Principal DevOps Engineer

Employment Type

Full time

Hybrid

TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation, and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.

We’re a fast-growing startup backed by industry experts and top-tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor.

We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.

As a Principal Dev Ops Engineer, you will be a key technical leader responsible for the architecture, evolution, and operation of our Azure infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. You will keep the platform highly available, secure, and performant as it scales to handle petabytes of security data and billions of daily events.

You'll work closely with Software Engineering, AI/ML, and Security Operations teams to define the technical vision and architecture for our production systems, driving automation and operational excellence to minimize toil and accelerate product delivery. This role requires deep, hands-on Azure platform expertise, a strong software engineering foundation, and fluency in Dev Sec Ops  principles.

Culture is one of the most important things  . Explore our culture deck ex.ai to witness how we embody it, prioritizing the irreplaceable collaboration and community of in-person work.

Location: This role will require Monday through Thursday onsite in our Kansas City office (preferred), with San Jose or Sarasota, FL also considered. WFH Friday. Candidates must live in or be willing to relocate to one of these three cities.

Own the architecture of our Azure platform as it scales to petabytes of security data and billions of daily events.

Own our Azure governance and environment model, including subscription and management group structure, Azure Policy, network topology, and identity.

Lead Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) initiatives, defining and driving adherence to critical Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and managing on-call rotations.

Drive operational excellence by implementing advanced monitoring, observability (logs, metrics, tracing), automated provisioning, and disaster recovery strategies.

Establish and enforce Dev Sec Ops  practices, standardizing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), security testing, and deployment mechanisms for rapid, secure, and reliable software delivery.

Automate deployment, scaling, and management of microservices and event-driven systems using containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS).

Maintain workload portability across the platform so that infrastructure decisions remain reversible.

Partner with engineering teams to optimize application performance, resource utilization, and cloud cost efficiency.

Mentor and influence engineering teams on best practices in Azure architecture, reliability, and security-first development.

Collaborate with Product Management and Security Operations to translate new product requirements and operational needs into scalable and cost-effective platform solutions.

Evaluate and drive the adoption of new infrastructure technologies and engineering methodologies to maintain a competitive advantage.

8+ years of progressive experience in Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Engineering roles.

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