Principal DevOps Engineer
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Boston, NH - USA
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Job Summary
Our world is transforming and PTC is leading the software brings the physical and digital worlds together enabling companies to improve operations create better products and empower people in all aspects of their business.
Our people make all the difference in our success. Today we are a global team of nearly 7000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore learn and grow all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible.
Principal DevOps Engineer
Boston MA Hybrid Onshape
Onshape a PTC SaaS business is redefining how professional engineers design collaborate and manage product data in the cloud. Our platform brings the best of modern SaaS collaboration to 3D CAD think SolidWorks meets GitHub meets Google Docs and is used globally by teams building the next generation of products.
We are looking for aPrincipal DevOps Engineerto help scale andoperatethe global cloud platform behindOnshapescollaborative CAD and data management service.This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges building automation improving reliability and keeping large-scale SaaS systems secure performant and resilient.
You will work closely with a highly technical team in Bostons Seaport District to create a low-touch highly automated cloud environment. The ideal candidate is self-motivated deeply hands-on with Linux and cloud operations comfortable digging into code and infrastructure and excited to raise the bar for deployment monitoringsecurityand operational excellence across a global SaaS platform.
Why This Role Matters
Operate and evolve the cloud platform behind a globally used SaaS product. Focus on AWS infrastructure automation Linux operations Kubernetes platforms security compliance and operational excellence. This role is distinct from SRE and is centered on infrastructure and platform operations rather than Java application reliability.
What You Will Own
Large-scale AWS cloud infrastructure operations
Terraform and configuration management using Ansible/Puppet
Linux fleet management and automation
Kubernetes and cloud-native platform operations
Operational tooling observabilityimplementationand platform supportability
Security compliance GovCloud ITAR and FedRAMP support
Cloud scalability capacityplanningand cost optimization
Technical leadership and mentoring across engineering teams
Key Responsibilities
Operate and improve cloud infrastructure supporting thousands of cloud resources
Build low-touch highly automated operational environments
Eliminatemanual operational toil through engineering
Manage infrastructure as code and configuration management standards
Improve deployment consistency disasterrecoveryand operational readiness
Partner with security teams on hardening and compliance initiatives
Create self-service capabilities that enable engineering teams to move faster
Influence platform standards and operational best practices
Required Experience
10 years in Cloud Operations Platform Engineering Systems Engineering or DevOps
Strong AWS experience at production scale
Expert Linux administration and troubleshooting
Terraformexpertise
Ansible Puppet or Chef experience
Kubernetes operational experience
PythonBashor Go automation skills
Production on-call and incident response experience
Preferred Experience
MongoDB Elasticsearch or similar platforms
GovCloud FedRAMP or ITAR environments
GitOpsand platform engineering experience
Cloud cost optimization and FinOps
Java application operational support
Why Candidates Join
Principal-level technical impact without people management
Large-scale SaaS challenges
Strong engineering culture
Opportunity toeliminatetoil through automation
Hybrid flexibility in Greater Boston
This position is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future sponsorship from PTC.
Compensation (CIP)
PTC carefully considers a wide varietyof factors when determining compensation. The anticipated annual salary range for this position is between $118000 - 190000. The salary range reflects a good-faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on a candidates skills qualifications experience and location. Additionally candidates may be eligible for a performance-based also have the opportunity to become a PTC shareholder through our employee share purchase program (ESPP) which allows for the purchase of discounted PTC stock. Certain roles may also be eligible for participation in our equity programs. Employees may be eligible for medical dental and vision insurance paid time off and sick leave tuition reimbursement 401(k) contributions and employer match flexible spending accounts life insurance disability coverage and if you are an office-assigned employee a generous commuter subsidy. All total rewards and benefits programs are subject to applicable plan eligibility and other terms and conditions.
For more information about PTCs comprehensive benefits please visit our Careers Page.
Applications will be accepted on an on-going basis.
Life at PTC is about more than working with todays most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world. Its about showing up as you are and working alongside some of todays most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you.
If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation youll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us
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PTC accelerates digital transformation with a new generation of technology that powers the ways you engineer, manufacture, and service your physical products.
