building standardized interfaces for managing Kubernetes resources across multiple cloud providers is a plus.

• Kubernetes Mastery: In-depth understanding of Kubernetes, including Helm charts, Kubectl, CRDs, Ingress Controllers (e.g., NGINX), and Service Mesh (e.g., Istio , Linkerd )

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.

To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards

Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

• Build and enhance our proven security platform

• Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture

• Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel

• Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

   

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.