Principal Devops Engineer Jobs in California
Principal Devops Engineer jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in the technology, enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, and financial services sectors across all levels of seniority. The largest hiring metros are the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, where companies like Google, Apple, and Salesforce maintain deep engineering organizations and consistently recruit for principal-level devops talent. The most in-demand specialties are Kubernetes orchestration, platform engineering, and cloud security automation. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Company Information
For more than 20 years, AEG has played a pivotal role in transforming sports and live entertainment. Annually, we host more than 160 million guests, promote more than 10,000 shows and present more than 22,000 events around the world. We are committed to innovation, artistry, and community, and leverage the power of our 300+ venues, leading sports franchises, marquee music brands, integrated entertainment districts, premier ticketing platform and global sponsorship activations, to create memorable moments that give the world reason to cheer.
Our business is interwoven with the human mind and heart, and we strive to build a diverse and inclusive company that reflects the artists, athletes, and fans that we host; reach beyond traditional boundaries to support the communities in which we operate; and minimize our impact on the environment by adopting sustainable practices throughout our business operations.
If you want to be challenged to up your game and make a difference, then join us in giving the world reason to cheer!
Job Summary
The Principal DevOps Engineer is a senior-level individual contributor who architects and implements scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). This role leads technical execution of DevOps best practices, including automation, CI/CD pipeline development, observability, and infrastructure as code. The Principal Engineer partners closely with engineering teams, architecture, and stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver high-impact solutions. They also mentor peers and promote a DevOps culture focused on reliability, performance, and developer efficiency
Essential Functions
- Deploy microservices using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) within CI/CD pipelines by scripting, testing, and creating backups to support independent development, scalable deployment, and reliable system configuration.
- Train, mentor, and assist other team members in DevOps and Platform Engineering best practices, while actively contributing to the refinement of tickets, definition of technical requirements, and identification of effective solutions. Collaborate with the team to define measurable and meaningful KPIs for DevOps Engineers to strive toward and follow.Train, mentor, and assist other team members in DevOps and Platform Engineering best practices, while actively contributing to the refinement of tickets, definition of technical requirements, and identification of effective solutions. Collaborate with the team to define measurable and meaningful KPIs for DevOps Engineers to strive toward and follow.
- Manage automated build processes using software development platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, and AWS CodeBuild) to enable quick, efficient, correct, and flexible deployments.
- Automate, deploy, and test by leveraging webhooks and status checks from software development platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub, Jira, and Postman)
- Configure and create automated real-time application monitoring solutions that include database log reviews, key performance indicators of system performance, and other alerts to maintain availability and security of database systems.
- Champion ChatOps workflows using real-time communication tools (like Slack), and perform system administration tasks including changes to user permissions, system configurations, and tuning of applications and processes in partnership with the development team. Additionally, contribute to monthly reporting on system health, performance metrics, and operational improvements to ensure transparency and continuous optimization
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS Degree (4-year) in a related field
- 6-8 years years of related work experience
- Experience designing and configuring Azure cloud services, including AKS, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, ACR, Front Door, Application Insights, Key Vault, Load Balancers, VNets, Traffic Manager, and Event Hub.
- Experience automating deployments for microservices-based platforms using CI/CD and infrastructure as code.
- Experience collaborating on projects that utilize modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or Ember.js.
- Experience configuring infrastructure and application alerts, alarms, and notifications
- Experience solving application monitoring challenges using continuous synthetic transactions
- Comfortable using Git version control
- Experience working in cloud-based DevOps environments with cross-functional or globally distributed teams.
- Eagerness to work in a highly collaborative team environment
- Understanding of DevOps fundamentals such as security, scalability, and reliability
- Ability to design and create cloud-based software defined networking
- Familiarity with fault tolerant infrastructure designs including the use of regions and availability zones
- Familiarity with Kubernetes setup, configuration, and deployment
- Experience with writing infrastructure as code (IaC) (Terraform, Azure ARM, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
- Proficiency in a scripting language such as Bash or PowerShell
- Experience in at least one programming language (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, C#)
- Experience with a unified, real-time monitoring and analytics platform, such as Azure Log Analytics, Google StackDriver / Operations Suite, New Relic, Splunk or Datadog
- Understanding of Microsoft SQL or MySQL
- Experience using a CI/CD tool like CircleCI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including sprint planning and backlog refinement.
- Great verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical, decision-making, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
- Results driven with reliable follow through
- Experience contributing to operational reporting, including system health, performance metrics, and KPI
Payscale: $144,487.00 - $210,000
Bonus: This position is eligible for a bonus under the current bonus plan requirements.
Benefits: Full-time: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, dental and vision insurance, paid holidays, vacation and sick time, company paid basic life insurance, voluntary life insurance, parental leave, 401k Plan (with a current employer match of 3%), flexible spending and health savings account options, and wellness offerings.
AEG reserves the right to change or modify the employee's job description whether orally or in writing, at any time during the employment relationship. AEG may require an employee to perform duties outside their normal description.
AEG's policy is to hire the most qualified applicants, and we comply with all applicable federal, state and local employment laws in making hiring and employee decisions. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, marital status, disability, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected status recognized by applicable federal, state or local law.
Employer does not offer work visa sponsorship for this position.
Company Information
For more than 20 years, AEG has played a pivotal role in transforming sports and live entertainment. Annually, we host more than 160 million guests, promote more than 10,000 shows and present more than 22,000 events around the world. We are committed to innovation, artistry, and community, and leverage the power of our 300+ venues, leading sports franchises, marquee music brands, integrated entertainment districts, premier ticketing platform and global sponsorship activations, to create memorable moments that give the world reason to cheer.
Our business is interwoven with the human mind and heart, and we strive to build a diverse and inclusive company that reflects the artists, athletes, and fans that we host; reach beyond traditional boundaries to support the communities in which we operate; and minimize our impact on the environment by adopting sustainable practices throughout our business operations.
If you want to be challenged to up your game and make a difference, then join us in giving the world reason to cheer!
Job Summary
The Principal DevOps Engineer is a senior-level individual contributor who architects and implements scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). This role leads technical execution of DevOps best practices, including automation, CI/CD pipeline development, observability, and infrastructure as code. The Principal Engineer partners closely with engineering teams, architecture, and stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver high-impact solutions. They also mentor peers and promote a DevOps culture focused on reliability, performance, and developer efficiency
Essential Functions
- Deploy microservices using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) within CI/CD pipelines by scripting, testing, and creating backups to support independent development, scalable deployment, and reliable system configuration.
- Train, mentor, and assist other team members in DevOps and Platform Engineering best practices, while actively contributing to the refinement of tickets, definition of technical requirements, and identification of effective solutions. Collaborate with the team to define measurable and meaningful KPIs for DevOps Engineers to strive toward and follow.Train, mentor, and assist other team members in DevOps and Platform Engineering best practices, while actively contributing to the refinement of tickets, definition of technical requirements, and identification of effective solutions. Collaborate with the team to define measurable and meaningful KPIs for DevOps Engineers to strive toward and follow.
- Manage automated build processes using software development platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, and AWS CodeBuild) to enable quick, efficient, correct, and flexible deployments.
- Automate, deploy, and test by leveraging webhooks and status checks from software development platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub, Jira, and Postman)
- Configure and create automated real-time application monitoring solutions that include database log reviews, key performance indicators of system performance, and other alerts to maintain availability and security of database systems.
- Champion ChatOps workflows using real-time communication tools (like Slack), and perform system administration tasks including changes to user permissions, system configurations, and tuning of applications and processes in partnership with the development team. Additionally, contribute to monthly reporting on system health, performance metrics, and operational improvements to ensure transparency and continuous optimization
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS Degree (4-year) in a related field
- 6-8 years years of related work experience
- Experience designing and configuring Azure cloud services, including AKS, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, ACR, Front Door, Application Insights, Key Vault, Load Balancers, VNets, Traffic Manager, and Event Hub.
- Experience automating deployments for microservices-based platforms using CI/CD and infrastructure as code.
- Experience collaborating on projects that utilize modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or Ember.js.
- Experience configuring infrastructure and application alerts, alarms, and notifications
- Experience solving application monitoring challenges using continuous synthetic transactions
- Comfortable using Git version control
- Experience working in cloud-based DevOps environments with cross-functional or globally distributed teams.
- Eagerness to work in a highly collaborative team environment
- Understanding of DevOps fundamentals such as security, scalability, and reliability
- Ability to design and create cloud-based software defined networking
- Familiarity with fault tolerant infrastructure designs including the use of regions and availability zones
- Familiarity with Kubernetes setup, configuration, and deployment
- Experience with writing infrastructure as code (IaC) (Terraform, Azure ARM, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
- Proficiency in a scripting language such as Bash or PowerShell
- Experience in at least one programming language (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, C#)
- Experience with a unified, real-time monitoring and analytics platform, such as Azure Log Analytics, Google StackDriver / Operations Suite, New Relic, Splunk or Datadog
- Understanding of Microsoft SQL or MySQL
- Experience using a CI/CD tool like CircleCI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including sprint planning and backlog refinement.
- Great verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical, decision-making, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
- Results driven with reliable follow through
- Experience contributing to operational reporting, including system health, performance metrics, and KPI
Payscale: $144,487.00 - $210,000
Bonus: This position is eligible for a bonus under the current bonus plan requirements.
Benefits: Full-time: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, dental and vision insurance, paid holidays, vacation and sick time, company paid basic life insurance, voluntary life insurance, parental leave, 401k Plan (with a current employer match of 3%), flexible spending and health savings account options, and wellness offerings.
AEG reserves the right to change or modify the employee's job description whether orally or in writing, at any time during the employment relationship. AEG may require an employee to perform duties outside their normal description.
AEG's policy is to hire the most qualified applicants, and we comply with all applicable federal, state and local employment laws in making hiring and employee decisions. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, marital status, disability, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected status recognized by applicable federal, state or local law.
Employer does not offer work visa sponsorship for this position.
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What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal devops engineer jobs across California.
- Ten or more years of devops or infrastructure engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure
- Proficiency with container orchestration tools, particularly Kubernetes and Docker at enterprise scale
- Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab, or Argo
- Strong background in infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent frameworks
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and mentoring mid-level and senior devops engineers
Principal Devops Engineer Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a principal devops engineer in California?
Principal devops engineer roles in California require no state-issued license, but employers here consistently expect a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field alongside substantial hands-on experience. California hiring managers at major technology companies and enterprise firms weight cloud certifications from AWS, Google, or Microsoft heavily, as well as a demonstrated history leading devops practice at a team or organizational level before considering candidates for the principal tier.
How much do principal devops engineers make in California?
Principal devops engineers in California earn a median of about $174,410 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $105,060 for the lowest 10% to over $272,670 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire principal devops engineers in California?
Employers hiring principal devops engineers in California right now include Palo Alto Networks, Infomagnus, and AEG Worldwide, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. California's concentration of large enterprise technology firms, cloud-native startups, and financial services companies means demand for principal-level devops talent remains consistent even outside peak hiring cycles.
Which California cities have the most principal devops engineer jobs?
Santa Clara, Palo Alto, and San Diego have the most principal devops engineer openings in California, driven by the Bay Area's dense concentration of technology headquarters, Los Angeles's growing enterprise and entertainment-technology sector, and San Diego's established defense technology and biotech infrastructure, which all generate sustained demand for senior devops leadership.
Are there remote principal devops engineer jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 40% of principal devops engineer openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how much of the work involves code, configuration, and system design rather than on-site infrastructure. Platform engineering, cloud architecture, and CI/CD pipeline ownership tend to be the most remote-compatible parts of the principal devops role.
How can I get hired as a principal devops engineer in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is securing a junior devops, site reliability engineering, or systems administration role at a California technology company and building from there. Large Bay Area employers including cloud-focused firms and enterprise software companies run associate infrastructure and devops programs that welcome candidates transitioning from software development or IT operations. Earning a cloud practitioner certification from AWS or Google, building public infrastructure-as-code projects on GitHub, and applying to devops engineer roles one level below principal are the credentials and lateral moves that open the door fastest in the California market.
Where can I find and apply to principal devops engineer jobs in California?
You can find and apply to principal devops engineer jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings updated regularly. Find the roles that fit your experience and specialization, then apply directly to each one.
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