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title: 'Sr Staff/Principal Devops Engineer at Balbix'
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# Sr Staff/Principal Devops Engineer at Balbix

- **Company:** Balbix
- **Location:** Delhi, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2024-08-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/balbix/65df61f9-841a-446d-ad7a-00102fbe82b3

## Job description

Balbix is looking for a DevOps Sr Staff/Principal Engineer to join our growing team. This role is critical in setting up our engineers for success and for our company to ensure that we deliver the best of class and scalable platform. This role requires working in various hosting environments and technology stacks with a specific focus on AWS and a commitment to Infrastructure as Code (IaC), continuous deployment, and observability.

The ideal candidate should possess a consistent track record of architecting complex DevOps systems, massively scaling applications and infrastructure, solving complex problems in AWS, IaC, and CI/CD automation, and quickly learning and adapting to constantly evolving technologies with AWS and other cloud providers.

You will

- Lead the development of critical DevOps projects, set technical direction, and influence the organization's technical strategy.
- Solve complex problems, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact DevOps solutions.
- Design and develop IaC components for Balbix solutions and internal engineering tools running in AWS.
- Build and deploy a state-of-the-art security SaaS platform using the latest CI/CD techniques, ensuring it is fully automated, repeatable, and secure.
- Secure infrastructure using best practices (e.g., TLS, bastion hosts, certificate management, authentication and authorization, network segmentation).
- Design and develop a scalable, cost-efficient deployment infrastructure on Kubernetes
- Design and implement consistent observability systems for Balbix solutions
- Participate in on-call rotation.

You are

- Collaborative, comfortable working across teams, taking ownership of driving cross-organizational initiatives, and leading customer engagement for operational initiatives.
- An effective communicator with strong documentation practices and the ability to articulate thought processes in a team setting.
- Comfortable working in an agile environment.
- Curious about technology, industry trends, DevOps best practices, and committed to continuous learning.

You have

- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps for Sr Staff or 12- 15 years for Principal.
- 4+ years of experience setting up and managing infrastructure in AWS for a product development organization.
- Ability to independently architect, design, document, and implement complex platforms and complex DevOps systems.
- Solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and services such as load balancers (ALB/ELB), IAM, KMS, Networking, EC2, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, Lambda, etc.
- 4+ years of experience building infrastructure using Terraform.
- 3+ years of solid experience with Kubernetes and Helm.
- Expert-level programming experience with Python for scripting and automation.
- Excellent knowledge of working on configuration management systems such as Ansible.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD code management and deployment technologies like GitLab, Jenkins, or similar.
- Familiarity with Nginx, HAProxy, Kafka, and other components used in public cloud environments.
- Experience managing Observability systems using Grafana, Prometheus, LGTM stack is a plus.
- Experience deploying and managing Aurora RDS - Postgres, ElasticCache, Cassandra, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, ClickHouse is a plus.
- Cloud certifications (e.g., Cloud Solutions Architect, DevOps, Developer, Database—AWS certifications preferred) are a plus.
- MLOps experience is a plus.
- Experience building/working on the latest AI technologies for infrastructure management is a plus.
- Excellent time management skills, with the ability to stay focused and calm under pressure while meeting competing deadlines and quickly changing priorities when needed.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and verbal.
- Be available for on-call duties

## About Balbix

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Balbix provides an AI-native platform for cyber risk and exposure management, helping enterprises reduce breach risk by unifying data from security and IT systems.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Safe Security in November 2025)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, United States (additional office in Gurugram, India)
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Gaurav Banga (founder and former CEO, left April 2026)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Computer and Network Security / Cybersecurity
- **Target customers**: B2B, enterprise (finance & banking, manufacturing, telecommunications, energy & utilities, healthcare)
- **Mission**: Provide every organization with a comprehensive, real-time view of breach risk along with prioritized insights and integrations to transform cybersecurity posture.

## Products & Services
- **Balbix BreachControl™**: AI-powered SaaS platform for exposure management, cyber risk quantification, asset inventory, and application security risk management. Continuously discovers on-prem, cloud, and mobile assets; analyzes 100+ attack vectors; and provides prioritized remediation actions.
- **BIX GenAI Security Assistant**: An AI assistant that delivers instant, evidence-backed answers to board, executive, and auditor questions about cyber risk.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue ~$5.3M (LinkedIn estimate); total funding $101.6M (Series A: $8.6M led by Mayfield Fund, 2017; Series B: $23M led by Singtel Innov8, 2018; Series C: $70M led by Redline Capital, 2022)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Mayfield Fund, Singtel Innov8, Redline Capital
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount declined 64.3% YoY to 44 employees (likely due to acquisition); still posting 11 open positions. Acquired by Safe Security in November 2025 to create an agentic-AI cyber risk system. Named a Gartner "Cool Vendor" and ranked #32 on Deloitte Fast 500 North America (2021).

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native architecture**: Unifies data from 150+ security and IT systems into a real-time view of assets and exposures.
- **Automated asset discovery**: Customers typically discover 15–35% more assets than they thought they had after deploying Balbix.
- **Risk quantification in dollars**: Enables CISOs to communicate cyber risk to boards, insurers, and regulators in business terms.
- **Continuous prioritization**: Analyzes exploitability, blast radius, and business impact to focus on the most critical exposures.

## Strategic Focus
- Integration with Safe Security to deliver a unified agentic-AI cyber risk platform.
- Continued development of AI/ML capabilities (LLM systems, data lakehouse, DevOps automation) to improve exposure management and risk quantification.
- Serving enterprise customers in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, energy).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Startup energy with helpful coworkers, ping-pong, happy hours, no micro-management, and flexible hours (from employee reviews). However, recent founder and VP Engineering departures indicate a transition period post-acquisition.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: On-site workspaces at HQ in San Jose and office in Gurugram. Some roles (e.g., AI/ML Architect) are listed as "Hybrid – Full-Time Delhi NCR"; others are "On-site" or "Full-Time".
- **Perks & Benefits**: Company equity, performance bonuses, diversity initiatives.
- **Engineering Culture**: Focus on AI/ML, LLM systems (LangGraph & Bedrock), data lakehouse, DevOps, and backend engineering. Open roles include AI/ML Architect, Staff AI Engineer, Technical Team Lead – LLM Systems, and Principal DevOps Engineer.

## Sources
1. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/balbix) – Company details, headcount, revenue, funding, open positions
2. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/balbix) – Products, competitors, acquisition by Safe Security
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/balbix) – Careers, perks, locations
4. [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Balbix) – Employee reviews, revenue range
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/balbix) – Active job postings (AI/ML Architect, DevOps, etc.)

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