Malwarebytes

Principal DevOps Engineer

Malwarebytes$125K — $145K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10+ years in DevOps or SRE, with at least 5 years in AWS at scale
  • BA/BS in Engineering or Computer Science preferred; relevant experience accepted
  • Expertise in Terraform, with a strong focus on infrastructure security
  • Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, including integrated security scanning
  • Hands-on cloud security knowledge, particularly with AWS services like GuardDuty and Security Hub
  • Scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash to automate tasks effectively
  • Proven experience in SRE practices, including SLO definition and post-mortem analysis
  • Familiarity with AI coding assistants and their integration into DevOps workflows

Responsibilities

  • Own and enhance AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform and enforce security best practices
  • Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines with automated security checks
  • Champion infrastructure security and collaborate with the security team for incident response
  • Define and improve site reliability engineering (SRE) practices and metrics
  • Handle production incidents end-to-end and participate in on-call rotation
  • Maintain development environments and develop automation/testing tools
  • Evaluate and implement new DevOps technologies via proof-of-concept testing
  • Provide mentorship and technical leadership to engineering teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Wellness programs
  • 401k with employer matching for US employees
  • Comprehensive Time Off policy
  • Opportunity to contribute positively to the world
Full Job Description
Malwarebytes is looking for..

A sharp, security-minded Principal DevOps Engineer to join our Consumer team. You will architect and manage our AWS infrastructure using Terraform, enforce cloud security best practices at every layer, make cost-conscious infrastructure decisions that balance performance with efficiency, and drive modern CI/CD automation across the organization. You will own site reliability for our production systems and set the engineering standards that the team builds against. In addition to deep technical execution, you will provide leadership and mentorship to the engineering team, interface with executive leadership on platform strategy and investment, and lead cross-functional infrastructure projects. If you hold security and reliability to a high standard, default to automation over manual process, and can operate credibly at every level of the organization, we want to hear from you.

Annual Compensation Range: $125 - 145K

What You Will Do:

  • Own and evolve our AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform, applying security best practices - least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, secrets management, and compliance guardrails - as non-negotiable defaults.
  • Design, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, ensuring automated security scanning (SAST, secrets detection, container image scanning), policy enforcement, and quality gates are built into every pipeline.
  • Champion infrastructure security: proactively identify and remediate cloud misconfigurations, leverage GuardDuty, Security Hub, and Config, and partner with the Security team on vulnerability management and incident response.
  • Own and improve SRE practices: define SLOs, build alerting and observability solutions using CloudWatch and related tooling, and drive blameless post-mortems.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and own production incidents end-to-end - from detection through resolution and follow-up.
  • Maintain build and release environments for development teams and develop automation and test tooling for client applications.
  • 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; conduct architecture and code reviews and define team engineering standards.
  • Interface with executive leadership to communicate platform strategy, risk, and investment tradeoffs; lead and drive cross-functional infrastructure projects from scoping through delivery.


Skills You'll Need to Have:

  • 7-10+ years of hands-on DevOps or SRE experience, with at least 5 years operating production workloads in AWS at scale - EC2, ECS, ECR, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, EKS, and CloudFront required.
  • 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: you write modular, reusable, well-tested infrastructure code and treat IaC security as seriously as application security.
  • Strong GitHub Actions experience building pipelines as code, including integrated security scanning (SAST, secrets detection, and container image scanning). Jenkins experience is a plus.
  • Demonstrable cloud security depth: hands-on experience with GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, SCPs, and related tools and practices.
  • Strong scripting and automation - Python, Go, or Bash - with a track record of eliminating manual toil.
  • Solid Linux system administration and container management (Docker). Windows Server and Windows container experience is a plus.
  • Proven SRE practice experience: SLO definition, observability design, and post-mortem-driven reliability improvement.
  • Familiarity with cross-platform code compilation (Windows and macOS), code signing, and software supply chain security.
  • Active, daily use of AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent) is expected as a core part of this role - you treat these tools as a force multiplier and stay current with how AI is reshaping DevOps and SRE workflows.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills: capable of writing architecture proposals, leading design reviews, and producing runbooks that on-call engineers can act on under pressure.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate at a principal or staff engineer level - influencing architecture across teams, driving technical decisions through ambiguity, and raising engineering quality across the organization.
  • Proven experience providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams and interfacing with executive leadership on platform strategy, risk, and infrastructure investment decisions.

Perks & Benefit:

  • 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!

(Benefits and Perks subject to change by country/region)

About Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes is a cybersecurity company that provides anti-malware and internet security software to consumers and businesses. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Malwarebytes' software is designed to detect and remove malware, ransomware, and other advanced threats that traditional antivirus software may miss. The company's products are used by millions of people worldwide and have received numerous awards for their effectiveness and ease of use. Malwarebytes is committed to providing its customers with the best possible protection against cyber threats and is constantly innovating to stay ahead of the latest threats. The company is privately held and has raised over $80 million in funding to date.
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