DevOps Engineer- III

About the Engineering Team

Navi's Engineering team builds the backbone of our financial products. We operate as

cross-functional teams that work closely with Product, Data, and Business functions to

deliver reliable, high-performance systems at scale. Our engineers focus on solving

real-world challenges through scalable architecture, automation, and long-term

thinking, along with providing quality feedback - ensuring every Navi product is built to

serve millions efficiently and seamlessly.

About the Team

The DevOps and Infrastructure team at Navi designs, operates, and scales a hybrid

cloud architecture spanning AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and specialized

self-hosted environments.

As Navi partners closely with banks and regulated financial institutions, our

infrastructure must be resilient, compliant, and secure by design. The team is

responsible for ensuring that all systems run seamlessly while safeguarding sensitive

customer data (including PII) and preventing any disruptions in financial transactions.

We are passionate about building next-generation infrastructure that balances security,

performance, and developer velocity.

This includes:

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure: Scaling services across AWS, OCI, and on-prem

components.

Platform Engineering: Creating internal platforms and tooling that empower

developers to ship quickly and safely.

Observability & Reliability: Implementing world-class monitoring, alerting, and

incident management practices.

Security & Compliance: Embedding guardrails and automation to meet

stringent financial-grade security requirements.

Cost Optimization: Ensuring our infra is not just reliable, but also cost-efficient

at scale.

What We Expect From You

Develop deep understanding of the end-to-end configurations, dependencies,

customer requirements, and overall characteristics of the production services as the

accountable owner for overall service operations

Implementing best practices, challenging the status quo, and tab on industry and

technical trends,

changes, and developments to ensure the team is always striving for best-in-class

work

Lead incident response efforts, working closely with cross-functional teams to

resolve issues quickly and minimize downtime. Implement effective incident

management processes and post-incident reviews

Participate in on-call rotation responsibilities, ensuring timely identification and

resolution of infrastructure issues

Possess expertise in designing and implementing capacity plans, accurately

estimating costs and efforts for infrastructure needs.

Systems and Infrastructure maintenance and ownership for production environments,

with a continued focus on improving efficiencies, availability, and supportability

through automation and well defined runbooks

Provide mentorship and guidance to a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a

collaborative and high-performing work environment. Mentor team members in best

practices, technologies, and methodologies.

Design for Reliability - Architect & implement solutions that keeps Navi's

Infrastructure running with Always On availability and ensures high uptime SLA for

the Infrastructure

Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables related to your

technical expertise and assigned domains

Collaborate with Product & Information Security teams to ensure the integrity and

security of Infrastructure and applications. Implement security best practices and

compliance standards

Must Haves

5-7 years of experience as Devops / SRE / Platform Engineer

Strong expertise in automating Infrastructure provisioning and configuration using

tools like Ansible, Packer, Terraform, Docker, Helm Charts etc

Strong skills in network services such as DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP, etc

Expertise in managing large-scale cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS and Oracle)

Expertise in managing production grade Kubernetes clusters

Experience in scripting using programming languages like Bash, Python, etc.

Expertise in skill sets for centralized logging systems, metrics, and tooling frameworks such as ELK, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, and Grafana etc.

Experience in Managing and building High scale API Gateway, Service Mesh, etc

Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and

a sense of ownership and drive

Have a working knowledge of a backend programming language

Deep knowledge & experience with Unix / Linux operating systems internals (Eg.

filesystems, user management, etc)

A working knowledge and deep understanding of cloud security concepts

Proven track record of driving results and delivering high-quality solutions in a

fast-paced environment

Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical

project stakeholders, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team

environment.

Inside Navi

We are shaping the future of financial services for a billion Indians through products that are

simple, accessible, and affordable. From Personal & Home Loans to UPI, Insurance, Mutual

Funds, and Gold we're building tech-first solutions that work at scale, with a strong

customer-first approach.

Founded by Sachin Bansal & Ankit Agarwal in 2018, we are one of India's fastest-growing

financial services organisations. But we're just getting started!

Our Culture

The Navi DNA

Ambition. Perseverance. Self-awareness. Ownership. Integrity.

We're looking for people who dream big when it comes to innovation. At Navi, you'll be

empowered with the right mechanisms to work in a dynamic team that builds and improves

innovative solutions. If you're driven to deliver real value to customers, no matter the

challenge, this is the place for you.

We chase excellence by uplifting each otherand that starts with every one of us.

Why You'll Thrive at Navi

At Navi, it's about how you think, build, and grow. You'll thrive here if:

You're impact-driven

You take ownership, build boldly, and care about making a real difference.

You strive for excellence

Good isn't good enough. You bring focus, precision, and a passion for quality.

You embrace change

You adapt quickly, move fast, and always put the customer first.