Azure Devops

About the Company:

Gruve is an innovative Software Services startup dedicated to empowering Enterprise Customers in managing their Data Life Cycle. We specialize in Cyber Security, Customer Experience, Infrastructure, and advanced technologies such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Our mission is to assist our customers in their business strategies utilizing their data to make more intelligent decisions. As an well-funded early-stage startup, Gruve offers a dynamic environment with strong customer and partner networks.

Why Gruve:

At Gruve, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best work. If you’re passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Gruve is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and thank all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Position summary:

We are seeking a Staff Engineer – DevOps with 8-12 years of experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automation frameworks. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Security, Observability, and Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). You will play a key role in scaling and securing our infrastructure, improving developer productivity, and ensuring high availability and performance. 

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Tekton.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, GKE) and containerized workloads.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Implement observability and monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, or Datadog.
• Ensure security best practices in DevOps, including IAM, secrets management, container security, and vulnerability scanning.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) for performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.
• Develop and manage GitOps workflows and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) automation.
• Implement zero-downtime deployment strategies, including blue-green deployments, canary releases, and feature flags.
• Work closely with development teams to optimize build pipelines, reduce deployment time, and improve system reliability. 

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering or a related field
• 8-12 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Automation.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and release automation.
•  Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE) and container orchestration.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible for infrastructure automation.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, API Gateway, etc.).
• Expertise in monitoring/logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, or Datadog.
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or Go.

Preferred Qualifications  

• Experience in FinOps Cloud Cost Optimization) and Kubernetes cluster scaling.
• Exposure to serverless architectures and event-driven workflows.
• Contributions to open-source DevOps projects. 

Job Description

Role Overview:

We're looking for a passionate DevOps engineer with a minimum of 10 years’ experience across all levels, who will work closely with the development teams in Agile setup to continuously improve, support, secure, and operate our production and test environments. We believe in automating our infrastructure as much as possible and pursuing challenging problems in a sustainable and repeatable way.

Our Toolchain

• Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Gitlab, Jenkins, Fastlane, New Relic, Datadog, SonarQube, IaC
• Apache, Nginx, Linux, Ubuntu, Microservices, Python, Shell, Bash, Helm
• Selenium, Jmeter, Slack, Jira, SAST, OSSEC, OWASP
• Node.JS, PHP, Golang, MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase, Redis, Elastic search,
• VPC, API Gateway, Cognito, DocumentDB, ECS, Lambda, Route53, ACM, S3, EC2, IAM

You'll need:

• Production experience with distributed/scalable systems consisting of multiple microservices and/or high-traffic web applications
• Experience with configuration management systems such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet
• Extensive knowledge of the Linux operating system
• Troubleshooting skills that range from diagnosis to solution for Dev team issues
• Knowledge of how the web works and HTTP fundamentals
• Knowledge of IP networking, DNS, load balancing, and firewalling

Bonus points, if you have:

• Experience in agile development and delivery process.
• Good knowledge of at least one programming language. TecStub uses e.g. Nodes, PHP
• Experience in containerizing applications and deployment to production (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in building modern Terraform infrastructures in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc...)
• Experience in analysis of application and database performance monitoring tools (Newrelic, datalog, cluster control, etc..)
• Experience with SQL databases like MySQL, NoSQL, Realtime database stores like Redis, or anything in between.
• Experience being part of the engineering team that built the platform.
• Knowledge of good security practices, including network security, system hardening, secure software, and compliance.
• Familiarity with automated build pipeline / continuous integration using Gitlab and Jenkins and Kubernetes/Docker with this setup, we're deploying to production 2 times per day!

Interview Process:

The entire interview process would take approximately 10 Days.

1. HR Screening Call (15 minutes)
2. Technical Interview Round Level 1 (30 Minutes)
3. Technical Interview Round Level 2 (60 minutes)
4. Final Interview Round (60 minutes)
5. Offer

About Tecstub:

Tecstub is a renowned global provider of comprehensive digital commerce solutions for some of the world's largest enterprises. With offices in North America and Asia-Pacific, our team offers end-to-end solutions such as strategic Solution Consulting, eCommerce website and application development, and support & maintenance services that are tailored to meet our clients' unique business goals. We are dedicated to delivering excellence by working as an extended partner, providing next-generation solutions that are sustainable, scalable, and future-proof. Our passionate and driven team of professionals has over a decade of experience in the industry and is committed to helping our clients stay ahead of the competition.

We value our employees and strive to create a positive work environment that promotes work-life balance and personal growth. As part of our commitment to our team, we offer a range of benefits to ensure our employees are supported and motivated.

• A 5-day work week that promotes work-life balance and allows our employees to take care of personal responsibilities while excelling in their professional roles.
• 30 annual paid leaves that can be utilized for various personal reasons, such as regional holidays, sick leaves, or any other personal needs. We believe that taking time off is essential for overall well-being and productivity.
• Additional special leaves for birthdays, maternity and paternity events to ensure that our employees can prioritize their personal milestones without any added stress.
• Health insurance coverage of 3 lakhs sum insured for our employees, spouse, and children, to provide peace of mind and security for their health needs.
• Vouchers and gifts for important life events such as birthdays and anniversaries, to celebrate our employees' milestones and show appreciation for their contributions to the company.
• A dedicated learning and growth budget for courses and certifications, to support our employees' career aspirations and encourage professional development.
• Company outings to celebrate our successes together and promote a sense of camaraderie among our team members. We believe that celebrating achievements is an important part of building a positive work culture.

Skills

AWS, Terraform, KUBERNETES, GITHUB, APACHE, BASH, DOCKER, ANSIBLE, GIT, Microservices, UBUNTU, GITLAB, CI/CD, APACHE SERVER, NGINX, NODEJS

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.

KNOLSKAPE is looking for a DevOps Engineer to help us build Educational platforms and products that make learning experiential for leaders of the world.

DevOps Engineer responsibilities include deploying product updates, identifying production issues, and implementing integrations that meet customer needs. If you have a solid background in working with cloud technologies, setting up efficient deployment processes, and are motivated to work with diverse and talented teams, we’d like to meet you.

Ultimately, you will execute and automate operational processes fast, accurately, and securely.

Skills and Experience

• 2+ years of experience in building infrastructure experience with Cloud Providers ( AWS / Azure / GCP)
• Build and Deployment Management (Gitlab).
• Experience in writing automation scripts using Shell, Python, and Terraform based.
• Good experience in building pipelines with YAML-based knowledge of the GitLab environment.
• System Administration skill set.
• Docker/Kubernetes container infrastructure and orchestration
• Deploying/operating NodeJs/PHP/LAMP framework-based clusters with infrastructure.
• Monitoring, metrics collection, and distributed tracing
• Infrastructure as code” – Experience with Terraform preferred.
• Strong AWS Deployment Experience
• Provide system-level technical support
• Desire to learn new technologies while supporting existing
  
  

Roles and Responsibilities

• End to End-building CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and Jenkins Pipelines etc.
• Build CI/CD pipelines to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large scale systems
• Develop and implement instrumentation for monitoring the health and availability of services including fault detection, alerting, triage, and recovery (automated and manual)
• Develop, improve, and thoroughly document operational practices and procedures.
• Perform tasks related to securing and keeping the products, tools, and processes you are responsible for securing our infrastructure.
• Agile software development practices
• Understand IT processes, including architecture, design, implementation, and operations
• Open Source development experience
• Self-motivated, able and willing to help where help is needed
• Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility

Location: Bangalore

About KNOLSKAPE

KNOLSKAPE is an end-to-end learning and assessment platform for accelerated employee development. Our core belief is that desired business outcomes are achieved best when learning needs are aligned with business requirements, but traditional methodologies for capability development require a new, more updated approach. Keeping with this philosophy, we offer engaging, immersive, and experiential learning and assessment solutions - strategy cascading, business acumen, change management, leadership pipeline, digital capabilities, and talent assessments. Leveraging a blended omnichannel delivery model, KNOLSKAPE offers instructor-led classroom sessions, live virtual sessions, and self-paced courses to suit every learning need.

More than 300 clients in 25 countries have benefited from KNOLSKAPE's award-winning experiential solutions. A 120+ strong team based out of offices in Singapore, India, Malaysia, and the USA serves a rapidly growing global client base across industries such as banking and finance, consulting, IT, FMCG, retail, manufacturing, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, engineering, auto, government and academia.

KNOLSKAPE is a global Top 20 gamification company, recipient of numerous Brandon Hall awards, and has been recognized as a company to watch for in the Talent Management Space, by Frost & Sullivan, and as a disruptor in the learning space, by Bersin by Deloitte.

• Strong Systems Experience- Linux, networking, cloud, APIs
• Scripting language Programming - Shell, Python
• Strong Debugging Capability
• AWS Platform -IAM, Network,EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch
• Knowledge on Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Jenkins
• Observability - Prometheus, InfluxDB, Dynatrace,
• Grafana, Splunk • DevSecOps-CI/CD - Jenkins
• Microservices
• Security & Access Management
• Container Orchestration a plus - Kubernetes, Docker etc.
• Big Data Platforms knowledge EMR, Databricks. Cloudera a plus

Responsibilities

- Building and maintenance of resilient and scalable production infrastructure 

Improvement of monitoring systems

- Improvement of monitoring systems

- Creation and support of development automation processes (CI / CD)

- Participation in infrastructure development 

- Detection of problems in architecture and proposing of solutions for solving them 

- Creation of tasks for system improvements for system scalability, performance and monitoring

- Analysis of product requirements in the aspect of devops

- Incident analysis and fixing

Skills and Experience

- Understanding of the distributed systems principles 

- Understanding of principles for building a resistant network infrastructure 

- Experience of Ubuntu Linux administration (Debian-like will be a plus)

- Strong knowledge of Bash

- Experience of working with LXC-containers 

- Understanding and experience with infrastructure as a code approach 

- Experience of development idempotent Ansible roles

- Experience of working with git

Preferred experience

 Experience with relational databases (PostgeSQL), ability to create simple SQL queries 

- Experience with monitoring and metric collect systems (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix)

- Understanding of dynamic routing (OSPF) 

- Knowledge and experience of working with network equipment Cisco

- Experience of working with Cisco NX-OS

- Experience of working with IPsec, VXLAN, Open vSwitch

- Knowledge of principles of multicast protocols IGMP, PIM

- Experience of setting multicast on Cisco equipment

- Experience administering Atlassian products

• You have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• You have at least 7 years of DevOps experience.
• You have deep understanding of AWS and cloud architectures/services.
• You have expertise within the container and container orchestration space (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
• You have experience working with infrastructure provisioning tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, or others.
• You have experience enabling CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, Gitlab, or others.
• You bring a deep understanding and application of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• You have a track record of delivering successful solutions and collaborating with others.
• You take security into account when building new systems.

• JD: • 10+ years of overall industry experience
  • 5+ years of cloud experience
  • 2+ years of architect experience
  • Varied background preferred between systems and development
  o Experience working with applications, not pure infra experience
  • Azure experience – strong background using Azure for application migrations
  • Terraform experience – should mention automation technologies in job experience
  • Hands on experience delivering in the cloud
  • Must have job experience designing solutions for customers
  • IaaS Cloud architect
  workload migrations to AWS and/or Azure
  • Security architecture considerations experience
  • CI/CD experience
  • Proven applications migration track of record.

• Mandatory: Docker, AWS, Linux, Kubernete or ECS
• Prior experience provisioning and spinning up AWS Clusters / Kubernetes
• Production experience to build scalable systems (load balancers, memcached, master/slave architectures)
• Experience supporting a managed cloud services infrastructure
• Ability to maintain, monitor and optimise production database servers
• Prior work with Cloud Monitoring tools (Nagios, Cacti, CloudWatch etc.)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc)
• Other Open Source tools used in the infrastructure space (Packer, Terraform, Vagrant, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge on Linux Environment.
• Prior experience leading technical teams through the design and implementation of systems infrastructure projects.
• Working knowledge of Configuration Management (Chef, Puppet or Ansible preferred) Continuous Integration Tools (Jenkins preferred)
• Experience in handling large production deployments and infrastructure.
• DevOps based infrastructure and application deployments experience.
• Working knowledge of the AWS network architecture including designing VPN solutions between regions and subnets
• Hands-on knowledge with the AWS AMI architecture including the development of machine templates and blueprints
• He/she should be able to validate that the environment meets all security and compliance controls.
• Good working knowledge of AWS services such as Messaging, Application Services, Migration Services, Cost Management Platform.
• Proven written and verbal communication skills.
• Understands and can serve as the technical team lead to oversee the build of the Cloud environment based on customer requirements.
• Previous NOC experience.
• Client Facing Experience with excellent Customer Communication and Documentation Skills