Senior Devops Engineer

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, troubleshooting, and optimization of complex CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and cloud-based services.
• Own and support end-to-end build, deployment, release, and production operations, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliability.
• Continuously evaluate and improve DevOps tools, technologies, and processes to enhance pipeline performance, deployment efficiency, and system reliability.
• Design and implement automation solutions using Bash, Python, and/or Groovy to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
• Manage and optimize Linux-based systems, including configuration, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and system administration.
• Work extensively with Git, Jira, Jenkins, Docker, and other DevOps tools to build and maintain robust deployment workflows.
• Manage and support web-based applications and infrastructure involving CDN and cloud services, with hands-on experience in GCP or Azure.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across application, infrastructure, networking, CI/CD, and cloud environments, and drive issues through to resolution.
• Implement and maintain best practices around deployment automation, configuration management, monitoring, logging, security, and system reliability.
• Collaborate with development, QA, infrastructure, security, and other cross-functional teams to ensure smooth and reliable releases.
• Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) for production issues and implement preventive and corrective actions.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical guidance on DevOps practices, automation, and troubleshooting.
• Contribute to the definition and improvement of DevOps standards, processes, and operational best practices.
• Support multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications & Skills

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Build & Release Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a similar role.
• BE / B.Tech degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience in Linux system administration and troubleshooting.
• Strong expertise in Git, Jira, Jenkins, Docker, and modern CI/CD processes.
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and strong experience with Python and/or Groovy for automation.
• Hands-on experience managing and supporting web-based applications, CDN, and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform, preferably GCP or Azure.
• Experience in designing, maintaining, and optimizing complex CI/CD pipelines.
• Good understanding of cloud networking, deployment architecture, scalability, availability, and security best practices.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and production troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of DevOps methodologies, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and release management.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and take ownership of critical production and deployment activities.
• Experience mentoring team members and providing technical leadership is preferred.