Experience Required: 3–6 YearsWe are looking for a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience inon-premise infrastructure, Linux systems, automation, CI/CD, container platforms, observability,and platform engineering. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of enterprise-grade DevOps tools and practices, especially in hybrid/on-prem environments.Key Responsibilities
- Core Infrastructure & Operating Systems
- Manage and administer Linux environments: RHEL/CentOS 7–9, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04,
Oracle Linux, SUSE.
- Handle enterprise storage systems: NAS, NetApp, HPE 3PAR/Nimble.
- Work with SAN/NAS protocols: FC, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS/SMB, including multipathing.
- Perform bare-metal provisioning for servers and appliances.
- Container Platforms (On-Prem Kubernetes)
- Strong hands-on expertise in Red Hat OpenShift (4.12–4.16).
- Good understanding of core Kubernetes concepts.
- Manage container runtimes like containerd or CRI-O.
- Work on cluster upgrades, operators, networking, storage classes, monitoring, and
security hardening.
- CI/CD & Automation
- Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (Pipeline-as-Code, shared libraries, distributed
agents).
- Work with GitLab CE/EE, including runners and self-hosted workflow automation.
- Manage GitOps deployments via ArgoCD, Flux v2, or similar.
- Strong proficiency in Ansible (AWX/Tower).
- Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform/OpenTofu.
- Build standard VM/bare-metal images using Packer (good-to-have).
- Configuration Management
- Maintain automation using Ansible as the primary tool.
- Manage OS fleets through Red Hat Satellite or SUSE Manager.
- Exposure to Puppet or Chef (legacy systems support).
- Monitoring, Logging & Observability
- Manage observability stack with Prometheus + Thanos/Cortex/Mimir for metrics.
- Build dashboards and alerts in Grafana / Grafana Enterprise.
- Experience with Loki + Promtail/Alloy for logs.
- Optional exposure: Elastic Stack (ELK/EFK), OpenSearch, Zabbix, Nagios.
- Deploy and maintain OpenTelemetry collectors.
- Experience with VictoriaMetrics is a plus.
- Security, Compliance & Secrets Management
- Manage enterprise secrets using HashiCorp Vault (on-prem).
- Perform vulnerability and compliance scanning using OpenSCAP, Anchore, Trivy, Clair.
- Work with SELinux/AppArmor in enforcing mode.
- Handle certificate lifecycle with Venafi, internal CA, or cert-manager.
- Support VA scans using tools like Nessus.
- Networking (Enterprise-Grade On-Prem & Hybrid)
- Good understanding of cloud-style concepts: Security Groups, NACLs, NAT, IGW, Route
Tables.
- Exposure to pfSense, FortiGate, Cisco firewalls.
- Experience with load balancers: F5 BIG-IP, NGINX, HAProxy, XAMPP.
- Understanding of BGP/EVPN, VLANs, VXLAN, firewalls, and enterprise network
segmentation.
- Backup, Disaster Recovery & High Availability
- Manage backups for DBs, VMs, and applications.
- Understanding of stretched clusters, metro clusters, and Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
- Practical knowledge of designing and supporting HA vs DR for servers, databases, and
applications.
- Databases & Middleware (DevOps-Managed Environments)
- Hands-on experience managing:
- PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL Server
- Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka clusters
- Experience with operators like:
- CrunchyData (Postgres)
- Percona (MySQL/Mongo)
- StackGres (Postgres)
- Strimzi (Kafka)
- Scripting & Platform Engineering
- Strong scripting using Python, Go (for internal tooling), and advanced Bash.
- In-depth understanding of Linux internals: cgroups, namespaces, kernel tuning.
- Work with Git workflows: GitOps, trunk-based development, monorepos.
- Capacity planning, infrastructure right-sizing, and on-prem cost optimization.
- Familiarity with:
- Redis, Kafka
- Jupyter, Airflow
- Jenkins (deep expertise)
- Zenduty, SonarQube
- Docker RBAC, Teleport, SSO
- Strong platform engineering mindset to build internal automation platforms.
Required Qualifications
- 3–6 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Platform Engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience with Linux and enterprise on-prem infrastructure.
- Experience managing HA production systems at scale.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in complex
environments.
Good to Have
- Certifications in RHEL, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, or security tools.
- Experience in regulated industries (BFSI, fintech, telco).
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to work on enterprise-grade infrastructure in an advanced hybrid
environment.
- Exposure to full-stack DevOps, including OS, platform, containers, networking, and
automation.
- High ownership role with modern tooling and platform engineering responsibilities.
Required Skills
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