We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer / Solutions Architect to lead and manage the DevOps function for our large-scale, high-traffic production systems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in building, deploying, and managing containerised services, Kubernetes clusters, serverless architectures, and cloud-native applications. This role demands a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise, capable of designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and management of DevOps processes for high-traffic production systems in industries such as FinTech, Banking, E-commerce, or other large-scale transactional platforms.
- Architect and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS, GCP, and Azure, leveraging multiple services to meet application and business requirements.
- Implement and maintain Kubernetes-based container orchestration, serverless solutions, and microservices architectures.
- Ensure High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), failover strategies, and fallback mechanisms for critical production environments.
- Drive CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring, and deployment processes to ensure seamless delivery of applications.
- Monitor and optimise system performance, resource utilisation, and cost-efficiency across cloud environments.
- Establish best practices for security, compliance, and operational efficiency.
- Mentor, lead, and manage DevOps teams, providing guidance on architecture, automation, and production operations.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to translate technical requirements into reliable, scalable solutions.
- Evaluate emerging DevOps tools, technologies, and cloud services, ensuring continuous improvement of infrastructure and operational practices.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience in DevOps, cloud architecture, and infrastructure engineering, with proven experience in high-traffic, production-grade systems.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, containerised applications, and serverless architectures.
- Deep knowledge of cloud platforms : AWS, GCP, Azure - with hands-on experience in multiple services (compute, storage, networking, database, security, monitoring).
- Proven track record of designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable systems with disaster recovery and fallback mechanisms.
- Strong experience in CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM templates), monitoring, logging, and alerting.
- Expertise in networking, load balancing, proxy configuration, caching, and performance optimisation.
- Experience working in FinTech, Banking, E-commerce, or other high-transaction domains is highly preferred.
- Strong leadership qualities, with prior experience managing and mentoring DevOps teams.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to work under pressure, and strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
- Strong understanding of security best practices, compliance requirements, and cost optimisation strategies.
- Experience with multi-cloud deployments and hybrid cloud architectures.
- Knowledge of advanced monitoring, tracing, and observability tools.
- Hands-on experience with edge computing, API gateways, and message queues.
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