BMC Software · 16 hours ago
Principal DevOps Engineer - Hybrid
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$172K/yr - $286K/yr
10+ years expBMC Software empowers nearly 80% of the Forbes Global 100 to accelerate business value. They are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to help build and operate their next-generation Agentic-AI Data Management platform, focusing on reliability and automation in production systems.
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Responsibilities
Platform & DevOps Engineering (Primary Focus) – 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
Hands-on Automation – Write production-grade automation in Python, Go, or similar languages to eliminate manual work across provisioning, deployment, scaling, monitoring, and incident response
Cloud & Kubernetes Architecture – Design and evolve Kubernetes-based platforms using Docker, Helm, and cloud-native services, balancing speed of delivery with long-term operability and cost control
SRE & Reliability Practices – Establish and enforce SRE best practices including SLIs/SLOs, alerting strategies, error budgets, incident management, and post-incident reviews to ensure enterprise-grade reliability
CI/CD & Release Engineering – Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) to support frequent, safe, and repeatable deployments across multiple environments
Security & Compliance Enablement – Manage cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines, embedding security, compliance, and access controls directly into infrastructure and pipelines
Operational Tooling – Build and maintain internal tools, services, and automation that support deployment, observability, debugging, and operational excellence while reducing human error
Integration & Cloud Enablement – Support deployments across AWS including integrations with enterprise systems and geographically redundant, highly available services
Product & Engineering Collaboration – Work closely with product engineering teams to design operable systems, influence architectural decisions, and ensure production realities inform development choices early
Founder-Level Ownership – Act with strong ownership: identify operational gaps, propose pragmatic solutions, and move work forward without waiting for perfect requirements or ideal conditions
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)
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
Familiarity with configuration management and automation tools (e.g., Puppet, Chef, or modern equivalents)
Preferred
Experience operating large-scale data platforms and data orchestration systems from an SRE/DevOps perspective
Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled platforms, including how LLM-driven systems impact reliability, cost, and observability
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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