Principal Engineer - Virtualization & Kubernetes

Commvault; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Tuition Reimbursement

Annual health check-ups

Job summary

Commvault is looking for a Principal Engineer – Virtualization & Kubernetes in Bengaluru. This role involves driving the architecture and implementation of data protection for virtualized environments, including Kubernetes workloads.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, strong expertise in systems programming, and hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes. Commvault offers a supportive environment with various employee benefits, including a stock purchase plan and continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with leading complex technical initiatives.
• Deep expertise in Linux/Windows systems programming and OS internals.
• Strong C++ background with production experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data protection features for virtualized workloads.
• Drive architectural decisions for backup and restore.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver production-grade solutions.

Skills

Linux/Windows systems programming

C++

Kubernetes

Storage internals

Virtualization platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

KVM/QEMU

CSI

OpenShift Virtualization

Job description

Principal Engineer — Virtualization & Kubernetes

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Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI‑powered platform combines best‑in‑class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning‑fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data.

Principal Engineer — Virtualization & Kubernetes

The Opportunity

We have an outstanding career opportunity for Principal Engineer – Virtualization & Kubernetes at Bangalore/Pune/Hyderabad locations to join Commvault’s Virtualization Workloads team. You will be a hands‑on technical leader driving the architecture, design, and implementation of next‑generation data protection for virtualized and containerized environments, spanning KVM/QEMU, KubeVirt, and Kubernetes‑native workloads. This is a high‑impact individual contributor role with broad scope and visibility across product lines.

What you’ll do…

• Design and implement data protection features for virtualized workloads (KVM/QEMU, KubeVirt, VMware) and Kubernetes‑native environments
• Drive architectural decisions for backup, restore, and replication pipelines at the OS and hypervisor layer
• Contribute to CSI driver development, Kubernetes operator design, and container‑native storage workflows
• Collaborate across platform, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver robust, production‑grade solutions
• Provide technical leadership, mentor peers, and influence engineering culture and practices

Who you are…

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8+ years overall experience with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives.
• Deep expertise in Linux/Windows systems programming and OS internals (memory management, storage I/O).
• Strong C++ background with production experience in low‑level or systems software.
• Hands‑on Kubernetes experience — operators, CRDs, CSI, RBAC, and cluster‑level architecture.
• Solid understanding of storage internals: block storage, snapshots, replication, and consistency models.
• Experience with virtualization platforms; KVM/QEMU familiarity is a strong plus.
• Experience with KubeVirt, OpenShift Virtualization, or similar container‑native VM platforms is good to have.
• Background in data protection, backup/restore, or disaster recovery software.
• Open‑source contributions or patents in relevant domains is good to have.
• Security and SaaS experience strongly preferred.

You’ll love working here because:

• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Annual health check‑ups, Car lease Program, and Tuition Reimbursement
• An inclusive company culture, an opportunity to join our Community Guilds
• Personal accident cover and Term life cover

Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.

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