Arctic Wolf

Principal Developer - R&D Infrastructure

Bengaluru, IND Full time

At Arctic Wolf, we're redefining the cybersecurity landscape. With our employee Pack members, spread out globally, committed to setting new industry standards. Our accomplishments speak for themselves, from our recognition in the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, Fortune Future 50, and Fortune Cyber 60 to winning the 2024 CRN Products of the Year award. We’re proud to be named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services and earning a Customers' Choice distinction from Gartner Peer Insights. Our Aurora Platform also received CRN’s Products of the Year award in the inaugural Security Operations Platform category. Join a company that’s not only leading, but also shaping, the future of security operations.

Our mission is to end cyber risk. This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact, highly technical team in a fast-growing company recognized on the Deloitte Fast 500, with a track record of doubling in size, revenue, and customer base year over year.

Role Summary 

Lead SRE initiatives across all technology stacks. Own reliability, scalability, and performance of production systems. Drive automation, observability, and incident response maturity. Act as technical authority across DevOps domains. 

Core Responsibilities 

  • Architect and manage multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) with IaC (Terraform, Helm). 
  • Lead Kubernetes deployments across multi-cluster environments; optimize for scale and resilience. 
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions; enforce GitOps workflows. 
  • Implement and manage observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Datadog. 
  • Drive incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortem processes; reduce MTTR. 
  • Enforce SRE principles: SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, chaos engineering. 
  • Integrate DevSecOps practices: IAM, RBAC, secrets management, vulnerability scanning. 
  • Enable MLOps workflows for AI/ML model deployment and lifecycle management. 
  • Mentor junior SREs and DevOps engineers; establish technical standards and best practices. 
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and security teams to align reliability goals. 
  • Own disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, and environment consistency. 
  • Lead cost optimization and performance tuning across infrastructure layers. 

Required Qualifications 

  • 10+ years in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering. 
  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm. 
  • Strong proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, Go). 
  • Proven experience with cloud-native architectures and distributed systems. 
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling and automation frameworks. 
  • Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance requirements. 
  • Demonstrated leadership in scaling systems and mentoring teams. 

  • Strategic thinking across infrastructure and reliability domains. 
  • Technical leadership with cross-functional influence. 
  • High accountability and ownership of production systems. 
  • Clear, concise communication across global teams. 
  • Decision-making under pressure during incidents. 
  • Ability to mentor and elevate team capabilities. 
  • Bias for automation and continuous improvement. 
  • Strong stakeholder management and alignment with business goals.

Our Values  

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people’s and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.  

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.   

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.  

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:  

Equity for all employees 

Flexible annual leave, paid holidays and volunteer days 

Training and career development programs 

Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical insurance for you and your family, life insurance (3x compensation), and personal accident insurance. 

Fertility support and paid parental leave 

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing recruiting@arcticwolf.com. 

On-Camera Policy
To support a fair, transparent, and engaging interview experience, candidates interviewing remotely are expected to be on camera during all video interviews.
Being on camera fosters authentic connection, improves communication, and allows for full engagement from both candidates and interviewers.
We understand that technical, bandwidth, or location-related challenges may occasionally prevent video use. If this applies, candidates are required to notify us in advance so we can explore appropriate accommodations.


Security Requirements

Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes, and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).
Background checks are required for this position.
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). Please note that, if applicable, an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these laws and regulations