Principal Data Ops Engineer

About MasterControl:

MasterControl Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based quality and compliance software for life sciences and other regulated industries. Our mission is the same as that of our customers to bring life-changing products to more people sooner. The MasterControl Platform helps organizations digitize automate and connect quality and compliance processes across the regulated product development life cycle. Over 1000 companies worldwide rely on MasterControl solutions to achieve new levels of operational excellence across product development clinical trials regulatory affairs quality management supply chain manufacturing and postmarket surveillance. For more information visit .

Summary

MasterControlislooking for aPrincipal Engineerforour Data Platform Operations team. This role will provide technical leadership in designing and implementing scalable robust and efficient data infrastructure solutions that power ournext generation of applications the Principal Engineer you willprovide technical vision andexpertisefor our cloud-based data and AIML systems andinfrastructureestablisharchitectural standards and ensure our data platform delivers operational excellencereliability performance and scalabilityat scale. This position reports to the Sr Director of Data Platform within the Engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architectural standards patterns and best practices for our data platform and infrastructure ensuring alignment with broader engineering strategies

• Drive technical decision-making through a systematic approach balancing business requirements scalability cost-efficiency and operational excellence

• Design and implement scalable data processing systems that handle complex workflows with high availability and fault toleranceto serve analytic and agentic consumers

• Provide technical leadership for deployment and management of production-quality data systems including monitoring scaling and performance optimization

• Design scalable infrastructure as code approaches for data platform resource provisioning and management

• Develop andmaintainreference architectures and technical documentation that clearly communicate complex systems and data flows

• Implement software engineering best practices for data management including CI/CD automation version control and testing

• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions and architectural roadmapsusing a data first approach

• Evaluate and implementnew technologiesto enhance performance maintainability and reliability of our data systems

• Mentor and develop team members through architectural guidance code reviews and knowledge sharing

• Collaborate with security teams toestablishand maintain robust data protection measures across all platform components

Core Competencies

• Expert knowledge of distributed data processing systems data pipelines and storage technologies

• Deepexpertisewith AWS including S3 EC2 IAMRDS Kubernetes and container orchestration

• Expertisewith Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform CloudFormation)

• Strong background in continuous integration deployment automation and DevOps methodologies

• Experience implementing comprehensive monitoringand alertingsolutions

• Knowledge of Docker Kubernetes ECS and container orchestration patterns

• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases

• Familiarity with vector databases and embedding workflows semanticsearchand hybrid search strategies.

• Strong programming skills with experience in multiple modern languages

• Understanding ofexperience implementing Data Security Regulatory and Compliance best practices

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer ScienceEngineeringor related technical field

• 10 years oflarge scalesoftware development experience with at least 5 years focused on data platforms and infrastructure

• Demonstrated experience architecting andoperatinglarge-scale data processing systems

• Experience designinghighly availablesystemsutilizingload balancing horizontal scalability and redundancy

• Strong background in cloud architecture with extensive AWS implementation experience

• Proven record of implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions

• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams

• Excellentcollaboration presentation andverbal and writtencommunication skills

Why Work Here

#WhyWorkAnywhereElse

MasterControl is a place where Exceptional Teams come together to do their best fact hiring Exceptional Teams is a core value of ours. MasterControl employees are surrounded by intelligent motivated and collaborative individuals. We like to call it #TheBestTeamOnThePlanet.

We work hard to develop and challenge our employees skillsets recognize their contributions encourage professional development and offer a one-of-a-kind culture. This is why we say #WhyWorkAnywhereElse

MasterControl could be your next (and last) career move!

Here are some of the benefits MasterControl employees enjoy:

• Competitive compensation
• 100% medical premium coverage (yes you read that right!)
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Generous PTO packages that increase with tenure
• Schedule flexibility
• Fitness clubs (you get paid to have fun and be active!)
• Company parties and employee recognition programs
• Wellness programs (free Fitbit gym membership and athletic shoe reimbursements etc.)
• Onsite physician and massage therapist
• Innovation center and gaming rooms at the office
• Dental/vision plans
• Employer paid life insurance policy
• Much much more!

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $200000 - $250000 equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

MasterControl is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying you may contact or call and ask to speak with a member of Human Resources.

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