AWS Architect/Engineer - Part Time/Freelancer

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Principal DevSecOps Engineer/Architect with deep expertise in Terraform, Atlantis, and large-scale multi-cloud environments (200–300+ accounts/subscriptions). This is a client-facing consulting role, responsible for designing and governing secure, scalable infrastructure and CI/CD platforms across enterprise environments.

This role goes beyond implementation, you will define standards, governance models, and automation frameworks for large organizations operating at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Platforms / AWS Expertise

• AWS (Expert) – Organizations, IAM, VPC, Security services
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Service Catalog to design, publish, and manage standardized, secure infrastructure products across multi-account AWS environments
• Proven ability to enforce governance, compliance, and cost controls by integrating Service Catalog with IAM, SCPs, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Azure or GCP (multi-cloud exposure required) Enterprise DevSecOps Architecture
• Architect and standardize end-to-end DevSecOps platforms
• Design secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins & GitHub Actions
• Embed security gates (SAST, DAST, SCA, container security) into pipelines
• Define reusable pipeline templates across multiple teams/business units Terraform + Atlantis (Must-Have, Core Focus)
• Design and manage large-scale Terraform architecture across 200–300+ cloud accounts
• Implement Terraform modules, remote backends, and state isolation strategies
• Build and manage Atlantis workflows for automated Terraform plan/apply
• Enforce:Code reviews & approvals for infra changes Policy-as-code (OPA / Sentinel)
• Drift detection & remediation

Multi-Cloud Architecture (AWS + Azure/GCP)

• Architect multi-cloud landing zones and governance frameworks
• Manage large account structures:
• AWS Organizations (multi-account strategy) Azure Management Groups / Subscriptions
• Implement:Network segmentation (VPC/VNet design) Identity federation (SSO, IAM, RBAC) Cross-account access models
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and cost optimization Security & Compliance at Scale
• Implement DevSecOps controls aligned with SOC 2, PCI-DSS, GDPR
• Integrate tools like: JFrog Xray (SCA) SonarQube (SAST) Trivy / Prisma / Wiz (container & cloud security)
• Build policy-as-code frameworks for compliance enforcement
• Automate evidence collection for audits

Artifact & Dependency Management

• Architect secure artifact lifecycle using JFrog Artifactory
• Implement access control, immutability, and vulnerability scanning
• Standardize dependency management across teams Observability & Reliability
• Implement centralized logging/monitoring:
• CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana
• Define SLOs/SLIs for platform reliability
• Reduce MTTR via automation and alerting

Consulting & Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients
• Lead architecture discussions and DevSecOps transformation programs
• Mentor teams and enforce engineering best practices
• Drive platform adoption across multiple business units

Required Skills:

Infrastructure as Code (Core)

• Terraform (Expert level)
• Atlantis (Hands-on implementation at scale)
• Strong experience with multi-account architecture (200–300+ accounts)

DevOps Tooling

• Jenkins (advanced pipelines)
• GitHub Actions (enterprise workflows)
• GitOps practices

Cloud Platforms

• AWS (Expert) – Organizations, IAM, VPC, Security services
• Experience with Azure or GCP (multi-cloud exposure required)

Security Stack

• SAST, DAST, SCA tools integration
• Container security & Kubernetes security
• Secrets management (Vault / AWS Secrets Manager)

Programming/Scripting

• Python / Bash (automation focus)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) at scale
• Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture
• Experience with OPA / Sentinel (policy-as-code)
• Familiarity with platform engineering concepts (Internal Developer Platforms)

Certifications (Good to Have)

• AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
• Terraform Associate / Advanced Terraform certifications
• CISSP / CKS (Kubernetes Security)

What Makes This Role Premium

• Ownership of large-scale (200–300 account) cloud environments
• Direct impact on enterprise DevSecOps maturity
• Client-facing architecture & strategy role (not just execution)
• Opportunity to define organization-wide standards

Job Description

Position - SRE developer / DevOps Engineer

Location - Mumbai

Experience- 3- 10 years

About HaystackAnalytics:

HaystackAnalytics is a company working in deep technology of genomics, computing and data science for creating the first of its kind clinical reporting engine in Healthcare. We are a new but well funded company with a tremendous amount of pedigree in the team (IIT Founders, IIT & IIM core team). Some of the technologies we have created are a global first in infectious disease and chronic diagnostics. As a product company creating a huge amount of IP, our Technology and R&D team are our crown jewels. With early success of our products in India, we are now expanding to take our products to international shores. 

Inviting Passionate Engineers to join a new age enterprise:  

At HaystackAnalytics, we rely on our dynamic team of engineers to solve the many challenges and puzzles that come with our rapidly evolving stack that deals with Healthcare and Genomics.

We’re looking for full stack engineers who are passionate problem solvers, ready to work with new technologies and architectures in a forward-thinking organization that’s always pushing boundaries. Here, you will take complete, end-to-end ownership of projects across the entire stack. 

Our ideal candidate has experience building enterprise products and has understanding and experience of working with new age front end technologies, web frameworks, APIs, databases, distributed computing,back end languages, caching, security, message based architectures et al.

You’ll be joining a small team working at the forefront of new technology, solving the challenges that impact both the front end and back end architecture, and ultimately, delivering amazing global user experiences.

Objectives of this Role:

• Work across the full stack, building highly scalable distributed solutions that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth
• Ideate and develop new product features in collaboration with domain experts in healthcare and genomics 
• Develop state of the art enterprise standard front-end and backend services
• Develop cloud platform services based on container orchestration platform 
• Continuously embrace automation for repetitive tasks
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality by using clean coding principles and solid design patterns 
• Build robust tech modules that are Unit Testable, Automating recurring tasks and processes  
• Engage effectively with team members and collaborate to upskill and unblock each other

Frontend Skills 

• HTML 5  
• CSS framework ( LESS/ SASS ) 
• Es6 / Typescript 
• Electron app / TAURI
• Component library ( Webcomponents / radix / material ) 
• CSS ( tailwind) 
• State management --> Redux / Zustand / Recoil 
• Build tools - > (webpack/vite/Parcel/turborepo)
• Frameworks -- > Next JS / 
• Design patterns 
• Test Automation Frameworks (cypress playwright etc )
• Functional Programming concepts  
• Scripting ( bash , python )

Backend Skills 

1. Node / Deno / bun - Express / NEST JS 
2. Language : Typescript / Python / Rust / 
3. REST / GRAPHQL 
4. SOLID Design Principles
5. Storage (mongodb/ Object Storage / postgres ) 
6. Caching ( Redis / In memory Data grid )
7. Pub sub (KAFKA / SQS / SNS / Event bridge / RabbitMQ) 
8. Container Technology ( Docker / Kubernetes )  
9. Cloud ( azure , aws , openshift ) 
10. GITOPS 
11. Automation ( terraform , Serverless ) 

Other Skills 

• Innovation and thought leadership
• UI - UX design skills  
• Interest in learning new tools, languages, workflows, and philosophies to grow
• Communication 

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and services, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation

Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell

Familiarity with DevOps methodologies and tools such as Git, Jenkins, or Ansible

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Willingness to learn new technologies and tools as required

As a SaaS DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for providing automated tooling and process enhancements for SaaS deployment, application and infrastructure upgrades and production monitoring.

• Development of automation scripts and pipelines for deployment and monitoring of new production environments.

• Development of automation scripts for upgrades, hotfixes deployments and maintenance.

• Work closely with Scrum teams and product groups to support the quality and growth of the SaaS services.

• Collaborate closely with SaaS Operations team to handle day-to-day production activities - handling alerts and incidents.

• Assist SaaS Operations team to handle customers focus projects: migrations, features enablement.

• Write Knowledge articles to document known issues and best practices.

• Conduct regression tests to validate solutions or workarounds.

• Work in a globally distributed team.

What achievements should you have so far?

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.

• Experience with containerization, deployment, and operations.

• Strong knowledge of CI/CD processes (Git, Jenkins, Pipelines).

• Good experience with Linux systems and Shell scripting.

• Basic cloud experience, preferably oriented on MS Azure.

• Basic knowledge of containerized solutions (Helm, Kubernetes, Docker).

• Good Networking skills and experience.

• Having Terraform or CloudFormation knowledge will be considered a plus.

• Ability to analyze a task from a system perspective.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.

• Must be organized, thorough, autonomous, committed, flexible, customer-focused and productive.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for design, implementation, and continuous improvement on automated CI/CD infrastructure
• Displays technical leadership and oversight of implementation and deployment planning, system integration, ongoing data validation processes, quality assurance, delivery, operations, and sustainability of technical solutions
• Responsible for designing topology to meet requirements for uptime, availability, scalability, robustness, fault tolerance & security
• Implement proactive measures for automated detection and resolution of recurring operational issues
• Lead operational support team manage incidents, document root cause and tracking preventive measures
• Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously validating/fixing vulnerability assessment reports and risk management
• Responsible for the design and development of tools, installation procedures
• Develops and maintains accurate estimates, timelines, project plans, and status reports
• Organize and maintain packaging and deployment of various internal modules and third-party vendor libraries
• Responsible for the employment, timely performance evaluation, counselling, employee development, and discipline of assigned employees.
• Participates in calls and meetings with customers, vendors, and internal teams on regular basis.
• Perform infrastructure cost analysis and optimization

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience with good technical knowledge regarding build, release, and systems engineering

Technical Skills:

• Experience with DevOps toolchains such as Docker, Rancher, Kubernetes, Bitbucket
• Experience with Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, Prometheus ,Grafana
• Ability to learn/use a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools
• Sound understanding of cloud technologies preferably AWS technologies
• Linux, Windows, Scripting, Configuration Management, Build and Release Engineering
• 6 years of experience in DevOps practices, with a good understanding of DevOps and Agile principles
• Good scripting skills (Python/Perl/Ruby/Bash)
• Experience with standard continuous integration tools Jenkins/Bitbucket Pipelines
• Work on software configuration management systems (Puppet/Chef/Salt/Ansible)
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook) and other business productivity tools
• Working knowledge on HSM and PKI (Good to have)

Location:

• Bangalore

Experience:

• 10 + Years.

• Responsible for the entire infrastructure including Production (both bare metal and AWS).
• Manage and maintain the production systems and operations including SysAdmin, DB activities.
• Improve tools and processes, automate manual efforts, and maintain the health of the system.
• Champion best practices, CI-CD, Metrics Driven Development
• Optimise the company's computing architecture
• Conduct systems tests for security, performance, and availability
• Maintain security of the system
• Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation

• 7+ years of experience into DevOps/Technical Operations
• Extensive experience in operating scripting language like shell, python, etc
• Experience in developing and maintaining CI/CD process for SaaS applications using tools such as Jenkins
• Hands on experience in using configuration management tools such as Puppet, SaltStack, Ansible, etc
• Hands-on experience to build and handle VMs, Containers utilizing tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, etc
• Hands on experience in building, designing and maintaining cloud-based applications with AWS, Azure,GCP, etc
• Knowledge of Databases (MySQL, NoSQL)
• Knowledge of security/ethical hacking

• Have experience with ElasticSearch, Kibana, LogStash
• Have experience with Cassandra, Hadoop, or Spark
• Have experience with Mongo, Hive

At Neurosensum we are committed to make customer feedback more actionable. We have developed a platform called SurveySensum which breaks the conventional market research turnaround time. 

SurveySensum is becoming a great tool to not only capture the feedbacks but also to extract some useful insights with the quick workflow setups and dashboards. We have more than 7 channels through which we can collect the feedbacks. This makes us challenge the conventional software development design principles. The team likes to grind and helps each other to lift in tough situations. 

Day to day responsibilities include:

1. Work on the deployment of code via Bitbucket, AWS CodeDeploy and manual
2. Work on Linux/Unix OS and Multi tech application patching
3. Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, and hotfixes on servers.
4. Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks
5. Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment
6. Easing developers’ life so that they can focus on the business logic rather than deploying and maintaining it. 
7. Managing release of the sprint. 
8. Educating team of the best practices.
9. Finding ways to avoid human error and save time by automating the processes using Terraform, CloudFormation, Bitbucket pipelines, CodeDeploy, scripting
10. Implementing cost effective measure on cloud and minimizing existing costs.

Skills and prerequisites

1. OOPS knowledge
2. Problem solving nature
3. Willing to do the R&D
4. Works with the team and support their queries patiently 
5. Bringing new things on the table - staying updated 
6. Pushing solution above a problem. 
7. Willing to learn and experiment
8. Techie at heart
9. Git basics
10. Basic AWS or any cloud platform – creating and managing ec2, lambdas, IAM, S3 etc
11. Basic Linux handling 
12. Docker and orchestration (Great to have)
13. Scripting – python (preferably)/bash

- You will manage all elements of the post-sale program relationship with your customers, starting with customer on-boarding and continuing throughout the customer relationship. 

- As the primary customer interface, you engage with customer teams to educate, identify needs, develop designs, set goals, manage and execute on plans that unlock continuous, incremental value from their investments in the CloudPassage Halo platform.

- You are hands-on during execution and thoroughly enjoy seeing your security projects come to life and supporting them afterwards. You are a trusted adviser.

Responsibilities :

- Manage a portfolio of 5+ Enterprise customer accounts with complex needs (typical enterprise customers invest between $500k and $4m+ per year with CloudPassage, have hundreds to tens of thousands of individual public cloud infrastructure deployments, and protect hundreds of thousands of cloud infrastructure assets with Halo).

- Provide level-3 technical support on your customer's most complex issues

- Lead implementation of low-level security controls in Cloud environments, for services, server and containers

- Remotely diagnose & resolve DevSecOps issues in customer environments - able to resolve their DevOps issues that may be interfering with CloudPassage processing.

- Interact with CloudPassage Engineering team by providing customer issue reproduction and data capture, technical diagnostics and validating fixes. QA experience preferred.

- Establish and program manage proactive, value-driven, high-touch relationships with your customers to understand, document and align customer strategies, business objectives, designs, processes and projects with Halo platform capabilities and broader CloudPassage services.

- Develop a trusted advisor relationship by building and maintaining appropriate relationships at all levels with your customer accounts, creating a premium and high-caliber experience.

- Ensure continued satisfaction, identify & confirm unaddressed customer needs that can be value-add opportunities for up-sell and cross-sell, and communicate those needs to the CloudPassage sales team. Identify any early CSAT issues and renewal risks and work with the internal team to remediate and ensure strong CSAT and a successful renewal.

- Be a strong customer advocate within CloudPassage and identify and support areas for improvement in the customer experience, both in our product and processes.

- Be team-oriented, but with a bias towards action to get things done for your customers.

Requirements : Strong cloud security knowledge & experience including :

- End-to-end enterprise security processes

- Cloud security - cloud migrations & shift in security requirements, tooling & approach

- Hands-on DevOps, DevSecOps architecture & automation (critical)

- 4+ years experience in security consulting and project/program management serving cybersecurity customers.

- Complex, level 3 technical support

- Remotely diagnosing & resolving DevSecOps issues in customer environments

- Interacting with CloudPassage Engineering team with customer issue reproduction

- Experience working in a security SaaS company in a startup environment.
 
- Experience working with Executive and C-Level teams.

- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external constituents.

- Excellent organization, project management, time management, and communication skills.

- Understand and document customer requirements, map to product, track & report metrics, identify up-sell and cross-sell opportunities.
 
- Analytical both quantitatively and qualitatively.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
 
- Security certifications (Security +, CISSP, etc.).

Expert Technical Skills :

- Consulting and project management : documenting project charters, project plans, executing delivery management, status reporting. Executive-level presentation skills.

- Security best practices expertise : software vulnerabilities, configuration management, intrusion detection, file integrity.

- System administration (including Linux and Windows) of cloud environments : AWS, Azure, GCP; strong networking/proxy skills.

Proficient Technical Skills :

- Configuration/Orchestration (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, CloudFormation, Terraform).

- CI/CD processes and environments.

Familiar Technical Skills & Knowledge : Python scripting & REST API's, Docker containers, Zendesk & JIRA.

As DevOps Engineer, you'll be part of the team building the stage for our Software Engineers to work on, helping to enhance our product performance and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Build & operate infrastructure to support website, backed cluster, ML projects in the organization.
• Helping teams become more autonomous and allowing the Operation team to focus on improving the infrastructure and optimizing processes.
• Delivering system management tooling to the engineering teams.
• Working on your own applications which will be used internally.
• Contributing to open source projects that we are using (or that we may start).
• Be an advocate for engineering best practices in and out of the company.
• Organizing tech talks and participating in meetups and representing Box8 at industry events.
• Sharing pager duty for the rare instances of something serious happening.
• Collaborate with other developers to understand & setup tooling needed for Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD) practices.

Requirements:

• 1+ Years Of Industry Experience Scale existing back end systems to handle ever increasing amounts of traffic and new product requirements.
• Ruby On Rails or Python and Bash/Shell skills.
• Experience managing complex systems at scale.
• Experience with Docker, rkt or similar container engine.
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar clustering solutions.
• Experience with tools such as Ansible or Chef Understanding of the importance of smart metrics and alerting.
• Hands on experience with cloud infrastructure provisioning, deployment, monitoring (we are on AWS and use ECS, ELB, EC2, Elasticache, Elasticsearch, S3, CloudWatch).
• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra.
• Knowledge of data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc.
• Experience in working on linux based servers.
• Managing large scale production grade infrastructure on AWS Cloud.
• Good Knowledge on scripting languages like ruby, python or bash.
• Experience in creating in deployment pipeline from scratch.
• Expertise in any of the CI tools, preferably Jenkins.
• Good knowledge of docker containers and its usage.
• Using Infra/App Monitoring tools like, CloudWatch/Newrelic/Sensu.

Good to have:

• Knowledge of Ruby on Rails based applications and its deployment methodologies.
• Experience working on Container Orchestration tools like Kubernetes/ECS/Mesos.
• Extra Points For Experience With Front-end development NewRelic GCP Kafka, Elasticsearch.