Senior DevOps Engineer

Role & Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions.
• Develop, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to automate application build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and related technologies.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and operational tasks using Python, Bash, or other scripting languages.
• Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack.
• Implement cloud security controls, identity and access management (IAM), secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and DevSecOps best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application deployment, networking, and production performance issues.
• Drive incident management, root cause analysis, disaster recovery planning, and service reliability improvements.
• Optimize cloud resource utilization, infrastructure performance, and operational costs.
• Collaborate with software development, QA, security, and operations teams to improve deployment frequency and system stability.
• Establish and maintain infrastructure standards, automation frameworks, technical documentation, and operational runbooks.
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct technical reviews, and promote DevOps best practices across engineering teams.
• Evaluate emerging tools and technologies to improve automation, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE), or infrastructure automation.
• Strong hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Proven expertise in CI/CD pipeline development, deployment automation, and release management using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.
• Practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and container orchestration.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly Terraform, and configuration management tools such as Ansible.
• Proficiency in Linux administration, networking fundamentals, Git, Python, Bash, or Shell scripting.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions for production systems.
• Good understanding of cloud security, IAM, network security, secrets management, and DevSecOps principles.
• Experience managing production environments, troubleshooting critical incidents, and conducting root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of high availability, scalability, backup strategies, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies, change management, and IT service management processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to independently lead technical initiatives, manage priorities, and deliver reliable infrastructure solutions.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers, driving automation initiatives, and leading continuous improvement projects is highly desirable.
• Relevant cloud, Kubernetes, or DevOps certifications are an added advantage.