Staff DevOps Engineer

Overview As a Staff DevOps Engineer on the Central Software (CSW) team, you design, build, and operate the on‑prem and cloud infrastructure that powers Boston Dynamics’ robotics platform. You lead complex infrastructure projects and drive reliability and scale across engineering teams. You work on hard problems—managing physical server fleets, hybrid cloud architecture, and scalable services that support robotics development. You will influence security, IaC standards, and cross‑functional collaboration to enable fast, dependable engineering workflows. Compensation / Benefitsmedicaldentalvision401(k)paid time offannual bonus ResponsibilitiesBuild and operate hybrid infrastructure across on‑prem and Google Cloud environmentsScale CI/CD pipelines, ML workflows, and simulation environments for reliability and growthOwn system reliability through defined SLOs, on‑call rotations, and post‑mortem improvementsChampion Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and Packer for reproducible provisioningHarden infrastructure security with secrets management, RBAC, network segmentation, and secure defaultsCollaborate with software and robotics engineers to translate infrastructure needs into durable solutions Key requirements5+ years of experience in DevOps or infrastructure engineering with production on‑prem and cloud experienceHands‑on provisioning/management of bare‑metal server infrastructure at scale (e.g., metal‑kubed, MAAS, Digital Rebar)Strong Kubernetes experience in production (cloud‑managed and self‑hosted)Deep knowledge of Google Cloud Platform or AWS (compute, networking, storage, Kubernetes, cost management)Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, Packer) across heterogeneous environmentsExperience with observability platforms, dashboards, alerts, and incident responseSolid security fundamentals: secrets management, RBAC, service accounts, network securityCI/CD systems (BuildKite, GitLab CI) and artifact management (Artifactory, Nexus)Ability to communicate infrastructure concepts to non‑infrastructure stakeholdersProgramming/scripting in Python, Go, Bash, Rust, or C++Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experienceCross‑functional collaborationClear communication to non‑technical stakeholdersProblem‑solving mindsetBare‑metal provisioning (metal‑kubed, MAAS, Digital Rebar)Kubernetes (GKE/EKS and self‑hosted)Google Cloud Platform or AWS