DevOps / Infrastructure Engineering Lead

Location: Whitefield, Bengaluru ( 5days WFO )

Experience: 6+ Years

Role Overview:

Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

• Architect and manage highly available Kubernetes clusters using

  AWS EKS

  with optimized auto-scaling and secure networking.
• Leverage

  Docker

  for containerization and implement secure CI/CD workflows using tools like Jenkins or Devtron.
• Define and manage infrastructure using

  Terraform

  , maintaining reusable and version-controlled modules.
• Build, monitor, and optimize core AWS services:

  ALB/NLB, Security Groups, IAM (Roles & Policies), VPC, Route53, KMS, SSM, Patch Manager

  , and more.
• Ensure infrastructure is compliant with high availability, cost-efficiency, and security standards across environments.

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Enforce

  CIS Benchmarking

  standards for Kubernetes, EC2, IAM, and other AWS resources.
• Implement

  container image hardening

  practices (e.g., scanning for CVEs, minimal base images, signed images, SBOM integration).
• Configure cloud-native security controls (e.g., KMS, IAM boundaries, GuardDuty, SecurityHub) to enforce access control and encryption policies.
• Collaborate with InfoSec to manage vulnerability scans, incident playbooks, VAPT responses, and compliance posture reporting.

Observability & Monitoring

• Drive full-stack observability using

  DataDog, CloudWatch, Grafana

  , and

  OpenTelemetry (OTEL)

  based open-source pipelines.
• Build monitoring solutions to track infrastructure health, performance, latency, and alerts with actionable dashboards.
• Define and maintain SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and automated alert escalation processes.

Data Platform Management

• Provision and manage highly available data stores:

  MongoDB, MySQL/Aurora, Redis, DocumentDB, ClickHouse

  .
• Design and implement backup policies, patching processes, disaster recovery (RTO/RPO), and scaling strategies for all critical data systems.

Tooling & Automation

• Own end-to-end CI/CD workflows using Jenkins, Devtron, or similar platforms.
• Automate patching, configuration drift detection, resource tagging, and access lifecycle workflows.
• Create internal tooling and scripts to manage infrastructure, cost audits, access reviews, and deployment flows.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering ownership, growth, and collaboration.
• Drive technical architecture decisions, enforce best practices, and streamline operational playbooks.
• Conduct RCA for outages/incidents and lead cross-functional response improvements.

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering roles, with 2+ years in a leadership or staff capacity.
• Strong hands-on expertise in

  AWS

  ,

  Terraform

  ,

  Kubernetes (EKS)

  ,

  Docker

  , and Linux internals.
• Deep understanding of

  cloud security

  ,

  IAM practices

  ,

  encryption

  ,

  CIS benchmarks

  , and

  image hardening

  strategies.
• Experience with observability tools like

  DataDog

  ,

  Grafana

  ,

  CloudWatch

  , and

  OTEL

  open-source alternatives.
• Proven experience managing relational and NoSQL databases:

  MongoDB, MySQL/Aurora, Redis, DocumentDB, ClickHouse

  .
• Experience implementing and managing infrastructure under compliance standards like SOC2, ISO27001, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications:

  AWS DevOps Professional

  ,

  AWS Solutions Architect

  ,

  HashiCorp Terraform Associate

  .
• Experience with automated compliance audits, security event correlation, and incident management tools.
• Familiarity with tools like

  Cloudflare

  ,

  Devtron

  ,

  Prometheus

  , and

  FluentBit

  .

Why Join Us:

• Lead platform modernization and observability efforts for a rapidly scaling organization.
• Work in an engineering-first culture that values automation, security, and system design excellence.