DevOps Engineer

Role Overview: As a part of our team, you will be responsible for owning and scaling our AWS-based platform with Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform IaC, and GitHub Actions-driven CI/CD. Your main focus will be streamlining container build/deploy, observability, security, and developer workflows, including Slack integrations. By managing and optimizing Kubernetes on AWS, maintaining Terraform-based IaC, and building GitHub Actions pipelines, you will contribute to delivering a reliable, cost-efficient, and secure platform. Key Responsibilities: - Manage and optimize Kubernetes (EKS) on AWS, including deployments, scaling, ingress, networking, and security. - Maintain and extend Terraform-based IaC for consistent, repeatable, multi-environment deployments (modules, remote state). - Build, maintain, and optimize GitHub Actions pipelines for backend, frontend, and infrastructure. - Manage Docker images and AWS ECR (build, tag/version, cache, and vulnerability scanning). - Monitor health, performance, and costs across AWS; recommend and implement improvements. - Implement alerting, logging, and observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana (or equivalents). - Automate operational tasks via scripting and internal tooling to reduce manual work. - Partner with developers to ensure environment parity, smooth deployments, and fast incident resolution. - Integrate Slack with CI/CD, monitoring, and incident workflows. - Enforce security best practices across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and container images. Qualifications Required: - Must-have skills & experience: - Cloud (AWS): IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, EKS, ECR. - Kubernetes (EKS): Deployments, autoscaling, ingress, networking, secrets, ConfigMaps, Helm. - IaC (Terraform): Modular code, remote state, environment patterns. - Containers: Docker image building/optimization and vulnerability scanning. - CI/CD (GitHub Actions): Workflows, matrix builds, caching, secrets management. - Monitoring & Logging: Hands-on with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, or Loki. - Security: Practical knowledge of IAM policies, K8s RBAC, and hardening practices. - Scripting: Proficiency in Bash. - Collaboration: Experience wiring Slack for deployments, alerts, and on-call workflows. Additional Company Details: At our company, you can expect: - ESOPs based on performance. - Health insurance. - Statutory benefits like PF & Gratuity. - Remote work options. - Professional development opportunities. - Collaborative and inclusive work culture. (Note: The company details are as per the provided reference from hirist.tech),