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Sr. DevOps Engineer - OpenShift & CI/CD

Summary

Senior DevOps Engineer designs and maintains CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters, and GitOps workflows using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD for automated, secure deployments.

We are looking for an experiencedSenior DevOps Engineerwith strong hands-on expertise inCI/CD, OpenShift, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitOps, Service Mesh, and DevOps automation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and containerized application environments across Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms. The role requires strong practical experience in enterprise DevOps environments, automation, microservices security, observability, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, manage, and optimizeCI/CD pipelinesfor enterprise application deployments.
  • Build and manage deployment pipelines across container technologies includingNative Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.
  • Develop and maintain automated CI/CD workflows usingGitHub Actions.
  • Implement and manageJenkins-based Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)pipelines.
  • Develop and maintainJenkins Shared Libraries, Pipeline-as-Code, and Groovy scriptingfor CI/CD automation.
  • Implement and manageGitOps-based deployment practicesusing tools such asArgoCD.
  • Work with development and engineering teams to automate application build, deployment, release, and environment management processes.
  • Manage and support multiple application environments across development, testing, staging, and production.
  • Implement and maintainService Meshsolutions within containerized and microservices environments.
  • Support secure communication between microservices and understandmicroservice authentication and authorization mechanisms.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, deploy, configure, and manage different application environments.
  • Implement DevOps automation to improve deployment reliability, repeatability, and efficiency.
  • Monitor application and platform health and troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and pipeline issues.
  • Implement and maintain enterpriselogging and monitoring solutions.
  • Work withELK Stack, Prometheus, and Grafanafor centralized logging, monitoring, metrics, dashboards, and troubleshooting.
  • Support production deployments, incident resolution, performance monitoring, and continuous platform improvements.
  • Contribute to DevOps standards, automation frameworks, engineering best practices, and platform reliability initiatives.

Required Technical Skills

CI/CD & Automation

  • Strong hands-on experience withCI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong experience withJenkins.
  • Experience developingJenkins Shared Libraries.
  • Strong understanding ofPipeline-as-Code.
  • Hands-on experience withGroovy scriptingfor Jenkins automation.
  • Strong hands-on experience withGitHub Actions.

Kubernetes & OpenShift

  • Strong hands-on experience withNative Kubernetes.
  • Strong hands-on experience withRed Hat OpenShift administration and deployments.
  • Experience deploying and managing containerized applications across Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
  • Strong understanding of container-based application deployment and orchestration.

GitOps

  • Practical experience withGitOps methodologies.
  • Hands-on experience withArgoCDor similar GitOps tools.
  • Understanding of automated, declarative application deployment and environment management.

Service Mesh & Microservices Security

  • Practical hands-on experience withService Meshtechnologies.
  • Strong understanding ofmicroservices architecture.
  • Strong understanding ofmicroservice authentication and authorization processes.
  • Understanding of secure service-to-service communication.

Monitoring & Observability

  • Strong understanding of enterpriselogging and monitoring solutions.
  • Hands-on experience withELK Stack.
  • Hands-on experience withPrometheus.
  • Hands-on experience withGrafana.
  • Ability to troubleshoot application and platform issues using logs, metrics, and monitoring dashboards.

Required Competencies

  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work across development, testing, operations, security, and infrastructure teams.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise DevOps practices and automation.
  • Ability to manage multiple environments and deployment pipelines.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Strong ownership of production stability, deployment quality, and continuous improvement.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced Agile/DevOps environment.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience working inbanking or financial servicesenvironments.
  • Experience supporting enterprise-scale Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms.
  • Experience with highly available and production-critical applications.
  • Exposure to security, compliance, and controlled deployment practices within regulated environments.

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