DevOps Engineer

JOB DETAILS:

* Job Title: DevOps Engineer (Azure)

* Industry: Technology

* Salary: Best in Industry

* Experience: 2-5 years

* Location: Bengaluru, Koramangala

Review Criteria

• Strong Azure DevOps Engineer Profiles.
• Must have minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience as an Azure DevOps Engineer with strong exposure to Azure DevOps Services (Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts).
• Must have strong experience in designing and maintaining YAML-based CI/CD pipelines, including end-to-end automation of build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Must have hands-on scripting and automation experience using Bash, Python, and/or PowerShell
• Must have working knowledge of databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Oracle Database
• Must have experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident management using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or CloudWatch, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis

Preferred

• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Preferred (Education) – BE/BTech / ME/MTech in Computer Science or related discipline

Role & Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Azure DevOps YAML-based CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployments.
• Manage Azure DevOps Repos, Pipelines, Boards, and Artifacts.
• Implement Git branching strategies and automate release workflows.
• Develop scripts using Bash, Python, or PowerShell for DevOps automation.
• Monitor systems using Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or CloudWatch and handle incidents.
• Collaborate with dev and QA teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and participate in root cause analysis.

Ideal Candidate

• 2–5 years of experience as an Azure DevOps Engineer.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML) and Git.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure (OCI/AWS exposure is a plus).
• Working knowledge of SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Good scripting, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Bonus: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible experience.
• Comfortable with WFO (Koramangala, Bangalore).

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

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Backend Developer to join our team at Infomance. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in developing and managing WordPress websites, deploying sites on AWS, and managing servers through cPanel. This role is critical in ensuring the seamless performance, security, and scalability of our web platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the server end of our WordPress website.
• Manage and optimize the AWS server environment to ensure high performance and reliability.
• Deploy and manage WordPress sites on AWS.
• Utilize cPanel for server management, including setting up and configuring domains, email accounts, databases, and other hosting features.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Ensure the security and integrity of the website and server infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve website and server issues promptly.
• Implement and maintain automated backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Monitor server performance and optimize for speed and efficiency.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our platform remains at the cutting edge.

Required Skills:

1.. WordPress Development:

• Proficient in PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience in developing custom WordPress themes and plugins.
• Understanding of WordPress core and architecture.

2.. AWS (Amazon Web Services):

• Extensive experience with EC2, S3, RDS, and other relevant AWS services.
• Expertise in deploying and managing WordPress sites on AWS.
• Knowledge of AWS security best practices.

3.. Server Management:

• Proficiency with cPanel for server management.
• Experience in setting up and configuring domains, email accounts, and databases using cPanel.
• Ability to optimize server performance and ensure reliability.

4.. Version Control Systems:

• Experience with Git for version control and collaboration.
• Understanding of best practices for code management and deployment.

5.. API Integration:

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and third-party integrations.
• Ability to implement and manage API connections effectively.

6.. Security:

• Strong understanding of web and server security practices.
• Experience in implementing security measures to protect the website and server infrastructure.

7.. Problem-Solving:

• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve website and server issues promptly.

8.. Performance Optimization:

• Knowledge of techniques to optimize website speed and efficiency.
• Experience with caching, load balancing, and other performance-enhancing practices.

9.. Backup and Recovery:

• Experience in implementing automated backup solutions.
• Ability to manage disaster recovery processes effectively.

10.. Collaboration and Communication:

• Strong communication skills for working with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with front-end developers and other stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with full-stack development on WordPress.
• Knowledge of serverless architectures and microservices.
• Experience with other cloud platforms like Google Cloud or Azure.
• Understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Who we are :

Stanza Living is India's largest and fastest growing tech-enabled, managed accommodation company that delivers a hospitality-led living experience to migrant students and young working professionals across India. We have a full-stack business model that focuses on design, development and delivery of daily living solutions tailored to the young consumers' lifestyle. From smartly-planned residences, host of amenities and services for hassle-free living to exclusive community engagement programmes - everything is seamlessly integrated through technology to ensure the highest consumer delight.

Today, we are :

• India's largest managed accommodation company with over 75,000+ beds under management across 25+ cities
• Most capitalized player in the managed accommodation space, backed by global marquee investors - Falcon Edge, Equity International, Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners, Accel Partners
• Recognized as the Best Real Estate Tech company across the Globe in 2020 by leading analysis agency, Tracxn
• LinkedIn Top Startup to Work for - 2019

Objectives of this role :

- Work in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company

- Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance

- Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to developer teams to build their cloud competencies

- Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards for code quality and thoughtful design

- Manage cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines

Job Description :

- Excellent understanding of Cloud Platform (AWS)

- Strong knowledge on AWS Services, design, configuration on enterprise systems

- Good knowledge on Kubernetes configuration, Dockers

- Understanding the needs of the business for defining AWS system specifications

- Understand Architecture Requirements and ensure effective support activities

- Evaluation and choosing suitable AWS Service or and suggesting methods for integration

- Overseeing assigned programs and guiding the team members

- Providing assistance when technical problems arise

- Making sure the agreed infrastructure and architecture are implemented

- Addressing the technical concerns, suggestions, and ideas

- Configure Monitoring systems to make sure they meet business goals as well as user requirements

- Excellent knowledge of AWS IaaS Layer

- Ability to lead & implement PS workloads or POCs

- Ensure continual knowledge management

Mactores is a trusted leader among businesses in providing modern data platform solutions. Since 2008, Mactores have been enabling businesses to accelerate their value through automation by providing End-to-End Data Solutions that are automated, agile, and secure. We collaborate with customers to strategize, navigate, and accelerate an ideal path forward with a digital transformation via assessments, migration, or modernization.

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with expertise in infrastructure as a code, configuration management, continuous integration, continuous deployment, automated monitoring for big data workloads, large enterprise applications, customer applications, and databases.

You will have hands-on technology expertise coupled with a background in professional services and client-facing skills. You are passionate about the best practices of cloud deployment and ensuring the customer expectation is set and met appropriately. If you love to solve problems using your skills, then join the Team Mactores. We have a casual and fun office environment that actively steers clear of rigid "corporate" culture, focuses on productivity and creativity, and allows you to be part of a world-class team while still being yourself.

What you will do?

• Automate infrastructure creation with Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation
• Perform application configuration management, and application-deployment tool enabling infrastructure as code.
• Take ownership of the Build and release cycle of the customer project.
• Share the responsibility for deploying releases and conducting other operations maintenance.
• Enhance operations infrastructures such as Jenkins clusters, Bitbucket, monitoring tools (Consul), and metrics tools such as Graphite and Grafana.
• Provide operational support for the rest of the Engineering team help migrate our remaining dedicated hardware infrastructure to the cloud.
• Establish and maintain operational best practices.
• Participate in hiring culturally fit engineers in the organization, help engineers make their career paths by consulting with them.
• Design the team strategy in collaboration with founders of the organization.

What are we looking for?

• 4+ years of experience in using Terraform for IaaC
• 4+ years of configuration management and engineering for large-scale customers, ideally supporting an Agile development process.
• 4+ years of Linux or Windows Administration experience.
• 4+ years of version control systems (git), including branching and merging strategies.
• 2+ Experience in working with AWS Infrastructure, and platform services.
• 2+ Experience in cloud automation tools (Ansible, Chef).
• Exposure to working on container services like Kubernetes on AWS, ECS, and EKS
• You are extremely proactive at identifying ways to improve things and to make them more reliable.

You will be preferred if

• Expertise in multiple cloud services provider: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Associate Level Certificate
• AWS DevOps Professional Certificate

Life at Mactores

We care about creating a culture that makes a real difference in the lives of every Mactorian. Our 10 Core Leadership Principles that honor Decision-making, Leadership, Collaboration, and Curiosity drive how we work.

1. Be one step ahead

2. Deliver the best

3. Be bold

4. Pay attention to the detail

5. Enjoy the challenge

6. Be curious and take action

7. Take leadership

8. Own it

9. Deliver value

10. Be collaborative

We would like you to read more details about the work culture on https://mactores.com/careers 

The Path to Joining the Mactores Team

At Mactores, our recruitment process is structured around three distinct stages:

Pre-Employment Assessment: 

You will be invited to participate in a series of pre-employment evaluations to assess your technical proficiency and suitability for the role.

Managerial Interview: The hiring manager will engage with you in multiple discussions, lasting anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, to assess your technical skills, hands-on experience, leadership potential, and communication abilities.

HR Discussion: During this 30-minute session, you'll have the opportunity to discuss the offer and next steps with a member of the HR team.

At Mactores, we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all of our employment practices, and we do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local laws. This policy extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, compensation, promotions, transfers, disciplinary action, layoff, training, and social and recreational programs. All employment decisions will be made in compliance with these principles.

• Provision Dev Test Prod Infrastructure as code using IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
• Good knowledge on Terraform
• In-depth knowledge of security and IAM / Role Based Access Controls in Azure, management of Azure Application/Network Security Groups, Azure Policy, and Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions.
• Experience with Azure and GCP compute, storage and networking (we can also look for GCP )
• Experience in working with ADLS Gen2, Databricks and Synapse Workspace
• Experience supporting cloud development pipelines using Git, CI/CD tooling, Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code tooling as appropriate
• Configuration Management (e.g. Jenkins, Ansible, Git, etc...)
• General automation including Azure CLI, or Python, PowerShell and Bash scripting
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery models
• Knowledge of and experience in resolving configuration issues
• Understanding of software and infrastructure architecture
• Experience in Paas, Terraform and AKS
• Monitoring, alerting and logging tools, and build/release processes Understanding of computing technologies across Windows and Linux

• Development and maintenance of Continuous Integration System on JENKINS.
• Build management for the planned major/minor releases
• Release process management and maintenance
• Enhancement and development of build/release system features.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• 2 - 3 years relevant work experience in Jenkins / Scripting / C / Linux
• Expertise in scripting languages like a shell, python, etc
• Work experience in handling Make/CMake build systems
• Expertise in GIT source revision control
• Experience with Yocto build systems and recipes

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, set 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

• 4+ years of experience in building infrastructure experience with Cloud Providers ( AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Experience in deploying containerized applications build on NodeJS/PHP/Python to kubernetes cluster.

• Experience in monitoring production workload with relevant metrics and dashboards.

• Experience in writing automation scripts using Shell, Python, Terraform, etc.

• Experience in following security practices while setting up the infrastructure. 

• Self-motivated, able, and willing to help where help is needed

• Able to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, have learning agility  

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage various resources across different cloud providers. (Azure, AWS, and GCP)

• Monitor and optimize infrastructure cost.

• Manage various kubernetes clusters with appropriate monitoring and alerting setup.

• Build CI/CD pipelines to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of various services into kubernetes infrastructure.

• Work closely with the development team on upcoming features to determine the correct infrastructure and related tools.

• Assist the support team with escalated customer issues.

• Develop, improve, and thoroughly document operational practices and procedures. 

• Responsible for setting up good security practices across various clouds.