Experience: 6 - 9 years
Location: Hyderabad
Work Mode: WFO 5 Days
Senior DevOps Engineer CI/CD, Kubernetes & Security
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, and Kubernetes to architect and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. This role emphasizes security-first DevOps practices, on-premises Kubernetes operations, and integration with data engineering workflows.
Core Responsibilities
CI/CD Pipeline Architecture & Security
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins with embedded security controls:
- Build greenfield pipelines and enhance/stabilize existing pipeline infrastructure
- Diagnose and resolve build, test, and deployment failures across multi-service environments
- Integrate security gates, compliance checks, and automated quality controls at every pipeline stage
- Manage and optimize SonarQube and static code analysis tooling:
- Enforce code quality and security scanning standards across all services
- Maintain organizational coding standards, vulnerability thresholds, and remediation workflows
- Automate quality gates as integral components of CI/CD processes
- Engineer optimized Docker images for Java, Scala, and Python applications:
- Implement multi-stage builds, layer optimization, and minimal base images
- Conduct image vulnerability scanning and enforce compliance policies
- Apply containerization best practices for security and performance
- Develop comprehensive Ansible automation:
- Create modular, reusable, and secure playbooks for configuration management
- Automate environment provisioning and application lifecycle operations
- Maintain infrastructure-as-code standards and version control
Kubernetes Platform Operations & Security
- Lead complete lifecycle management of on-premises/bare-metal Kubernetes clusters:
- Cluster provisioning, version upgrades, node maintenance, and capacity planning
- Configure and manage networking (CNI), persistent storage solutions, and ingress controllers
- Troubleshoot workload performance, resource constraints, and reliability issues
- Implement and enforce Kubernetes security best practices:
- Design and manage RBAC policies, service account isolation, and least-privilege access models
- Apply Pod Security Standards, network policies, secrets encryption, and certificate lifecycle management
- Conduct cluster hardening, security audits, monitoring, and policy governance
- Provide technical leadership to development teams:
- Guide secure deployment patterns and containerized application best practices
- Establish workload governance frameworks for distributed systems
- Drive adoption of security-first mindsets across engineering teams
Data Engineering Support
- Collaborate with data engineering teams on Spark-based workloads:
- Support deployment and operational tuning of Spark ETL/ETA jobs
- Understand cluster integration, job orchestration, and performance optimization
- Debug and troubleshoot Spark workflow issues in production environments
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Expertise
- Jenkins (Expert): Advanced pipeline development, DSL scripting, security integration, troubleshooting
- Docker (Expert): Secure multi-stage builds, vulnerability management, optimisation for Java/Scala/Python
- Ansible (Expert): Complex playbook development, configuration management, automation at scale
- Kubernetes (Expert - Primary Focus): On-premises cluster operations, security hardening, networking, storage management
- SonarQube/Code Quality (Strong): Integration, quality gate enforcement, threshold management
- DevSecOps (Strong): Security scanning, compliance automation, vulnerability remediation, workload governance
- Spark ETL/ETA (Moderate): Understanding of distributed data processing, job configuration, runtime behavior
Core Competencies
- Deep understanding of DevSecOps principles and security-first automation
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities across complex distributed systems
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps methodologies
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks and security standards
- Ability to mentor teams and drive best practice adoption
Qualifications
- 6 - 10 Years years of hands-on DevOps
- Proven track record with Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible in production environments
- Experience managing on-premises Kubernetes clusters (bare-metal preferred)
- Strong background in security hardening and compliance automation
- Familiarity with data engineering platforms and big data technologies
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
