DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Experience Level: Mid to Senior (4+ Years)

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Overview:

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, automating, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The DevOps Engineer will collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure seamless deployment, monitoring, and scaling of applications.

Key Responsibilities:

•Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, testing, and deployments.

•Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure using AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

•Deploy and maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.

•Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

•Monitor system performance, logs, and security using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and CloudWatch.

•Implement security best practices for cloud and containerized environments, including IAM, secrets management, and compliance checks.

•Collaborate with development teams to enhance application performance and scalability.

•Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents using observability tools and root cause analysis techniques.

•Optimize cost and resource utilization in cloud environments.

•Implement backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies for critical services.

•Maintain and enhance automation scripts for deployment and infrastructure management.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

•4+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD automation.

•Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

•Proficiency in containerization using Docker and Kubernetes.

•Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

•Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, or CircleCI.

•Experience with scripting languages (Bash, Python, or Go) for automation.

•Proficiency in observability and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch, Loki).

•Strong understanding of networking concepts, including DNS, load balancing, and firewalls.

•Knowledge of security best practices, including IAM, SSL/TLS, and vulnerability scanning.

•Experience with database administration and backup strategies (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).

•Experience working with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

•Experience with Kubernetes operators and service mesh solutions (Istio, Linkerd).

•Familiarity with serverless architectures and FaaS (AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions).

•Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet, SaltStack).

•Understanding of policy-as-code for compliance automation (OPA, Kyverno).

•Familiarity with incident management and SRE principles.