Principal Engineer Virtualization Kubernetes

The Chance.

We have an outstanding career opportunity for Principal Engineer - Virtualization Kubernetes at Bangalore/Pune/Hyderabad locations to join Commvault's Virtualization Workloads team. You will be a hands-on technical leader driving the architecture, design, and implementation of next-generation data protection for virtualized and containerized environments, spanning KVM/QEMU, KubeVirt, and Kubernetes-native workloads. This is a high-impact individual contributor role with broad scope and visibility across product lines.

What youll do
- Design and implement data protection features for virtualized workloads (KVM/QEMU, KubeVirt, VMware) and Kubernetes-native environments
- Drive architectural decisions for backup, restore, and replication pipelines at the OS and hypervisor layer
- Contribute to CSI driver development, Kubernetes operator design, and container-native storage workflows
- Collaborate across platform, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver robust, production-grade solutions
- Provide technical leadership,



mentor peers, and influence engineering culture and practices

Who you are
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 8+ years overall experience with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives.
- Deep expertise in Linux/Windows systems programming and OS internals (memory management, storage I/O).
- Strong C++ background with production experience in low-level or systems software.
- Hands-on Kubernetes experience operators, CRDs, CSI, RBAC, and cluster-level architecture.
- Solid understanding of storage internals: block storage, snapshots, replication, and consistency models.
- Experience with virtualization platforms; KVM/QEMU familiarity is a strong plus.
- Experience with KubeVirt, OpenShift Virtualization, or similar container-native VM platforms is good to have.
- Background in data protection, backup/restore, or disaster recovery software.
- Open-source contributions or patent

📌 Principal Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Commvault
📍 Bengaluru