Principal Software/DevOps Engineer

Aspen Technology; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen Technology in Pune, India seeks a Principal Software/DevOps engineer to join a distributed development team maintaining delivery pipelines and development environments. You will code, automate, and optimize CI/CD workflows across Linux and Windows environments.

Key focus areas include Python, shell scripting, C++ build systems, and modern SDLC services such as GitHub, Artifactory, and Azure DevOps. Strong English communication and Linux expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux system administration experience in on-prem or cloud
• Power user in Windows (Services/Permissions/Mounts)
• Fluency in Python and Shell scripting
• Experience in maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
• Solid experience with C++ build systems (cmake/gmake/msbuild)
• Good knowledge of Linux containers
• Verbal and written English required
• Nice to have OSS/security scans (Black Duck / Snyk)
• Artifactory administration - APIs and best practices
• Package managers for Python and C++ and project dependencies management
• AI coding assistants and agentic workflows, preferably GitHub Copilot

Responsibilities

• Code new features and enhance existing python / shell / groovy scripts
• Automate and sequence operations using Jenkins pipelines
• Build C++ packages from source using various toolchains and build systems on Linux and Windows
• Drive adoption of modern SDLC services: GitHub / Artifactory / Azure DevOps / AI agents, e.g. GitHub Copilot
• Troubleshoot CI/CD and on-prem deployments
• Produce and publish on-demand packages (patches)
• Capture the knowledge and provide guidance for teammates by writing wiki-pages

Skills

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Jenkins

C++ build systems

Linux administration

Windows knowledge

English communication

AI coding assistants

GitHub Copilot

Tools

GitHub

Artifactory

Azure DevOps

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

We are looking for a Principal Software/DevOps engineer who will join the team that maintains delivery pipelines and development environments for a large geographically distributed development group.

Your Impact

• Code new features and enhance existing python / shell / groovy scripts
• Automate and sequence operations using Jenkins pipelines
• Build C++ packages from source using various toolchains and build systems on Linux and Windows
• Drive adoption of modern SDLC services:
• GitHub / Artifactory / Azure DevOps / AI agents, e.g. GitHub Copilot
• Troubleshoot CI/CD and on-prem deployments
• Produce and publish on-demand packages (patches)
• Capture the knowledge and provide guidance for teammates by writing wiki-pages

What You’ll Need

• Extensive experience in Linux system administration in on-prem or cloud environment
• Power user level knowledge of Windows (Services/Permissions/Mounts)
• Deep knowledge of Git and experience administering / configuring GitHub organization
• Fluency in Python and Shell scripting
• Experience in maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
• Solid experience with C++ build systems (cmake/gmake/msbuild)
• Good knowledge of Linux containers
• Verbal and written English required
• Nice to have experience with:
• OSS / security scans (Black Duck / Snyk)
• Artifactory administration - APIs and best practices
• Package managers for Python and C++ and project dependencies management
• AI coding assistants and agentic workflows, preferably GitHub Copilot

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