Experience: 3.00 + years
Salary: INR 2400000-2500000 / year (based on experience)
Expected Notice Period: 30 Days
Shift: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)
Opportunity Type: Office ()
Placement Type: Full Time Permanent position(Payroll and Compliance to be managed by: A cloud-based field service management SaaS platform)
(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers client - A cloud-based field service management SaaS platform)
What do you need for this opportunity
Must have skills required:
Cloud Build, gitlab ci, infrastructure as code, Cloud Infrastructure Management, Container & Orchestration Operations, Linux System Administration, Monitoring & observability, Jenkins
A cloud-based field service management SaaS platform is Looking for:
System Operation Engineer (SOE)
ROLE OVERVIEW We are looking for a skilled and proactive System Operation Engineer (SOE) to join our Infrastructure & Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining the stability, scalability, and security of our production systems across on-premise and cloud environments. You will work closely with development, DevOps, and platform teams to streamline operational workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and ensure maximum system availability. The ideal candidate brings a strong Linux foundation, hands-on cloud experience, a deep understanding of containerisation technologies, and a passion for building reliable, automated infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
1 Linux System Administration Manage, configure, and maintain Linux-based servers (RHEL / CentOS / RockyLinux / Ubuntu). Perform OS hardening, patch management, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
2 Cloud Infrastructure Management Provision, manage, and optimise cloud resources primarily on GCP (or equivalent AWS/Azure). Oversee VPCs, IAM, compute, storage, networking, and billing hygiene.
3 Container & Orchestration Operations Deploy, manage, and monitor Docker containerised workloads on Kubernetes clusters (GKE/EKS). Handle cluster upgrades, pod scheduling, resource limits, and service mesh configuration.
4 Monitoring & Observability Set up and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, or Stackdriver. Define SLOs/SLAs and create actionable runbooks.
5 Infrastructure as Code & Automation Write and maintain Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks for automated provisioning, configuration management, and drift remediation.
6 CI/CD Pipeline Support Support and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Cloud Build). Collaborate with Dev teams to streamline build, test, and deployment workflows
7 Participate in on-call rotations. Lead incident triage, root-cause analysis, and post-mortem documentation. Drive mean-time-to-recovery (MTTR) improvements. Security & Compliance
8 Ensure systems adhere to security best practices vulnerability scanning, certificate management, secrets rotation, and compliance with internal/external audit requirements
Required Skills & Qualifications
Linux Administration
- STRONG- Deep expertise in RHEL / CentOS / RockyLinux / Ubuntu
- Process, memory & I/O performance tuning
- File systems, LVM, disk management
- Shell scripting (Bash / Python)
- User management, ACLs & PAM Cloud Engineering
- Systemd, cron, networking (iptables / nftables)
- SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management
Cloud Engineering
- STRONG GCP preferred (Compute, GKE, Cloud SQL, GCS)
- AWS / Azure experience also valued
- VPC design, subnets, firewall rules
- IAM roles, service accounts & policies
- Cloud-native monitoring & logging
- Cost optimisation & resource tagging Docker / Kubernetes
Docker / Kubernetes
- STRONG Docker image build, registry, security scanning
- Kubernetes cluster operations (GKE / EKS / self-hosted)
- Helm chart creation & management
- Namespaces, RBAC, network policies
- HPA / VPA / Cluster Autoscaler
- StatefulSets, PVCs, storage classes
Monitoring Systems
- STRONG Prometheus + Alertmanager + Grafana
- ELK / EFK stack for log aggregation
- Datadog / New Relic / Dynatrace
- Cloud-native: Stackdriver / CloudWatch
- Synthetic monitoring & uptime checks
- SLO / SLA dashboards & PagerDuty integration
Good To Have Skills
Ansible / Terraform Infrastructure as Code configuration management & provisioning automation
CI/CD Pipelines Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Cloud Build 2+ years DevOps exposure preferred
Scripting Languages Python, Bash, Go for automation, tooling, and integration scripts
Database Operations PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis basic DBA tasks, backups, and replication monitoring
CORE TECHNOLOGY STACK Linux GCP Datadog AWS Azure New Relic Docker Cloud Build Kubernetes Istio Helm Redis Terraform PostgreSQL
Soft Skills & Professional Attributes
Problem-Solving Mindset: Ability to diagnose complex system issues under pressure, think analytically, and develop long-term preventive solutions.
Communication Skills: Articulate technical findings clearly to both technical peers and non-technical stakeholders. Strong documentation habits.
Team Collaboration: Works effectively in cross-functional teams partnering with Dev, QA, Security, and Business teams.
Ownership & Accountability: Takes end-to-end ownership of assigned systems and services. Self-driven with high accountability.
Continuous Learning: Stays current with emerging tools, cloud services, and infrastructure best practices. Proactively upskills.
Agile Adaptability: Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments with sprint planning, retrospectives, and iterative delivery.
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