Senior DevOps Engineer
Summary
A Senior DevOps Engineer who designs, builds, and runs enterprise CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and cloud-native platforms (Red Hat OpenShift, AWS) while embedding DevSecOps security controls. They standardize release practices across dev, test, staging, and production with tools like Ansible, Terraform, Python, SonarQube, and Nexus.
The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, operating, and continuously improving enterprise DevSecOps platforms, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and cloud-native application delivery capabilities. The role supports development teams by enabling secure, reliable, and scalable software delivery across multiple application portfolios and environments.
The engineer works closely with Solution Architects, Product Owners, Developers, Test Engineers, Security Teams, and Operations Teams to standardize software delivery practices and improve deployment efficiency, governance, and operational resilience.
- Automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Secure and compliant software delivery processes.
- Improved deployment success rates.
- Reduced manual operational effort through automation.
- Reliable and repeatable production release capabilities.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support application delivery.
- Implement deployment automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
- Support enterprise DevOps tooling and platform services.
- Maintain reusable deployment templates and shared DevOps components.
Release & Deployment Management
- Support application releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
- Automate deployment processes and rollback mechanisms.
- Troubleshoot deployment issues and coordinate production implementations.
- Support change and release management activities.
Cloud & Container Operations
- Build and maintain containerized application deployment pipelines.
- Manage application configuration, secrets, and deployment artifacts.
- Implement environment provisioning and platform automation.
DevSecOps & Security Integration
- Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
- Support code quality, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
- Promote shift-left security practices and automation.
- Assist teams in remediation of security findings.
- Develop scripts and automation tools to reduce manual operational effort.
- Standardize delivery workflows across projects.
- Improve deployment reliability, consistency, and auditability.
- Drive adoption of DevOps best practices and engineering standards.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with Development, Testing, Security, Infrastructure, and Operations teams.
- Provide technical guidance on DevOps implementation approaches.
- Support incident investigation and root cause analysis.
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and operational readiness activities.
Technical Skills
- DevOps & CI/CD
- Source Code Management
- Release Management
- Confluence Administration
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Infrastructure Automation
- AWS services eg. EC2, Security Group, S3
Automation
- Shell Scripting
- Python
- Ansible
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Quality & Security
- SonarQube
- Nexus Repository / NexusIQ
- Vulnerability Management
- DevSecOps Practices
Monitoring & Operations
- Production Deployment Support
- Operational Readiness