Description
Role & Responsibilities :
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing, automating, and optimizing cloud-native solutions on AWS. AWS and Linux expertise are mandatory.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience across databases, automation, CI/CD, containers, and observability, with the ability to build and scale secure, reliable cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud & Infrastructure as Code (IaC) :
- Architect and manage AWS environments ensuring scalability, security, and high availability.
- Implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
- Configure VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, and PrivateLink/Connect for advanced networking.
CI/CD & Automation
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, SonarQube, automated testing).
- Automate deployments, provisioning, and monitoring across environments.
Containers & Orchestration
- Deploy and operate workloads on Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
- Implement IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) for secure pod-level access.
- Optimize performance of containerized and microservices applications.
Monitoring & Reliability
- Implement observability with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, M/Monit, and Datadog.
- Establish logging, alerting, and proactive monitoring for high availability.
Security & Compliance
- Apply AWS security best practices including IAM, IRSA, SSO, and role-based access control.
- Manage WAF, Guard Duty, Inspector, and other AWS-native security tools.
- Configure VPNs, firewalls, and secure access policies and AWS organizations.
Databases & Analytics
- Must have expertise in MongoDB, Snowflake, Aerospike, RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, and other RDBMS.
- Manage data reliability, performance tuning, and cloud-native integrations.
- Experience with Apache Airflow and Spark.
Ideal Candidate
- 8+ years in DevOps engineering, with strong AWS Cloud expertise (EC2, VPC, TG, RDS, S3, IAM, EKS, EMR, SCP, MWAA, Lambda, CloudFront, SNS, SES etc.).
- Linux expertise is mandatory (system administration, tuning, troubleshooting, CIS hardening etc).
- Strong knowledge of databases: MongoDB, Snowflake, Aerospike, RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, and other RDBMS.
- Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.
- Proven ability with CI/CD pipeline automation and DevSecOps practices.
- Practical experience with VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, WAF, Guard Duty, Inspector and advanced AWS networking and security tools.
- Expertise in observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, M/Monit, and Datadog.
- Strong scripting skills (Shell/bash, Python, or similar) for automation.
- Bachelor / Masters degree
- Effective communication skills
Perks, Benefits And Work Culture
- Competitive Salary Package
- Generous Leave Policy
- Flexible Working Hours
- Performance-Based Bonuses
- Health Care Benefits
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