Principal Engineer, DevOps

Black Duck Software; Belfast; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software security company located in Northern Ireland is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the development of an Internal Developer Platform to enhance DevOps operations. The successful candidate will have a strong background in cloud architecture and modern platform technologies. Responsibilities include building AI-driven solutions and driving platform reliability initiatives. Competitive compensation offered for this full-time position.

Qualifications

• 8 years in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Architecture roles.
• Expert-level experience in cloud architecture across GCP, AWS, and Azure.
• Strong programming skills in Go or Python.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale the Internal Developer Platform (IDP).
• Build AI-powered observability solutions for distributed environments.
• Lead platform reliability initiatives and automate rollbacks.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps

Kubernetes

Python

Go

GitOps

AI/ML tooling

Education

BS / MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

ArgoCD

Flux

Job description

Black Duck Software Inc. helps organizations build secure high-quality software minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity.

Black Duck a recognized pioneer in application security provides SAST SCA and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code open source components and application behavior. With a combination of industry‑leading tools services and expertise only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.

As a Principal Engineer in the Platform Engineering Team you will be a technical leader and product owner spearheading our transformation from traditional DevOps to a self‑service Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that reduces cognitive load and accelerates delivery velocity.

You will

• Architect and scale our enterprise Internal Developer Platform (IDP) building mission‑critical capabilities (CI / CD pipelines runtime environments observability stack RBAC / security guardrails and FinOps controls) and creating golden paths that reduce developer cognitive load across 500 engineers.
• Build AI‑powered observability solutions with intelligent guidance pattern recognition and predictive incident response for distributed environments.
• Lead platform reliability initiatives including automated rollbacks and zero‑touch operations for standard workflows.
• Implement enterprise networking security policies and cost optimization strategies with automated governance and compliance.
• Design and scale AI platform infrastructure for SaaS products supporting both internal operational needs and customer‑facing AI / ML features and requirements.
• Mentor engineers while driving platform adoption through evangelism and product management principles.

What you’ll need (qualifications)

• BS / MS in Computer Science Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8 years in DevOps SRE Platform Engineering or Cloud Architecture roles with proven leadership and product ownership experience.
• Expert‑level cloud architecture experience across GCP AWS and Azure including enterprise networking and distributed systems at scale.
• Mastery of modern platform technologies: Kubernetes Terraform GitOps (ArgoCD / Flux) service mesh and RBAC / IAM frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in Go Python or ; experience building developer portals (Backstage) and AI / ML‑powered tooling.
• Proven track record implementing intelligent operational systems monitoring and distributed tracing solutions.
• Experience with cloud governance FinOps optimization networking security compliance frameworks and deployment automation (canary deployments feature flags).
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills; understanding of DORA metrics and data‑driven platform improvement methodologies.

Black Duck considers all applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex gender preference national origin age disability or status as a Covered Veteran in accordance with federal addition Black Duck complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. Black Duck also provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with a disability in accordance with applicable laws.

Full Time | Vacancy: 1