Principal DevOps Engineer

Malwarebytes

Principal DevOps Engineer at Malwarebytes responsible for AWS infrastructure management and CI/CD automation. Leading security and reliability initiatives while mentoring engineering team members.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $125,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerGoJenkinsLinuxMacOSPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve our AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform
Design, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
Champion infrastructure security: proactively identify and remediate cloud misconfigurations
Own and improve SRE practices: define SLOs, build alerting and observability solutions
Participate in on-call rotation and own production incidents end-to-end
Maintain build and release environments for development teams
Evaluate and adopt emerging DevOps technologies through structured proof-of-concept testing
Keep documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams current and actionable
Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and strategic guidance to the engineering team
Interface with executive leadership to communicate platform strategy, risk, and investment tradeoffs

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of hands-on DevOps or SRE experience, with at least 5 years operating production workloads in AWS at scale
BA/BS in Engineering or Computer Science preferred; equivalent experience demonstrated through a proven track record accepted
An ideal candidate holds one or more AWS Professional-level certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Professional, or equivalent)
Deep Terraform expertise
Strong GitHub Actions experience building pipelines as code
Jenkins experience is a plus
Demonstrable cloud security depth
Strong scripting and automation — Python, Go, or Bash
Solid Linux system administration and container management (Docker)
Proven SRE practice experience
Familiarity with cross-platform code compilation (Windows and macOS)
Active, daily use of AI coding assistants expected
Strong communication and documentation skills
Demonstrated ability to operate at a principal or staff engineer level
Proven experience providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
Employee Referral Bonus Program
Wellness programs
401k and employer matching for (US Employees)
Comprehensive Time Off policy
An opportunity to do something great for yourself and the world!

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsSRE practicesPythonGoBashLinux system administrationDocker

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentorshipcommunicationdocumentationstrategic guidance

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect ProfessionalAWS DevOps Professional