McAfee, a leader in consumer security, is looking for a DevOps Engineer in Bangalore who blends platform engineering with automation and AI. If you enjoy Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code and making developers' lives easier through self-service platforms, this one is for you.
Role Overview
This role leads automation, platform modernization, cloud-native adoption, observability and security initiatives, while enabling developers through self-service platform capabilities. The ideal candidate has expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, platform automation, observability tools, networking, security and emerging AIOps technologies.
This is a hybrid position at McAfee's Bangalore development center, with on-site work 2 to 3 days per week. Only candidates within commutable distance of the Bangalore office are considered, and relocation assistance is not offered.
Responsibilities
- Participate as a functional member of the Product Engineering team in standups, design reviews, sprint planning, backlog grooming and release readiness, bringing an operational and platform perspective.
- Review architecture designs, pull requests and technical solutions for scalability, reliability, security and operational readiness in 24x7 production environments.
- Troubleshoot production issues end-to-end across application, infrastructure, networking, databases and cloud platforms, with minimal escalation.
- Drive operational maturity through monitoring, observability, alerting, runbooks, failover strategies, performance testing, patch management, security remediation and release validation.
- Partner with Product Engineering, SRE, Release Engineering and InfoSec to improve platform adoption, developer experience, incident response and service reliability.
Requirements
- 4-6 years of experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, SRE or Platform Engineering, including hands-on production coding, debugging and incident resolution.
- Strong programming skills in Go and Python, with the ability to read, debug and patch applications in Node.js/TypeScript, Dart/Flutter, Java, .NET, C++ and C, plus advanced SQL (TSQL, PLpgSQL).
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes ecosystems: Amazon EKS, Helm, Cilium, GCP/GKE, API gateways and service mesh tools such as Kong, Envoy and Istio.
- Platform engineering expertise: Terraform, Terragrunt, IaC, GitHub Actions, Harness, CI/CD pipelines, integration, end-to-end and performance testing (K6, Locust, JMeter), and secure software delivery.
- Deep understanding of databases, distributed systems, Kafka, Redis, observability (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana), Databricks and security tooling (SonarQube, Dependabot, JFrog).
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development platforms such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code and CodeRabbit.
Perks and Benefits
- Bonus program
- Pension and retirement plans
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Paid time off and paid parental leave
- Flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits
- Support for community involvement
- Great Place to Work® Certified culture
