Senior DevOps Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and optimize enterprise-grade Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms to support secure, scalable, and highly available applications.Drive automation initiatives across infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, configuration management, and operational workflows using Rancher, Helm, Ansible, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.Architect, build, and continuously improve CI/CD and GitOps pipelines utilizing Jenkins, GitHub, and modern DevSecOps methodologies.Contribute to platform architecture, scalability planning, reliability engineering, capacity management, and performance optimization initiatives.Lead the implementation of platform security controls, vulnerability management processes, secrets management practices, and compliance requirements.Deploy, administer, and support critical platform services including Vault, Kafka, MongoDB, Redis/Valkey, ClickHouse, and Apache Superset.Develop reusable automation frameworks, operational tooling, and self-service capabilities using Python and Shell scripting.Establish and enhance observability standards through monitoring, logging, alerting, incident management, and root cause analysis processes.Collaborate closely with Development, QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to streamline software delivery and improve operational efficiency.Act as a technical mentor for DevOps engineers and contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.Support and optimize cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments across AWS and on-premises data centers.Participate in production readiness reviews, disaster recovery planning, system upgrades, and platform modernization initiatives.

Mandatory Skills

Strong expertise in Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift administration, cluster operations, troubleshooting, upgrades, and lifecycle management.Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, Rancher, and containerized application deployments.Proven expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, GitOps, and DevSecOps practices.Strong Linux administration skills with deep understanding of system performance, networking, security, and troubleshooting.Hands-on experience with Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies for infrastructure and platform automation.Strong understanding of platform security, secrets management, vulnerability management, and secure software delivery practices.Experience with security and DevSecOps tools including Vault, SonarQube, Nexus, SAST/DAST solutions, and vulnerability scanning platforms.Expertise in platform technologies such as Kafka, MongoDB, Redis/Valkey, and related distributed systems.Strong scripting and automation capabilities using Python and Shell scripting.Experience implementing observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Alertmanager, and related monitoring tools.Working knowledge of AWS cloud services, networking, compute, storage, and infrastructure management.Ability to design and operate highly available, scalable, resilient, and secure production environments.Strong troubleshooting, incident management, root cause analysis, and platform reliability engineering skills.

Desirable Skills

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).Red Hat OpenShift Certification (EX280 or equivalent).Experience with ClickHouse, Oracle Database, Apache Superset, and other data platform technologies.Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and operational excellence frameworks.Experience supporting hybrid cloud and multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.Familiarity with disaster recovery, business continuity, and platform resiliency planning.Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.Ability to drive technical initiatives independently and influence platform engineering best practices.Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a continuous improvement mindset.