Principal Devops Engineer

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and highperformance data storage innovation for over two decades. DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the worlds most demanding AI data centers in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services autonomous cars Government academia research and manufacturing.

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DDN is the global leader in AI and multicloud data management at scale. Our cuttingedge data intelligence platform is designed to accelerate AI workloads enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance reliability and scalability DDN empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and dataintensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation customercentricity and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation customer success and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

Job Description
Location: Pune India
About the Role
We are looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to join our highimpact team in Pune India.
You will lead the design and implementation of scalable secure and highly available
infrastructure across both cloud and onpremise environments. This role demands a deep
understanding of Linux systems infrastructure automation and performance tuning
especially in highperformance computing (HPC) setups.
As a technical leader youll collaborate closely with development QA and operations teams
to drive DevOps best practices tool adoption and overall infrastructure reliability.
Key Responsibilities
Design build and maintain Linuxbased infrastructure across cloud (primarily AWS) and physical data centers.
Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as CloudFormation Terraform Ansible and Chef.
Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins Git and Gerrit to support continuous delivery.
Automate provisioning configuration and software deployments with Bash PythonAnsible etc.
Set up and manage monitoring/logging systems like Prometheus Grafana and ELK stack.
Optimize system performance and troubleshoot critical infrastructure issues related to networking filesystems and services.
Configure and maintain storage and filesystems including ext4 xfs LVM NFS iSCSI and potentially Lustre.
Manage PXE boot infrastructure using Cobbler/Kickstart and create/maintain custom ISO images.
Implement infrastructure security best practices including IAM encryption and firewall policies.
Act as a DevOps thought leader mentor junior engineers and recommend tooling and process improvements.
Maintain clear and concise documentation of systems processes and best practices.
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure reliable and scalable application delivery.
Required Skills & Experience
9 years of experience in DevOps SRE or Infrastructure Engineering.
Deep expertise in Linux system administration especially around storage networking and process control.
Strong proficiency in scripting (e.g. Bash Python) and configuration management tools (Chef Ansible).
Proven experience in managing onpremise data center infrastructure including provisioning and PXE boot tools.
Familiar with CI/CD systems Agile workflows and Gitbased source control (Gerrit/GitHub).
Experience with cloud services preferably AWS and hybrid cloud models.
Knowledge of virtualization (e.g. KVM Vagrant) and containerization (Docker PodmanKubernetes).
Excellent communication collaboration and documentation skills.
Nice to Have
Handson with Lustre or other distributed/parallel filesystems.
Experience in HPC (HighPerformance Computing) environments.
Familiarity with Kubernetes deployments in hybrid clusters.

Join our dynamic and driven team where engineering excellence is at the heart of everything we do. We seek individuals who love to challenge themselves and are fueled by curiosity. Here youll have the opportunity to work across various areas of the company thanks to our flat organizational structure that encourages handson involvement and direct contributions to our mission. Leadership is earned by those who take initiative and consistently deliver outstanding results both in their work ethic and deliverables making strong prioritization skills essential. Additionally we value strong communication skills in all our engineers and researchers as they are crucial for the success of our teams and the company as a whole.

Interview Process: After submitting your application one of our recruiters will review your resume. If your application passes this stage you will be invited to a 30minute interview during which a member of our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the interview you will enter the main process which can consist of up to four interviews in total:

• Coding assessment: Often in a language of your choice.
• Systems design: Translate highlevel requirements into a scalable faulttolerant service (depending on role).
• Realtime problemsolving: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problemsolving session.
• Meet and greet with the wider team.
• Our goal is to finish the main process in 23 weeks at most.

DataDirect Networks (DDN) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity gender expression transgender sex stereotyping sexual orientation national origin disability protected Veteran Status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.