
Associate Principal Engineer, Linux Administrator
at Digital Product Engineering company
Associate Principal Engineer, Linux Administrator
Location: Bengaluru, India (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience:9-11 years
Job description
REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure Automation
- Deep hands-on expertise in Linux Administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) – OS hardening, security, patching, and performance management (Must Have)
- Strong experience with Cloud Technologies – Public & Private Cloud environments (Must Have)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (Must Have)
- Strong automation expertise using Ansible for configuration management and infrastructure provisioning (Must Have)
- Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and end-to-end deployment automation
- Strong experience with Kubernetes administration, orchestration, and cluster management (Must Have)
- Hands-on experience with Docker containerization and Helm package management
- Experience managing large-scale development and infrastructure environments
- Strong understanding of Networking concepts, connectivity, design, troubleshooting, and network automation
- Experience with Observability & Monitoring tools and best practices
- Experience with Proxmox virtualization platform administration and management
- Knowledge of Edge Technologies and distributed infrastructure environments
- Basic understanding and administration of Active Directory (AD)
- Experience implementing AI-driven Automation solutions and operational efficiencies
- Strong understanding of infrastructure security, compliance, and governance
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, build, and manage scalable infrastructure platforms across cloud and on-premise environments
- Administer and maintain Linux servers including security hardening, patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
- Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks using Ansible
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments
- Deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads
- Manage Docker environments and Helm-based application deployments
- Design and implement network solutions ensuring security, reliability, and scalability
- Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and availability using observability and monitoring tools
- Manage and support Proxmox virtualization environments
- Implement AI-driven automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort
- Support edge infrastructure deployments and distributed computing environments
- Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable platform services
- Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysis
- Define infrastructure standards, automation frameworks, and operational best practices
- Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and reliability of infrastructure platforms
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on DevOps and platform engineering initiatives
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
- Work closely with stakeholders to understand infrastructure requirements and deliver optimal solutions
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related fields

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Job Requirements
Required Experience
5–6 years of hands-on experience in Salesforce DevOps, release engineering, or deployment
management.
Strong expertise in Salesforce deployment processes, including CI/CD pipelines.
Significant hands-on experience with at least two of the following tools: Gearset, Copado,
Flosum.
Solid understanding of Salesforce architecture, metadata, and development lifecycle.
Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile methodologies.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce deployments using Gearset,
Copado, or Flosum.
Automate and optimize deployment processes to ensure efficient, reliable, and repeatable
releases across Salesforce environments.
Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to gather requirements and ensure
alignment of deployment strategies.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve deployment and release issues.
Maintain documentation for deployment processes and provide training on best practices.
Stay updated on the latest Salesforce DevOps tools, features, and best practices.
Technical Skills
Skill Area Requirements
Deployment ToolsHands-on with Gearset, Copado, Flosum for Salesforce deployments
CI/CDBuilding and maintaining pipelines, automation, and release management
Version ControlProficiency with Git and related workflows
Salesforce PlatformUnderstanding of metadata, SFDX, and environment management
Scripting
Familiarity with scripting (e.g., Shell, Python) for automation (preferred)
Communication
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Certifications
Salesforce certifications (e.g., Salesforce Administrator, Platform Developer I/II) are a plus.
Experience with additional DevOps tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps) is beneficial.
Experience with Salesforce DX and deployment strategies for large-scale orgs.
IT Infrastructure & System Administration
• Manage Windows/Linux servers, desktop systems, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and virtual environments (VMware/Hyper-V)
• Monitor system performance and implement improvements for efficiency and availability
• Oversee patch management, backups, disaster recovery, and security configurations
• Ensure IT compliance, conduct audits, and maintain detailed documentation
DevOps & Cloud Operations
• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
• Manage container orchestration using Kubernetes; deploy infrastructure using Terraform
• Administer and optimise AWS cloud infrastructure
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and alerting solutions for production environments
Security, Maintenance & Support
• Define and enforce IT and DevOps security policies and procedures
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for system failures and outages
• Provide Tier 2/3 support and resolve complex system and production issues
Collaboration & Communication
• Coordinate IT projects (e.g., upgrades, migrations, cloud implementations)
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams for release cycles and production deployments
• Maintain clear communication with internal stakeholders and provide regular reporting
Qualifications & Skills
• Bachelor's or master’s in computer science, IT, or related field
• 3-8 years of experience in IT systems administration and/or DevOps roles
• Proficiency in:
o Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), Linux systems
o Cloud platforms (preferably AWS) o CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)
o Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Python/Shell scripting
o Database management (MySQL, MongoDB)
• Relevant certifications (e.g., MCSA, AWS, DevOps) are a plus
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server (2016/2019/2022) and Windows operating systems.
• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and other Windows-based services.
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell).
• Strong understanding of networking principles and protocols.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., MCSA, MCSE) are a plus.
Key Competencies
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently
• High attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset
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About Us
Infra360 Solutions is a services company specializing in Cloud, DevSecOps, Security, and Observability solutions. We help technology companies adapt DevOps culture in their organization by focusing on long-term DevOps roadmap. We focus on identifying technical and cultural issues in the journey of successfully implementing the DevOps practices in the organization and work with respective teams to fix issues to increase overall productivity. We also do training sessions for the developers and make them realize the importance of DevOps. We provide these services - DevOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, Cost Optimizations, CI/CD, Observability, Cloud Security, Containerization, Cloud Migration, Site Reliability, Performance Optimizations, SIEM and SecOps, Serverless automation, Well-Architected Review, MLOps, Governance, Risk & Compliance. We do assessments of technology architecture, security, governance, compliance, and DevOps maturity model for any technology company and help them optimize their cloud cost, streamline their technology architecture, and set up processes to improve the availability and reliability of their website and applications. We set up tools for monitoring, logging, and observability. We focus on bringing the DevOps culture to the organization to improve its efficiency and delivery.
Job Description
Job Title: Associate DevOps Engineer
Department: Technology
Location: Gurgaon
Work Mode: On-site
Working Hours: 10 AM - 7 PM
Terms: Permanent
Experience: 6 Months - 24 Months
Education: B.Tech/MCA/BCA
Notice Period: Immediately
Infra360.io is searching for an Associate DevOps Engineer to lead our group of IT specialists in maintaining and improving our software infrastructure. You'll collaborate with software engineers, QA engineers, and other IT pros in deploying, automating, and managing the software infrastructure. As an Associate DevOps engineer you will also be responsible for setting up CI/CD pipelines, monitoring programs, and cloud infrastructure.
Below is a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities, expectations for the role.
Tech Stack :
- Kubernetes: Deep understanding of Kubernetes clusters, container orchestration, and its architecture.
- Terraform: Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for managing cloud resources.
- ArgoCD: Experience in continuous deployment and using ArgoCD to maintain GitOps workflows.
- Helm: Expertise in Helm for managing Kubernetes applications.
- Cloud Platforms: Expertise in AWS, GCP or Azure will be an added advantage.
- Debugging and Troubleshooting: The Associate DevOps Engineer must be proficient in identifying and resolving complex issues in a distributed environment, ranging from networking issues to misconfigurations in infrastructure or application components.
Key Responsibilities:
- CI/CD and configuration management
- Doing RCA of production issues and providing resolution
- Setting up failover, DR, backups, logging, monitoring, and alerting
- Containerizing different applications on the Kubernetes platform
- Capacity planning of different environment's infrastructure
- Ensuring zero outages of critical services
- Database administration of SQL and NoSQL databases
- Infrastructure as a code (IaC)
- Keeping the cost of the infrastructure to the minimum
- Setting up the right set of security measures
- CI/CD and configuration management
- Doing RCA of production issues and providing resolution
- Setting up failover, DR, backups, logging, monitoring, and alerting
- Containerizing different applications on the Kubernetes platform
- Capacity planning of different environment's infrastructure
- Ensuring zero outages of critical services
- Database administration of SQL and NoSQL databases
- Infrastructure as a code (IaC)
- Keeping the cost of the infrastructure to the minimum
- Setting up the right set of security measures
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- A graduation/post-graduation degree in Computer Science and related fields
- 1-2 years of strong DevOps experience with the Linux environment.
- Strong interest in working in our tech stack
- Excellent communication skills
- Worked with minimal supervision and love to work as a self-starter
- Hands-on experience with at least one of the scripting languages - Bash, Python, Go etc
- Experience with version control systems like Git
- Strong experience of Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, Route53, IAM etc.)
- Strong experience with managing the Production Systems day in and day out
- Experience in finding issues in different layers of architecture in production environment and fixing them
- Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, ElasticSearch, Solr etc.
- Knowledge of Networking, Firewalls, load balancers, Nginx, Apache etc.
- Experience in automation tools like Ansible/SaltStack and Jenkins
- Experience in Docker/Kubernetes platform and managing OpenStack (desirable)
- Experience with Hashicorp tools i.e. Vault, Vagrant, Terraform, Consul, VirtualBox etc. (desirable)
- Experience with managing/mentoring small team of 2-3 people (desirable)
- Experience in Monitoring tools like Prometheus/Grafana/Elastic APM.
- Experience in logging tools Like ELK/Loki.
● Explore
○ As a devops engineer, you will have multiple ways, tools & technologies to solve
a particular problem. We want you to take things in your own hands and figure
out the best way to solve it.
● PDCT
○ Plan, design, code & write test cases for problems you are solving
● Tuning
○ Help to tune performance and ensure high availability of infrastructure, including
reviewing system and application logs
● Security
○ Work on code-level application security
● Deploy
○ Deploy, manage and operate scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant
systems in client environments.
Technologies (4 out of 5 are required) :
● Terraform*
● Docker*
● Kubernetes*
● Bash Scripting
● SQL
(* marked are a must)
The challenges are great (as are the rewards). If you are looking to take these DevOps
challenges head on & wish to learn a great deal out of it and contribute to the company along
the way, this is the role for you.
Ready?
If developing impactful product for a initial stage startup sounds appealing to you, let’s
have a conversation. (Confidential, of course)
Classplus is India's largest B2B ed-tech start-up, enabling 1 Lac+ educators and content creators to create their digital identity with their own branded apps. Starting in 2018, we have grown more than 10x in the last year, into India's fastest-growing video learning platform.
Over the years, marquee investors like Tiger Global, Surge, GSV Ventures, Blume, Falcon, Capital, RTP Global, and Chimera Ventures have supported our vision. Thanks to our awesome and dedicated team, we achieved a major milestone in March this year when we secured a “Series-D” funding.
Now as we go global, we are super excited to have new folks on board who can take the rocketship higher🚀. Do you think you have what it takes to help us achieve this? Find Out Below!
What will you do?
• Define the overall process, which includes building a team for DevOps activities and ensuring that infrastructure changes are reviewed from an architecture and security perspective
• Create standardized tooling and templates for development teams to create CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure infrastructure is created and maintained using terraform
• Work with various stakeholders to design and implement infrastructure changes to support new feature sets in various product lines.
• Maintain transparency and clear visibility of costs associated with various product verticals, environments and work with stakeholders to plan for optimization and implementation
• Spearhead continuous experimenting and innovating initiatives to optimize the infrastructure in terms of uptime, availability, latency and costs
You should apply, if you
1. Are a seasoned Veteran: Have managed infrastructure at scale running web apps, microservices, and data pipelines using tools and languages like JavaScript(NodeJS), Go, Python, Java, Erlang, Elixir, C++ or Ruby (experience in any one of them is enough)
2. Are a Mr. Perfectionist: You have a strong bias for automation and taking the time to think about the right way to solve a problem versus quick fixes or band-aids.
3. Bring your A-Game: Have hands-on experience and ability to design/implement infrastructure with GCP services like Compute, Database, Storage, Load Balancers, API Gateway, Service Mesh, Firewalls, Message Brokers, Monitoring, Logging and experience in setting up backups, patching and DR planning
4. Are up with the times: Have expertise in one or more cloud platforms (Amazon WebServices or Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure), and have experience in creating and managing infrastructure completely through Terraform kind of tool
5. Have it all on your fingertips: Have experience building CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, Docker for applications majorly running on Kubernetes. Hands-on experience in managing and troubleshooting applications running on K8s
6. Have nailed the data storage game: Good knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL,Mongo, BigQuery, Cassandra…)
7. Bring that extra zing: Have the ability to program/script is and strong fundamentals in Linux and Networking.
8. Know your toys: Have a good understanding of Microservices architecture, Big Data technologies and experience with highly available distributed systems, scaling data store technologies, and creating multi-tenant and self hosted environments, that’s a plus
Being Part of the Clan
At Classplus, you’re not an “employee” but a part of our “Clan”. So, you can forget about being bound by the clock as long as you’re crushing it workwise😎. Add to that some passionate people working with and around you, and what you get is the perfect work vibe you’ve been looking for!
It doesn’t matter how long your journey has been or your position in the hierarchy (we don’t do Sirs and Ma’ams); you’ll be heard, appreciated, and rewarded. One can say, we have a special place in our hearts for the Doers! ✊🏼❤️
Are you a go-getter with the chops to nail what you do? Then this is the place for you.
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps including automated system configuration, application deployment, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Advanced Linux system administration abilities.
- Real-world experience managing large-scale AWS or GCP environments. Multi-account management a plus.
- Experience with managing production environments on AWS or GCP.
- Solid understanding CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, CircleCI/Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory/Nexus.
- Experience on any configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet or Chef is a must.
- Experience in any one of the scripting languages: Shell, Python, etc.
- Experience in containerization using Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes/EKS/GKE is a must.
- Solid understanding of SSL and DNS.
- Experience on deploying and running any open-source monitoring/graphing solution like Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
- Basic understanding of networking concepts.
- Always adhere to security best practices.
- Knowledge on Bigdata (Hadoop/Druid) systems administration will be a plus.
- Knowledge on managing and running DBs (MySQL/MariaDB/Postgres) will be an added advantage.
What you get to do
- Work with development teams to build and maintain cloud environments to specifications developed closely with multiple teams. Support and automate the deployment of applications into those environments
- Diagnose and resolve occurring, latent and systemic reliability issues across entire stack: hardware, software, application and network. Work closely with development teams to troubleshoot and resolve application and service issues
- Continuously improve Conviva SaaS services and infrastructure for availability, performance and security
- Implement security best practices – primarily patching of operating systems and applications
- Automate everything. Build proactive monitoring and alerting tools. Provide standards, documentation, and coaching to developers.
- Participate in 12x7 on-call rotations
- Work with third party service/support providers for installations, support related calls, problem resolutions etc.
About us:
HappyFox is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) support platform. We offer an enterprise-grade help desk ticketing system and intuitively designed live chat software.
We serve over 12,000 companies in 70+ countries. HappyFox is used by companies that span across education, media, e-commerce, retail, information technology, manufacturing, non-profit, government and many other verticals that have an internal or external support function.
To know more, Visit! - https://www.happyfox.com/
Responsibilities
- Build and scale production infrastructure in AWS for the HappyFox platform and its products.
- Research, Build/Implement systems, services and tooling to improve uptime, reliability and maintainability of our backend infrastructure. And to meet our internal SLOs and customer-facing SLAs.
- Implement consistent observability, deployment and IaC setups
- Lead incident management and actively respond to escalations/incidents in the production environment from customers and the support team.
- Hire/Mentor other Infrastructure engineers and review their work to continuously ship improvements to production infrastructure and its tooling.
- Build and manage development infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines for our teams to ship & test code faster.
- Lead infrastructure security audits
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience in handling/building Production environments in AWS.
- At least 3 years of programming experience in building API/backend services for customer-facing applications in production.
- Proficient in managing/patching servers with Unix-based operating systems like Ubuntu Linux.
- Proficient in writing automation scripts or building infrastructure tools using Python/Ruby/Bash/Golang
- Experience in deploying and managing production Python/NodeJS/Golang applications to AWS EC2, ECS or EKS.
- Experience in security hardening of infrastructure, systems and services.
- Proficient in containerised environments such as Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes
- Experience in setting up and managing test/staging environments, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience in IaC tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK
- Exposure/Experience in setting up or managing Cloudflare, Qualys and other related tools
- Passion for making systems reliable, maintainable, scalable and secure.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to address, escalate and express technical ideas clearly
- Bonus points – Hands-on experience with Nginx, Postgres, Postfix, Redis or Mongo systems.
Role Purpose:
As a DevOps , You should be strong in both the Dev and Ops part of DevOps. We are looking for someone who has a deep understanding of systems architecture, understands core CS concepts well, and is able to reason about system behaviour rather than merely working with the toolset of the day. We believe that only such a person will be able to set a compelling direction for the team and excite those around them.
If you are someone who fits the description above, you will find that the rewards are well worth the high bar. Being one of the early hires of the Bangalore office, you will have a significant impact on the culture and the team; you will work with a set of energetic and hungry peers who will challenge you, and you will have considerable international exposure and opportunity for impact across departments.
Responsibilities
- Deployment, management, and administration of web services in a public cloud environment
- Design and develop solutions for deploying highly secure, highly available, performant and scalable services in elastically provisioned environments
- Design and develop continuous integration and continuous deployment solutions from development through production
- Own all operational aspects of running web services including automation, monitoring and alerting, reliability and performance
- Have direct impact on running a business by thinking about innovative solutions to operational problems
- Drive solutions and communication for production impacting incidents
- Running technical projects and being responsible for project-level deliveries
- Partner well with engineering and business teams across continents
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or closely related field
- 4 - 6 years professional experience in DevOps, with at least 1/2 years in Linux / Unix
- Very strong in core CS concepts around operating systems, networks, and systems architecture including web services
- Strong scripting experience in Python and Bash
- Deep experience administering, running and deploying AWS based services
- Solid experience with Terraform, Packer and Docker or their equivalents
- Knowledge of security protocols and certificate infrastructure.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills
- Broad experience with cloud hosted applications including virtualization platforms, relational and non relational data stores, reverse proxies, and orchestration platforms
- Curiosity, continuous learning and drive to continually raise the bar
- Strong partnering and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Past experience as a senior developer or application architect strongly preferred.
- Experience building continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines
- Experience with Zookeeper, Consul, HAProxy, ELK-Stack, Kafka, PostgreSQL.
- Experience working with, and preferably designing, a system compliant to any security framework (PCI DSS, ISO 27000, HIPPA, SOC 2, ...)
- Experience with AWS orchestration services such as ECS and EKS.
- Experience working with AWS ML pipeline services like AWS Sagemak
Our client is a call management solutions company, which helps small to mid-sized businesses use its virtual call center to manage customer calls and queries. It is an AI and cloud-based call operating facility that is affordable as well as feature-optimized. The advanced features offered like call recording, IVR, toll-free numbers, call tracking, etc are based on automation and enhances the call handling quality and process, for each client as per their requirements. They service over 6,000 business clients including large accounts like Flipkart and Uber.
- Beng involved in Configuration Management, Web Services Architectures, DevOps Implementation, Build & Release Management, Database management, Backups, and Monitoring.
- Creating and managing CI/ CD pipelines for microservice architectures.
- Creating and managing application configuration.
- Researching and planning architectures and tools for smooth deployments.
- Logging, metrics and alerting management.
What you need to have:
- Proficient in Linux Commands line and troubleshooting.
- Proficient in designing CI/ CD pipelines using jenkins. Experience in deployment using Ansible.
- Experience in microservices architecture deployment, Hands-on experience on Docker, Kubernetes, EKS.
- Knowledge of infrastructure management tools (Infrastructure as cloud) such as terraform, AWS cloudformation etc.
- Proficient in AWS Services. Deployment, Monitoring and troubleshooting applications in AWS.
- Configuration management tools like ansible/chef/puppet.
- Proficient in deployment of applications behind load balancers and proxy servers such as nginx, apache.
- Proficient in bash scripting, python scripting is an advantage.
- Experience with Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting tools like ELK(Elastic-search, Logstash, Kibana), Nagios. Graylog, splunk Prometheus, Grafana is a plus.
- Proficient in Configuration Management.
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure on GCP
• Hands-on-Experience on Kubernetes is a mandate
• Exposure to configuration management and orchestration tools at scale (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Packer)
• Knowledge and hand-on-experience in DevOps tools (e.g. Jenkins, Groovy, and Gradle)
• Knowledge and hand-on-experience on the various platforms (e.g. Gitlab, CircleCl and Spinnakar)
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g. CloudWatch, ELK stack, Prometheus)
• Proven ability to work independently or as an integral member of a team
Preferable Skills:
• Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as encryption,
credentials and key management.
• Proven experience on various coding languages (Java, Python-) to
• support DevOps operation and cloud transformation
• Familiarity and knowledge of the web standards (e.g. REST APIs, web security mechanisms)
• Hands on experience with GCP
• Experience in performance tuning, services outage management and troubleshooting.
Attributes:
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional leadership, time management, and organizational skill Ability to operate independently and make decisions with little direct supervision










