Principal DevOps Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer – Build, Release and Cloud Automation based in India.

This is a hands-on principal-level engineering role focused on building the next generation of CI/CD and software delivery infrastructure.

• Lead the architecture and implementation of modern CI/CD capabilities for platform-based software development across R&D.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable build, release, packaging, and deployment automation across Windows, Linux, and AWS environments.
• Build efficient and maintainable delivery systems for C/C++, C#, and Python-based software projects.
• Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code and environment automation using Terraform and AWS services.
• Drive standardization of configuration management, package management, artifact management, and software delivery processes.
• Modernize existing Jenkins-based CI/CD workflows and contribute to the transition toward a scalable AWS-based delivery architecture.
• Collaborate with software engineering, IT, CloudOps, QA, and security teams to integrate development workflows with enterprise infrastructure and security toolchains.
• Implement monitoring, metrics, alerting, and automated engineering reporting for build, testing, release, and deployment processes.
• Design and maintain software packaging and installation solutions, including Windows installers, Linux packages, and deployable system images.
• Manage third-party software lifecycles, including licensing, dependencies, version planning, upgrades, and integration into controlled build environments.
• Integrate security automation into CI/CD workflows, including SAST, SCA, DAST, secrets scanning, artifact scanning, and dependency controls.
• Establish and improve DevOps operating models, release engineering standards, delivery governance, and automation practices across platform and product teams.
• Contribute technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams while promoting reliable, scalable, and maintainable delivery practices.

• Master's degree in STEM or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of professional experience in DevOps, build and release engineering, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, software delivery engineering, or closely related disciplines.
• Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD architectures for complex, multi-language software environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Jenkins and modern CI/CD concepts.
• Deep practical knowledge of AWS services used for software delivery and automation, particularly S3, CodeArtifact, and related deployment services.
• Expert-level Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly with Terraform.
• Strong Git and GitHub workflow experience.
• Extensive experience with build systems and packaging for C/C++, C#, and Python, including tools such as MSBuild, CMake, make, pip, Poetry, and related mechanisms.
• Proven experience developing Windows installers, Linux packages, deployment automation, and software installation solutions.
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or comparable technologies.
• Solid understanding of configuration management, package and dependency management, artifact lifecycle, traceability, software supply chains, and deployment strategies.
• Experience integrating engineering workflows with security tooling, including SAST, SCA, DAST, secrets scanning, artifact scanning, and dependency scanning.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, metrics, and engineering reporting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, SonarQube, or similar platforms.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and work effectively across R&D, IT, CloudOps, QA, and security teams.
• Experience with hybrid environments spanning developer workstations, instruments, on-premise systems, and AWS cloud is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with software license management, third-party component governance, artifact repositories, binary/package lifecycle management, and controlled upgrade processes is beneficial.
• Experience creating deployment images, including ISO-based or image-based delivery approaches, is a plus.
• Exposure to MLOps or DataOps workflows is advantageous.

• Fully remote, full-time position based in India.
• Opportunity to work on next-generation CI/CD, cloud automation, and software delivery architecture.
• Principal-level ownership and influence over engineering standards, automation strategy, and DevOps operating models.
• Exposure to complex hybrid environments spanning cloud, on-premise systems, developer environments, and specialized instruments.
• Opportunity to collaborate with multidisciplinary global teams across R&D, IT, CloudOps, QA, and security.
• Ability to modernize legacy delivery infrastructure and establish scalable AWS-based engineering practices.
• Work on automation and security initiatives spanning the full software delivery lifecycle.