DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Sr Dev Ops Engineer

Location: Bengaluru- India (Hybrid work type)

Reports to: Sr Engineer manager

About Our Client : 

We are a solution-based, fast-paced tech company with a team that thrives on collaboration and innovative thinking. Our Client's IoT solutions provide real-time visibility and actionable insights for logistics and supply chain management. Cloud-based, AI-enhanced metrics coupled with patented hardware optimize processes, inform strategic decision making and enable intelligent supply chains without the costly infrastructure

About the role : We're looking for a passionate DevOps Engineer to optimize our software delivery and infrastructure. You'll build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for our microservices, automate infrastructure, and ensure our systems are reliable, scalable, and secure. If you thrive on enhancing performance and fostering operational excellence, this role is for you. 

What You'll Do 🛠️

• Cloud Platform Management: Administer and optimize AWS resources, ensuring efficient billing and cost management.
• Billing & Cost Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud spending.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Deploy and manage applications and orchestrate them.
• Database Management: Deploy, manage, and optimize database instances and their lifecycles.
• Authentication Solutions: Implement and manage authentication systems.
• Backup & Recovery: Implement robust backup and disaster recovery strategies, for Kubernetes cluster and database backups.
• Monitoring & Alerting: Set up and maintain robust systems using tools for application and infrastructure health and integrate with billing dashboards.
• Automation & Scripting: Automate repetitive tasks and infrastructure provisioning.
• Security & Reliability: Implement best practices and ensure system performance and security across all deployments.
• Collaboration & Support: Work closely with development teams, providing DevOps expertise and support for their various application stacks. 

What You'll Bring 💼

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in a DevOps or SRE role.
• Strong proficiency in AWS Cloud, including services like Lambda, IoT Core, ElastiCache, CloudFront, and S3.
• Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals and command-line tools.
• Extensive experience with CI/CD tools, GitLab CI.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, specifically AWS EKS.
• Proven experience deploying and managing microservices.
• Expertise in database deployment, optimization, and lifecycle management (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Redis).
• Experience with Identity and Access management solutions like Keycloak.
• Experience implementing backup and recovery solutions.
• Familiarity with optimizing scaling, ideally with Karpenter.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash).
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, Elastic Stack.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. 

Bonus Points ➕

• Basic understanding of MQTT or general IoT concepts and protocols.
• Direct experience optimizing React.js (Next.js), Node.js (Express.js, Nest.js) or Python (Flask) deployments in a containerized environment.
• Knowledge of specific AWS services relevant to application stacks.
• Contributions to open-source projects related to Kubernetes, MongoDB, or any of the mentioned frameworks.
• AWS Certifications (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified Advanced Networking).

Why this role: 

•You will help build the company from the ground up—shaping our culture and having an impact from Day 1 as part of the foundational team.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of experience to join our dynamic team. This role requires strong technical expertise across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, and infrastructure as code (IaC). The ideal candidate should also have direct client-facing experience and a proactive approach to managing both internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external clients to understand infrastructure requirements and implement DevOps best practices.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, etc.).
• Develop and manage infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Manage and orchestrate containers using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Write robust automation scripts using Python and Shell scripting.
• Monitor system performance and availability, and ensure high uptime and reliability.
• Execute and optimize SQL queries for MSSQL and PostgreSQL databases.
• Maintain clear documentation and provide technical support to stakeholders and clients.
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Required Skills:

• Minimum 4+ years of experience in a DevOps or related role.
• Proven experience in client-facing engagements and communication.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services – EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, etc.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Strong experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or GitHub.
• Solid understanding of SQL and working experience with MSSQL and PostgreSQL.
• Proficient in Python and Shell scripting.
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Preferred Qualifications:

AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus.

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Managing and maintaining the efficient functioning of containerized applications and systems within an organization
• Design, implement, and manage scalable Kubernetes clusters in cloud or on-premise environments
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure and application deployments, and track all automation processes
• Implement workload automation using configuration management tools, as well as infrastructure as code (IaC) approaches for resource provisioning
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize the performance of Kubernetes clusters and underlying cloud infrastructure
• Ensure high availability, security, and scalability of infrastructure through automation and best practices
• Establish and enforce cloud security standards, policies, and procedures Work agile technologies
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Primary Requirements:

• Kubernetes: Proven experience in managing Kubernetes clusters (min. 2-3 years)
• Linux/Unix: Proficiency in administering complex Linux infrastructures and services
• Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience with CM tools like Ansible, as well as the 
• knowledge of resource provisioning with Terraform or other Cloud-based utilities
• CI/CD Pipelines: Expertise in building and monitoring complex CI/CD pipelines to 
• manage the build, test, packaging, containerization and release processes of software
• Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting and process automation skills in Bash, Python
• Monitoring Tools: Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Version Control: Proficient with Git and familiar with GitOps workflows.
• Security: Strong understanding of security best practices in cloud and containerized 
• environments.

Skills/Traits that would be an advantage:

• Kubernetes administration experience, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting
• Kubernetes development experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

What you’ll be doing at Novo:

● Systems thinking
● Creating best practices, templates, and automation for build, test, integration and
deployment pipelines on multiple projects
● Designing and developing tools for easily creating and managing dev/test infrastructure
and services in AWS cloud
● Providing expertise and guidance on CI/CD, Github, and other development tools via
containerization
● Monitoring and support systems in Dev, UAT and production environments
● Building mock services and production-like data sources for use in development and
testing
● Managing Github integrations, feature flag systems, code coverage tools, and other
development & monitoring tools tools
● Participating in support rotations to help troubleshoot to infrastructure issues

● Creating and working with containers, as well as using container orchestration tools
(Kubernetes / Docker)
● AWS: S3, EKS, EC2, RDS, Route53, VPC etc.
● Fair understanding of Linux
● Good knowledge of CI/CD : Jenkins / CircleCI / Github Actions
● Basic level of monitoring
● Support for Deployment along with various Web Servers and Linux environments , both
backend and frontend.

Not just a delivery company…

RaRa Delivery is revolutionising instant delivery for e-commerce in Indonesia through data driven logistics.

RaRa Delivery is making instant and same-day deliveries scalable and cost-effective by leveraging a differentiated operating model and real-time optimisation technology. RaRa makes it possible for anyone, anywhere to get same day delivery in Indonesia. While others are focusing on ‘one-to-one’ deliveries, the company has developed proprietary, real-time batching tech to do ‘many-to-many’ deliveries within a few hours.. RaRa is already in partnership with some of the top eCommerce players in Indonesia like Blibli, Sayurbox, Kopi Kenangan and many more.

We are a distributed team with the company headquartered in Singapore 🇸🇬 , core operations in Indonesia 🇮🇩 and technology team based out of India 🇮🇳

Future of eCommerce Logistics.

• Data driven logistics company that is bringing in same day delivery revolution in Indonesia 🇮🇩
• Revolutionising delivery as an experience
• Empowering D2C Sellers with logistics as the core technology

• Build and maintain CI/CD tools and pipelines.
• Designing and managing highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant infrastructure & networking that forms the backbone of distributed systems at RaRa Delivery.
• Continuously improve code quality, product execution, and customer delight.
• Communicate, collaborate and work effectively across distributed teams in a global environment.
• Operate to strengthen teams across their product with their knowledge base
• Contribute to improving team relatedness, and help build a culture of camaraderie.
• Continuously refactor applications to ensure high-quality design
• Pair with team members on functional and non-functional requirements and spread design philosophy and goals across the team
• Excellent bash, and scripting fundamentals and hands-on with scripting in programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Golang, etc.
• Good understanding of distributed system fundamentals and ability to troubleshoot issues in a larger distributed infrastructure
• Working knowledge of the TCP/IP stack, internet routing, and load balancing
• Basic understanding of cluster orchestrators and schedulers (Kubernetes)
• Deep knowledge of Linux as a production environment, container technologies. e.g. Docker, Infrastructure As Code such as Terraform, K8s administration at large scale.
• Have worked on production distributed systems and have an understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful services, CI/CD.

1. Develop and Deploy Software:
1. Architect and create an effective build and release process using industry best practices and tools
2. Create and manage build scripts to deploy software in a multi-cloud environment
3. Look for opportunities to automate as much of the deployment process as possible to provide for repeatability, auditability, scalability and build in process enforcement
2. Manage Release Schedule:
1. Act as a “gate keeper” for all releases into production
2. Work closely with business stakeholders, development managers and developers to prepare a release schedule
3. Help prioritize deployment requests for version upgrades, patches and hot-fixes
3. Continuous Delivery of Software:
1. Implement Continuous Integration (CI) practices to drive development teams to implement smaller changes and commit code to the version control repo frequently
2. Implement Continuous Development (CD) practices that automates deployment of the application to several environments – Dev, Test and Production
3. Implement Continuous Testing (functional and non-functional) to execute tests in the CI/CD pipeline
4. Manage Version Control:
1. Define and implement branching policies to efficiently manage source-code
2. Implement business rules as a part of source control standards
5. Resolve Software Issues:
1. Assist technical support and development teams to troubleshoot issues and identify areas that need improvement
2. Address deployment related issues
6. Maintain Release Documentation:
1. Maintain release notes (features available in stable versions and known issues) and other documents for both internal and external end users

Who we are?

Searce is  a niche’ Cloud Consulting business with futuristic tech DNA. We do new-age tech to realise the “Next” in the “Now” for our Clients. We specialise in Cloud Data Engineering, AI/Machine Learning and Advanced Cloud infra tech such as Anthos and Kubernetes. We are one of the top & the fastest growing partners for Google Cloud and AWS globally with over 2,500 clients successfully moved to cloud.

What we believe?

• Best practices are overrated

• Implementing best practices can only make one n ‘average’ .

• Honesty and Transparency

• We believe in naked truth. We do what we tell and tell what we do.

• Client Partnership

• Client - Vendor relationship: No. We partner with clients instead. 
• And our sales team comprises 100% of our clients.

How we work?

It’s all about being Happier first. And rest follows. Searce work culture is defined by HAPPIER.

• Humble: Happy people don’t carry ego around. We listen to understand; not to respond.

• Adaptable: We are comfortable with uncertainty. And we accept changes well. As that’s what life's about.

• Positive: We are super positive about work & life in general. We love to forget and forgive. We don’t hold grudges. We don’t have time or adequate space for it.

• Passionate: We are as passionate about the great street-food vendor across the street as about Tesla’s new model and so on. Passion is what drives us to work and makes us deliver the quality we deliver.

• Innovative: Innovate or Die. We love to challenge the status quo.

• Experimental: We encourage curiosity & making mistakes.

• Responsible: Driven. Self motivated. Self governing teams. We own it.

Are you the one? Quick self-discovery test:

• Love for cloud: When was the last time your dinner entailed an act on “How would ‘Jerry Seinfeld’ pitch Cloud platform & products to this prospect” and your friend did the ‘Sheldon’ version of the same thing.
• Passion for sales: When was the last time you went at a remote gas station while on vacation, and ended up helping the gas station owner saasify his 7 gas stations across other geographies.
• Compassion for customers: You listen more than you speak.  When you do speak, people feel the need to listen.
• Humor for life: When was the last time you told a concerned CEO, ‘If Elon Musk can attempt to take humanity to Mars, why can’t we take your business to run on cloud ?

Your bucket of undertakings:

• This position will be responsible to consult with clients and propose architectural solutions to help move & improve infra from on-premise to cloud or help optimize cloud spend from one public cloud to the other
• Be the first one to experiment on new age cloud offerings, help define the best practise as a thought leader for cloud, automation & Dev-Ops, be a solution visionary and technology expert across multiple channels.
• Continually augment skills and learn new tech as the technology and client needs evolve
• Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability)
• Use your experience in Google cloud platform, AWS or Microsoft Azure to build hybrid-cloud solutions for customers.
• Provide leadership to project teams, and facilitate the definition of project deliverables around core Cloud based technology and methods.
• Define tracking mechanisms and ensure IT standards and methodology are met; deliver quality results.
• Define optimal design patterns and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications
• Participate in technical reviews of requirements, designs, code and other artifacts Identify and keep abreast of new technical concepts in AWS
• Security, Risk and Compliance - Advise customers on best practices around access management, network setup, regulatory compliance and related areas
• Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services
• Demonstrate leadership ability to back decisions with research and the “why,” and articulate several options, the pros and cons for each, and a recommendation • Maintain overall industry knowledge on latest trends, technology, etc. • • Contribute to DevOps development activities and complex development tasks
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert on cloud end-to-end architecture, including AWS and future providers, networking, provisioning, and management

Accomplishment Set 

• Passionate, persuasive, articulate Cloud professional capable of quickly establishing interest and credibility
• Good business judgment, a comfortable, open communication style, and a willingness and ability to work with customers and teams.
• Strong service attitude and a commitment to quality. Highly organised and efficient. Confident working with others to inspire a high-quality standard.

Education, Experience, etc.

• To reiterate: Passion to tech-awesome, insatiable desire to learn the latest of the new-age cloud tech, highly analytical aptitude and a strong ‘desire to deliver’ outlives those fancy degrees!
• 6 - 10 years of experience with at least 5 - 6 years of hands-on experience in Cloud Computing
• (AWS/GCP/Azure) and IT operational experience in a global enterprise environment.
• Good analytical, communication, problem solving, and learning skills.
• Knowledge on programming against cloud platforms such as AWS and lean development methodologies.