Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Operations

Francisco Partners; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 135,800 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Duck Software, Inc. is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to lead cloud operations for SaaS and hosted services. The role centers on building and operating scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform with deep Kubernetes expertise and strong automation focus.

The successful candidate will collaborate with Engineering, Product, IT, and security teams to deliver highly available services worldwide, using GitOps, Terraform, and robust monitoring to meet SLAs and security standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on GCP and Kubernetes experience with multi-region deployments.
• Strong scripting skills and IaC with Terraform or equivalent.
• Experience deploying and operating Java/J2EE applications in production.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain resilient, secure infrastructure on GCP for SaaS/Hosted services.
• Deploy, manage, and scale Kubernetes clusters (GKE) across regions; manage lifecycle.
• Automate pipelines, monitoring, and incident response with CI/CD and GitOps.
• Monitor stability with Cloud Monitoring/Logging and troubleshoot across stack.
• Scale infrastructure to meet demand with autoscaling and cost optimization.
• Own end-to-end operational responsibility for customer-facing environments.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Services, and other departments.
• Implement security controls, audits, and compliance practices.

Skills

GKE / Kubernetes production clusters

GCP expertise

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting (Python, Bash, Go)

Terraform / IaC

Security & compliance

Java/J2EE deployments

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Terraform

Vault / secrets management

Job description

Overview

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.

Role

Sr. DevOps Engineer, Cloud Operations. Staff. DevOps Engineer will be a key player on the Cloud Operations team responsible for all SaaS and Hosted services across the company\'s product portfolio. They will proactively work with Engineering, Product, IT, and other functional departments to design, implement, and operate our global customer-facing infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on Kubernetes expertise, is a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at problem solving, and is committed to delivering seamless, highly available service experiences to enterprise customers worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain resilient, secure, and highly available infrastructure for all SaaS and Hosted services on GCP to meet established SLAs
• Deploy, manage, and scale Kubernetes clusters (GKE) across multiple regions; own cluster lifecycle, upgrades, and capacity planning
• Automate deployment pipelines, monitoring, alerting, and incident response using modern CI/CD and GitOps practices
• Monitor site stability and performance using GCP-native observability tooling (Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Error Reporting) and troubleshoot issues across the stack
• Scale infrastructure to meet rapidly increasing demand using GCP autoscaling, load balancing, and cost-optimization best practices
• Own end-to-end operational responsibility for all customer-facing SaaS and Hosted environments, including availability, performance, and change management
• Manage cross-functional requirements working with Engineering, Product, Services, and other departments
• Collaborate with developers to bring new features and services into production via containerized, Kubernetes-native deployment patterns
• Develop and improve operational practices, runbooks, and procedures
• Proactively meet standards for information security and compliance, such as ISO, SOX, SSAE 16, etc.

Key requirements

• Hands-on Google Cloud Platform expertise: GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, VPC networking, IAM, Cloud Monitoring/Logging
• Kubernetes production clusters at scale, including control plane management, multi-cluster networking, RBAC, and Helm chart authoring
• Cloud and networking expertise: design and operate cloud network infrastructure (VPC, subnets, firewalls, load balancing, PSC, private connectivity) with strong fundamentals in DNS, TLS, service mesh, and network troubleshooting
• Cloud security controls: encryption (CMEK), secrets management (Vault, Cloud Secret Manager), and audit logging
• CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions, GitOps/ ArgoCD, or equivalent)
• Scripting proficiency (Python, Bash, or Go); infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform or equivalent)
• Experience supporting Java/J2EE applications in production (understanding deployments, JVM tuning, debugging)
• Proven ability to establish process, influence cross-functionally, and operate independently

Education

• Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline, or equivalent experience

Pay Range

$135,800 — $168,000 USD

Black Duck is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or military service status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Black Duck complies with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination in every jurisdiction where it operates and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.