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Principal DevOps Engineer 

Boston, MA | Hybrid | Onshape 

Onshape, a PTC SaaS business, is redefining how professional engineers design, collaborate and manage product data in the cloud. Our platform brings the best of modern SaaS collaboration to 3D CAD — think SolidWorks meets GitHub meets Google Docs — and is used globally by teams building the next generation of products.

We are looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to help scale and operate the global cloud platform behind Onshape’s collaborative CAD and data management service. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, building automation, improving reliability and keeping large-scale SaaS systems secure, performant and resilient.

You will work closely with a highly technical team in Boston’s Seaport District to create a low-touch, highly automated cloud environment. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, deeply hands-on with Linux and cloud operations, comfortable digging into code and infrastructure, and excited to raise the bar for deployment, monitoring, security and operational excellence across a global SaaS platform.

Why This Role Matters 

Operate and evolve the cloud platform behind a globally used SaaS product. Focus on AWS infrastructure, automation, Linux operations, Kubernetes platforms, security, compliance, and operational excellence. This role is distinct from SRE and is centered on infrastructure and platform operations rather than Java application reliability. 

What You Will Own 

Large-scale AWS cloud infrastructure operations

Terraform and configuration management using Ansible/Puppet

Linux fleet management and automation

Kubernetes and cloud-native platform operations

Operational tooling, observability implementation and platform supportability

Security, compliance, GovCloud, ITAR and FedRAMP support

Cloud scalability, capacity planning and cost optimization

Technical leadership and mentoring across engineering teams

Key Responsibilities 

Operate and improve cloud infrastructure supporting thousands of cloud resources

Build low-touch, highly automated operational environments

Eliminate manual operational toil through engineering

Manage infrastructure as code and configuration management standards

Improve deployment consistency, disaster recovery and operational readiness

Partner with security teams on hardening and compliance initiatives

Create self-service capabilities that enable engineering teams to move faster

Influence platform standards and operational best practices

Required Experience 

10+ years in Cloud Operations, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering or DevOps

Strong AWS experience at production scale

Expert Linux administration and troubleshooting

Terraform expertise

Ansible, Puppet or Chef experience

Kubernetes operational experience

Python, Bash or Go automation skills

Production on-call and incident response experience

Preferred Experience 

MongoDB, Elasticsearch or similar platforms

GovCloud, FedRAMP or ITAR environments

GitOps and platform engineering experience

Cloud cost optimization and FinOps

Java application operational support

Why Candidates Join 

Principal-level technical impact without people management

Large-scale SaaS challenges

Strong engineering culture

Opportunity to eliminate toil through automation

Hybrid flexibility in Greater Boston

This position is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future sponsorship from PTC.

Compensation (CIP)
PTC carefully considers a wide variety of factors when determining compensation. The anticipated annual salary range for this position is between $118,000 - 190,000. The salary range reflects a good-faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on a candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Additionally, candidates may be eligible for a performance-based bonus.  Employees also have the opportunity to become a PTC shareholder through our employee share purchase program (ESPP), which allows for the purchase of discounted PTC stock. Certain roles may also be eligible for participation in our equity programs. Employees may be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and sick leave, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) contributions and employer match, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage and, if you are an office-assigned employee, a generous commuter subsidy. All total rewards and benefits programs are subject to applicable plan eligibility and other terms and conditions.
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Applications will be accepted on an on-going basis.

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