Senior DevOps Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have 4-6 years of DevOps experience with a strong focus on on-premises or self-managed Kubernetes environments. This role involves deploying, operating, monitoring, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters and Linux infrastructure to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of production systems.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Linux-based systems in production environments.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot applications running on Linux.
• Perform root cause analysis for OS-level issues to maintain high availability and performance.
• Ensure system stability, security hardening, and performance tuning.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain on-premises or self-managed Kubernetes clusters (bare metal or VM-based).
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes issues related to: Pod scheduling, networking, and storage; Cluster components and service failures; Application deployment and scaling.
• Debug containerized workloads and ensure reliable rollouts.
• Manage Kubernetes resources such as Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and CronJobs.
• Work with ARGO CD / ARGO Workflows for Kubernetes-native application delivery and workflows (mandatory).
• Implement and maintain Prometheus and Grafana for infrastructure and application monitoring.
• Create and manage real-time Grafana dashboards for cluster health, application metrics, and alerts.
• Analyze monitoring data to proactively identify and resolve performance and reliability issues.
• Support incident response using observability tools.
• Configure and manage Kubernetes CronJobs and Linux-based scheduled tasks.
• Troubleshoot failed or delayed automation jobs.
• Improve operational efficiency through scripting and automation.
• Develop automation using Shell, Python, or Ansible.
• Gain working knowledge of Horizon/platform portals used for infrastructure or operational visibility.
• Monitor and track infrastructure health and incidents using internal portals.
• Utilize portals for operational insights and incident management.
• Understand basic cloud computing concepts and architectures.
• Provide support or troubleshooting for cloud-related dependencies when required.
• Note: This role is primarily focused on on-prem Kubernetes, not public cloud operations
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or a related field (or equivalent hands-on experience).
• 4-6 years of experience in a DevOps / SRE / Production Support role.
• Strong expertise in Linux system administration.
• Hands-on experience with on-prem, self-managed, or unmanaged Kubernetes clusters.
• Proven ability to deploy, debug, and troubleshoot Kubernetes environments.
• Strong experience with Prometheus and Grafana.
• Mandatory exposure to ARGO CD / ARGO Workflows.
• Experience with automation and scripting (Shell, Python, Ansible).
• Ability to handle production incidents independently.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
  
  

This job was posted by Sajal Saxena from CorEdge.