DevOps Engineer

Summary

Senior DevOps engineer (8+ yrs) who designs and manages scalable cloud infrastructure on Azure and GCP, architected around Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform IaC, and CI/CD pipelines, while mentoring engineers and driving automation and architecture decisions. Based in Hyderabad or Vizag (hybrid/remote) with a 3 PM–12 AM IST shift.

Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: Hyderabad / Visakhapatnam (Vizag) – Hybrid / Remote
Employment Type: Full-Time

Shift: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM IST


Experience: 8+ Years


Job Overview:

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and managing scalable cloud and DevOps solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, Azure, GCP, and CI/CD, along with solid architectural and technical leadership capabilities.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available DevOps and cloud infrastructure.
  • Architect and manage Kubernetes environments for containerized applications.
  • Implement and maintain GitOps practices for automated and controlled application and infrastructure deployments.
  • Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
  • Design and support cloud solutions across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Build, enhance, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to enable automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
  • Collaborate with Development, QA, Security, and Architecture teams to improve software delivery and operational efficiency.
  • Establish DevOps best practices for monitoring, logging, security, scalability, reliability, and disaster recovery.
  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, deployment, and production issues.
  • Participate in infrastructure and application architecture discussions and provide recommendations for scalable technical solutions.
  • Lead and mentor DevOps engineers and provide technical guidance to team members.
  • Drive DevOps automation initiatives and continuously improve engineering processes and platform reliability.
  • Ensure adherence to security, governance, and compliance standards across cloud environments.



Requirements


Required Skills

  • 8+ years of overall experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related areas.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration.
  • Proven experience implementing GitOps methodologies and deployment workflows.
  • Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Hands-on experience with Azure and GCP cloud platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure architecture, scalability, high availability, and security.
  • Strong understanding of DevOps tools, automation, source control, and release management.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud, infrastructure, and deployment issues.
  • Experience in technical architecture and solution design.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, including mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives.
  • Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.


Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Docker and containerized application deployments.
  • Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools.
  • Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
  • Relevant Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications would be an added advantage.
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.


Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a technically strong DevOps professional and leader who can take ownership of cloud infrastructure, drive automation, contribute to architecture decisions, and lead teams in delivering reliable, scalable, and efficient technology solutions.



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