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Engineering

Principal Software Engineer – Security Platform Services

  • - No Remote
Join us as we pursue our ground-breaking new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we’re committed to our work, customers, having fun and most meaningfully to each other’s success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!
About the Role
As a Principal Engineer, you will be at the forefront of driving operational excellence and release automation for our next-generation Security Platform. You will be responsible for developing scalable and resilient infrastructure, improving system observability, and ensuring rapid, reliable delivery of software in both SaaS and customer-managed deployments. You will collaborate across engineering, product, and operations to influence architecture and drive strategic improvements in how we build, deploy, and operate software.
Responsibilities
  • Drive technology direction within the product area and set the bar for technical excellence and delivery.
  • Lead architecture discussions regularly and propose solutions to address scalability, usability, and security.
  • Architect and evolve CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, automated, and safe software delivery across hybrid environments.
  • Take ownership and initiative to own and address issues promptly for our internal and external customers.
  • Partner with development teams to embed reliability and deployment automation early in the SDLC, enabling high-confidence releases
  • Opportunity to mentor senior engineers and constantly raise the bar on engineering practices across the team and organization.
  • Participate in end-to-end architecture reviews and discussions with the broader team, playing an influential role in overall product design
  • Collaborate with interaction designers and visual designers to create an intuitive user experience
  • Improve the robustness of the products through improvements in automation framework, development, release practices.
  • Identify and communicate standard ways of operating for engineering
Qualifications
Must-Have:
  • 10+ years of engineering experience, with deep expertise in SRE, infrastructure engineering, and CI/CD automation.
  • Proven experience building and managing production-grade systems at scale, preferably in cloud and hybrid environments.
  • Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, service mesh, monitoring/observability (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry), and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Helm).
  • Expertise in modern CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Spinnaker).
  • Strong programming and scripting skills (e.g., Go, Python, Bash).
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Track record of driving high-impact initiatives across globally distributed teams.
  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to have skills:
  • Experience supporting enterprise-grade security or data platforms.
  • Background in securing CI/CD pipelines and enforcing software supply chain integrity.
  • Familiarity with compliance and security standards (SOC2, FedRAMP, etc.).
  • Passion for developer productivity, operational excellence, and building tools that accelerate engineering velocity.
 
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