BMC Software · 1 week ago
Principal DevOps Engineer - DataOps
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$172K/yr - $286K/yr
10+ years expBMC Software is a leader in empowering organizations to accelerate business value through innovative technology solutions. They are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to build and operate their next-generation Agentic-AI Data Management platform, focusing on reliability and automation in a hands-on role.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate the core cloud and Kubernetes-based platform that underpins a 0-1 data automation and management product, taking infrastructure and operational capabilities from concept through production
Deploy, operate, and scale large-scale DataOps stacks, including orchestration, streaming, and data platforms (Airflow, Kafka, Spark, Flink, data lakes), ensuring enterprise-grade reliability and performance
Write production-grade automation in Python, Go, or similar languages to eliminate manual operational work across provisioning, deployment, scaling, monitoring, and incident response
Design and evolve Kubernetes-based platforms using Docker, Helm, and cloud-native services, balancing speed of delivery with long-term operability, security, and cost control
Establish and enforce SRE best practices including SLIs/SLOs, alerting strategies, incident management, and post-incident reviews to support enterprise customers
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, security controls, observability tooling, and internal operational platforms; support multi-cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP); and partner closely with product and engineering teams to ensure systems are operable, scalable, and production-ready
Identify gaps, propose pragmatic solutions, and move work forward without waiting for perfect requirements, operating with a strong sense of ownership in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment
Qualification
Required
10+ years of professional engineering experience, including building, deploying, and operating enterprise B2B systems in production
Strong experience designing and operating cloud-native platforms on one or more major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Proven DataOps experience operating large-scale data platforms, including orchestration, ingestion, streaming, and storage systems in production
Hands-on experience deploying and managing Airflow, DataHub, ETL pipelines, Kafka, Spark, Flink, and S3-based data lakes at scale
Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and microservice-based architectures in real production environments
Strong automation skills using Python, Go, or similar languages, with a bias toward eliminating manual operational work
Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, source control (Git/GitHub), and release engineering practices
Strong Linux/Unix systems knowledge and experience operating distributed systems at scale
Solid understanding of networking, security, and cloud infrastructure fundamentals
Experience with observability tooling (metrics, logging, tracing) and production debugging
Comfort operating in ambiguous, startup-style environments where DevOps engineers are expected to lead, not just support
Preferred
ML Ops / AgentOps experience, including operating AI- or LLM-enabled systems and understanding their impact on reliability, cost, and observability
Experience supporting agentic or ML-driven platforms, even if not previously responsible for designing them end-to-end
Strong exposure to open-source technologies and tooling across the DevOps ecosystem
Benefits
Variable plan
Country specific benefits
Company
BMC Software
BMC Software is a business service management platform offering cloud and IT management solutions for businesses.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$750M2018-05-29Series Unknown
2018-05-29Acquired
2014-04-08Debt Financing· $750M
Leadership Team
Ayman Sayed
President and CEO
Ram Chakravarti
Chief Technology Officer
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