AWS DevOps / CICD Engineer
Summary
Senior DevOps engineer at Fulcrum Digital (Coimbatore, India) who designs, automates, and operates secure, large-scale AWS infrastructure: building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline), Infrastructure-as-Code with AWS CDK, and Kubernetes/EKS container platforms, plus observability, cloud security, and cost optimization while mentoring junior engineers.
AWS DevOps / CICD Engineer
Who are we
Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to lead the design, automation, and operation of large-scale, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS. In this role you will set the technical direction for CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and observability, mentor junior engineers, and partner with architecture, development, and security teams to drive reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency across mission-critical environments.
Key Responsibilities
Architect AWS infrastructure end-to-end using (AWS CDK), establishing reusable modules and standards.
Design, build, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy.
Lead container strategy and orchestration with Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS, including cluster design, scaling, and upgrade management.
Define and implement observability standards — monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting — using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, the ELK stack, or Datadog.
Embed security and compliance into the platform: IAM governance, network segmentation (VPC), encryption, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
Own cloud cost optimisation, capacity planning, and performance tuning across accounts and environments.
Establish and champion DevOps best practices, automation standards, and GitOps workflows across teams.
Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, and contribute to hiring and technical reviews.
Collaborate with architecture and engineering leadership on platform roadmap and technology decisions.
Required Skills & Qualifications
6+ years of hands-on DevOps/cloud engineering experience, with deep expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, Route 53, ELB, CloudFront, EKS/ECS).
Proven track record designing and scaling CI/CD pipelines in production
Strong experience with Docker and container orchestration at scale (Kubernetes/EKS or ECS).
Advanced scripting/automation skills in Python and Bash.
Deep understanding of networking, Linux system administration, and cloud security architecture.
Demonstrated experience with monitoring/observability tooling
Preferred / Nice-to-Have
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, or AWS Solutions Architect – Professional.
Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA) and regulated/enterprise-scale environments.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.