DevOps Engineer

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.

We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes infrastructure design and implementation. This role requires someone who can architect, build, and manage enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters from the ground up. You’ll lead modernization initiatives, shape infrastructure strategy, and work with cutting-edge cloud-native technologies.

🚀 Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Design & Implementation

• Architect and design enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Build production-ready Kubernetes infrastructure with HA, scalability, and security best practices.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Helm, and GitOps workflows.
• Set up monitoring, logging, and observability for Kubernetes workloads.
• Design and execute backup and disaster recovery strategies for containerized applications.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead a team of 3–4 DevOps engineers, providing technical mentorship.
• Drive best practices in containerization, orchestration, and cloud-native development.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize deployment strategies.
• Conduct code reviews and maintain infrastructure quality standards.
• Build knowledge-sharing culture with documentation and training.

Operational Excellence

• Manage and scale CI/CD pipelines integrated with Kubernetes.
• Implement security policies (RBAC, network policies, container scanning).
• Optimize cluster performance and cost-efficiency.
• Automate operations to minimize manual interventions.
• Ensure 99.9% uptime for production workloads.

Strategic Planning

• Define the infrastructure roadmap aligned with business needs.
• Evaluate and adopt new cloud-native technologies.
• Perform capacity planning and cloud cost optimization.
• Drive risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

🛠 Must-Have Technical Skills

Kubernetes Expertise

• 6+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture (etcd, API server, scheduler, kubelet).
• Advanced Kubernetes networking (CNI, Ingress, Service mesh).
• Strong grasp of Kubernetes storage (CSI, PVs, StorageClasses).
• Experience with Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs).

Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform (advanced proficiency).
• Helm (developing and managing complex charts).
• Config management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux).

Cloud Platforms

• Hands-on experience with at least 2 of the following:
• AWS: EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation
• Azure: AKS, VNets, ARM templates
• GCP: GKE, Compute Engine, Deployment Manager

CI/CD & DevOps Tools

• Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• Docker (advanced optimization and security practices)
• Container registries (ECR, ACR, GCR, Docker Hub)
• Strong Git workflows and branching strategies

Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus & Grafana (metrics and dashboards)
• ELK/EFK stack (centralized logging)
• Jaeger/Zipkin (tracing)
• AlertManager (intelligent alerting)

💡 Good-to-Have Skills

• Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd, Consul)
• Serverless (Knative, OpenFaaS, AWS Lambda)
• Running databases in Kubernetes (Postgres, MongoDB operators)
• ML pipelines (Kubeflow, MLflow)
• Security tools (Aqua, Twistlock, Falco, OPA)
• Compliance (SOC2, PCI-DSS, GDPR)
• Python/Go for automation
• Advanced Shell scripting (Bash/PowerShell)

🎓 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Certifications (preferred):
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Cloud provider certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Experience

• 6–7 years of DevOps/Infrastructure engineering.
• 4+ years of Kubernetes in production.
• 2+ years in a lead role managing teams.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and microservices.

• Job Title - DevOps Engineer

• Reports Into - Lead DevOps Engineer

• Location - India

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm

• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best

• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 

• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA

• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind

• On site gym - take care of yourself

• Relocation support - available

• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars

• Pitch and make your own games on https://www.kwalee.com/blog/inside-kwalee/what-are-creative-wednesdays/">Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As a DevOps Engineer you have a passion for automation, security and building reliable expandable systems. You develop scripts and tools to automate deployment tasks and monitor critical aspects of the operation, resolve engineering problems and incidents. Collaborate with architects and developers to help create platforms for the future.

Your Team Mates

The DevOps team works closely with game developers, front-end and back-end server developers making, updating and monitoring application stacks in the cloud.Each team member has specific responsibilities with their own projects to manage and bring their own ideas to how the projects should work.  Everyone strives for the most efficient, secure and automated delivery of application code and supporting infrastructure.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Find ways to automate tasks and monitoring systems to continuously  improve our systems.

• Develop scripts and tools to make our infrastructure resilient and efficient.

• Understand our applications and services and keep them running smoothly.

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 1 years of experience on a dev ops engineering role

• Deep experience with Linux and Unix systems

• Networking basics knowledge (named, nginx, etc)

• Some coding experience  (Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)

• Experience with common automation tools (Ex. Chef, Terraform, etc)

• AWS experience is a plus

• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best 

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

We are looking for a tech enthusiast to work in challenging environment, we are looking for a person who is self driven, proactive and has good experience in Azure, DevOps, Asp.Net etc. share your resume today if this interests you.

Job Location: Pune

About us:

JetSynthesys is a leading gaming and entertainment company with a wide portfolio of world class products, platforms, and services. The company has a robust foothold in the cricket community globally with its exclusive JV with Sachin Tendulkar for the popular Sachin Saga game and a 100% ownership of Nautilus Mobile - the developer of India’s largest cricket simulation game Real Cricket, becoming the #1 cricket gaming franchise in the world. Standing atop in the charts of organizations fueling Indian esports gaming industry, Jetsysthesys was the earliest entrant in the e-sports industry with a founding 50% stake in India’s largest esports company, Nodwin Gaming that is recently funded by popular South Korean gaming firm Krafton.

Recently, the company has developed WWE Racing Showdown, a high-octane vehicular combat game borne out of a strategic partnership with WWE. Adding to the list is the newly launched board game - Ludo Zenith, a completely reimagined ludo experience for gamers, built in partnership with Square Enix - a Japanese gaming giant.

JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd. is proud to be backed by Mr. Adar Poonawalla - Indian business tycoon and CEO of Serum Institute of India, Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan – Co-founder of Infosys and the family offices of Jetline Group of Companies. JetSynthesys’ partnerships with large gaming companies in the US, Europe and Japan give it an opportunity to build great products not only for India but also for the world.

Responsibilities

- As a Security & Azure DevOps engineer technical specialist you will be responsible for advising and assisting in the architecture, design and implementation of secure infrastructure solutions

- Should be capable of technical deep dives into infrastructure, databases, and application, specifically in operating, and supporting high-performance, highly available services and infrastructure

· Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies across Windows, with demonstrated hands-on experience on the following domains:

· Experience in building, deploying and monitoring Azure services with strong IaaS and PaaS services (Redis Cache, Service Bus, Event Hub, Cloud Service etc.)

· Understanding of API endpoint management

· Able to monitor, maintain serverless architect using function /web apps

· Logs analysis capabilities using elastic search and Kibana dashboard

· Azure Core Platform: Compute, Storage, Networking

· Data Platform: SQL, Cosmo DB, MongoDB and JQL query

· Identity and Authentication: SSO Federation, ADAzure AD etc

· Experience with Azure Storage, Backup and Express Route

· Hands-on experience in ARM templates

· Ability to write PowerShell & Python scripts to automate IT Operations

· Working Knowledge of Azure OMS and Configuration of OMS Dashboards is desired

· VSTS Deployments

· You will help assist in stabilizing developed solutions by understanding the relevant application development, infrastructure and operations implications of the developed solution.

· Use of DevOps tools to deliver and operate end-user services a plus (e.g., Chef, New Relic, Puppet, etc.)

· Able to deploy and re-create of resources

· Building terraforms for cloud infrastructure

· Having ITIL/ITASM standards as best practise

· PEN testing and OWASP security testing will be addon bonus

· Load and performance testing using Jmeter

· Capacity review on daily basis

· Handing repeated issues and solving them using ansible automation

· Jenkin pipelines for CI/CD

· Code review platform using sonarqube

· Cost analysis on regular basis to keep the system and resources optimum

· Experience on ASP.Net, C#, .Net programming is must.

Qualifications:

Minimum graduate (Preferred Stream: IT/Technical)

• Develop and Maintain IAC using Terraform and Ansible
• Draft design documents that translate requirements into code.
• Deal with challenges associated with scale.
• Assume responsibilities from technical design through technical client support.
• Manage expectations with internal stakeholders and context-switch in a fast paced environment.
• Thrive in an environment that uses Elasticsearch extensively.
• Keep abreast of technology and contribute to the engineering strategy.
• Champion best development practices and provide mentorship

• Terraform o Ansible
• *nix and shell scripting
• Elasticsearch
• Circle CI
• CloudFormation
• Python
• Packer
• Docker
• Prometheus and Grafana
• Challenges of scale
• Production support
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Demonstrable desire to learn and grow.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Mature collaboration and mentoring abilities.

• Administration and Support for Azure DevOps Server/Services
• Migration from Azure DevOps Server to Azure DevOps Services (SaaS)
• Process Template Customization and Deployment model
• Migration, Upgrade, Monitor, and Maintenance of ADS Instance
• Automation using REST API to build Extensions and Custom Reporting
• Expert in all Modules of Azure DevOps Server/Service (Work Item, SCM/VC, Build, Release, Test, Reporting Management)"

• CICD Orchestration tools and other SCM/VC tools

• Microsoft MCSD Application Lifecycle Management certified
• A bachelor or master degree with a minimum of 6 years relevant work experience in Azure DevOps Server/Services (SaaS)
• Good communication skills
• Strong knowledge of application lifecycle workflows and processes involved in the design, development, deployment, test, and maintenance of software systems in the Windows environment
• Visual Studio and the .NET Framework experience is required "

• Administration and Support for Azure DevOps Server/Services
• Migration from Azure DevOps Server to Azure DevOps Services (SaaS)
• Process Template Customization and Deployment model
• Work with the user community to adopt new features, enable new use cases, and help resolve any issues
• Create customizations and tools to help support the team’s needs (PM, Dev, Test, & Ops)
• Take the lead in the validation of the application.
• Monitor the health of the solution and take proactive steps to ensure reliable availability and performance
• Manage patches and updates for tooling solutions and related hosting environments including the operating system
• Automate the process for Maintenance"

• Have 3+ years of experience in Python development
• Be familiar with common database access patterns
• Have experience with designing systems and monitoring metrics, looking at graphs.
• Have knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes and Docker.
• Be able to work well in a remote development environment.
• Be able to communicate in English at a native speaking and writing level.
• Be responsible to your fellow remote team members.
• Be highly communicative and go out of your way to contribute to the team and help others

1. GCP Cloud experience mandatory
2. CICD - Azure DevOps
3. IaC tools – Terraform
4. Experience with IAM / Access Management within cloud
5. Networking / Firewalls
6. Kubernetes / Helm / Istio