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Staff Devops Engineer

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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟳𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟰𝟬-𝟳𝟬 𝗟𝗣𝗔)

Experience: 10+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru

We are looking for an experienced Principal DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead infrastructure reliability, cloud platform engineering, automation, and performance optimisation across large-scale production systems. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in AWS, distributed systems, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and Linux environments.

This role requires a strong engineering mindset, with a focus on building resilient, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure. You will drive improvements in system reliability, deployment automation, observability, and operational excellence while supporting the performance and availability requirements of critical production workloads.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, maintain, and optimise scalable, secure, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure for large-scale production systems.
  • Drive capacity planning, infrastructure performance tuning, resource optimisation, and cloud cost management.
  • Manage and optimise AWS services, including ECS, EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, Kinesis, WAF, Systems Manager (SSM), and Secrets Manager.
  • Improve production reliability, availability, resilience, and recovery capabilities across distributed systems.
  • Enhance observability through monitoring, centralised logging, distributed tracing, alerting, and operational dashboards.
  • Strengthen incident management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and preventive measures for recurring production issues.
  • Design and implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or similar Infrastructure as Code tools.
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and related automation technologies.
  • Implement GitOps practices and improve deployment workflows to enable consistent, secure, and repeatable releases.
  • Build automation tools and utilities using Go, Python, or Shell scripting to reduce manual operational effort.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues involving Linux production environments, networking, system internals, and distributed application architectures.
  • Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to improve application scalability, infrastructure design, and deployment reliability.
  • Establish infrastructure standards, operational best practices, and reusable automation frameworks.
  • Drive continuous improvements in cloud security, configuration management, operational efficiency, and engineering productivity.
  • Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on DevOps, SRE, cloud infrastructure, and production engineering practices.

What Makes You a Great Fit

  • 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Strong experience operating large-scale distributed production systems, preferably within established product-based or fintech organisations.
  • Deep hands-on expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and services, including compute, networking, databases, security, and monitoring.
  • Strong understanding of Linux production environments, system internals, networking, and troubleshooting.
  • Solid knowledge of distributed systems, asynchronous architectures, scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability.
  • Proficiency in Go, Python, or Shell scripting for infrastructure automation and operational tooling.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or equivalent tools.
  • Extensive experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and implementing GitOps practices.
  • Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and production observability.
  • Proven ability to drive capacity planning, performance optimisation, cloud cost control, and infrastructure reliability improvements.
  • Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills, with the ability to resolve complex production issues.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Ability to take ownership of critical infrastructure initiatives, make sound technical decisions, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
  • A continuous-improvement mindset with a strong focus on automation, reliability, security, and operational excellence.

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