About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of proven expertise in building scalable infrastructure, automating deployment pipelines, and enabling continuous delivery across cloud and on-prem environments. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical depth, hands-on automation capabilities, and the ability to collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth, reliable product releases.
This role is essential for elevating operational efficiency, optimizing cloud costs, improving system reliability, and strengthening overall deployment performance.
Key Responsibilities
1. CI/CD Pipeline Automation
- Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or CircleCI.
- Automate build, test, and release processes for microservices-based architectures.
- Implement automated rollback, canary deployments, blue/green deployments.
2. Cloud Infrastructure & Deployment
- Manage and optimize infrastructure across AWS / Azure / GCP (client-specific).
- Provision, configure, and monitor cloud services using IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi).
- Implement scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems.
3. Containerization & Orchestration
- Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using Docker.
- Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, GKE, or self-managed K8s).
- Implement Helm charts, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and auto-scaling strategies.
4. Monitoring, Logging & Performance
- Configure monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK Stack, Datadog, New Relic or CloudWatch.
- Implement end-to-end alerting, logging, and telemetry pipelines.
- Analyze system performance, troubleshoot bottlenecks, and optimize infrastructure.
5. Security & Compliance (DevSecOps)
- Integrate security checks into CI/CD (SAST, DAST, SCA).
- Implement vulnerability scanning tools like SonarQube, Snyk, Twistlock, or Aqua.
- Manage IAM, secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager), and role-based access.
6. Automation & Scripting
- Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, Shell or PowerShell.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, configuration, and backups.
7. Collaboration & Documentation
- Work closely with software developers, QA, and product teams to streamline release cycles.
- Create technical documentation, playbooks, runbooks, and architectural diagrams.
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident management.
Required Skills & Qualifications :
Technical Skills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS / Azure / GCP (expert level)
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
- IaC Tools: Terraform (mandatory), CloudFormation, Ansible
- Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)
- Monitoring Tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK Stack, Datadog, New Relic
- Version Control: Git, GitLab, GitHub
- Security Tools: SonarQube, Snyk, Vault, IAM
- Scripting: Bash, Shell, Python
- OS Knowledge: Linux/Unix environments (strong proficiency)
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical ability
- Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration
- Ability to work in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Ownership mindset with attention to system stability and optimization
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification: AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps, CKA/CKAD
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Knowledge of networking concepts (VPC, VPN, DNS, Load Balancers)
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams
- Prior involvement in cost optimization and system reliability engineering (SRE)
