Devops Sr Engineer

We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of overall experience and 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes expertise. The ideal candidate should be highly proficient in AWS cloud, CI/CD, containerization, Kubernetes cluster management, and infrastructure automation. 

Must-Have Skills 

• 8+ years of DevOps / SRE / Infrastructure Engineering experience 

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes 

• Expertise in deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters (cloud-managed and on-prem) 

• Strong experience in Kubernetes Ingress setup and management 

• Strong proficiency in AWS, including EKS, Route 53, CloudFront, IAM, VPC, Load Balancers, S3, ECR, CloudWatch 

• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI 

• Experience with Docker, NGINX, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka 

• Strong Linux/Ubuntu administration and Bash scripting skills 

• Good understanding of networking, DNS, SSL/TLS, VPNs, and cloud security 

• Proven scripting ability with Bash, and optionally Python or Go 

• Comfortable with Git workflows and version control best practices 

• Solid understanding of networking (DNS, firewalls, routing, SSL/TLS, etc.) 

• Experience managing and securing container registries (Docker, GitHub, GitLab, etc.) 

Responsibilities 

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters, both cloud-managed (EKS/AKS/GKE) and on premise  

• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or CircleCI 

• Manage and secure VPNs, preferably using WireGuard, for secure remote access and internal communications  

• Configure and maintain container registries, including Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, and self-hosted/private registries.  

• Deploy and manage databases including PostgreSQL, Redis, and TimescaleDB 

• Write and maintain Bash scripts for automation and system administration on Ubuntu-based systems 

• Deploy and manage Apache Kafka for distributed event streaming and real-time data pipelines 

• Use NGINX as a reverse proxy, load balancer, and/or ingress controller, including TLS/SSL management 

• Build infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) tools such as Terraform or Pulumi 

• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog) 

• Collaborate with developers, QA, and security teams to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable deployments 

• Support cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) and help in cost optimization and environment standardization  

• Participate in on-call rotations and handle production incidents and troubleshooting