DevOps Engineer

Location: Malleshwaram/MG Road

Work: Initially Onsite and later Hybrid

We are committed to becoming a true DevOps house and want your help. The role will

require close liaison with development and test teams to increase effectiveness of

current dev processes. Participation in an out-of-hours emergency support rotationally

will be required. You will be shaping the way that we use our DevOps tools and

innovating to deliver business value and improve the cadence of the entire dev team.

Required Skills:

Good knowledge of Amazon Web Services suite (EC2, ECS, Loadbalancing, VPC,

S3, RDS, Lambda, Cloudwatch, IAM etc)

• Hands on knowledge on container orchestration tools – Must have: AWS ECS and Good to have: AWS EKS

• Good knowledge on creating and maintaining the infrastructure as code using Terraform

• Solid experience with CI-CD tools like Jenkins, git and Ansible

• Working experience on supporting Microservices (Deploying, maintaining and

monitoring Java web-based production applications using docker container)

• Strong knowledge on debugging production issues across the services and

technology stack and application monitoring (we use Splunk & Cloudwatch)

• Experience with software build tools (maven, and node)

• Experience with scripting and automation languages (Bash, groovy,

JavaScript, python)

• Experience with Linux administration and CVEs scan - Amz Linux, Ubuntu

• 4+ years in AWS DevOps Engineer

Optional skills:

• Oracle/SQL database maintenance experience

• Elastic Search

• Serverless/container based approach

• Automated testing of infrastructure deployments

• Experience of performance testing & JVM tuning

• Experience of a high-volume distributed eCommerce environment

• Experience working closely with Agile development teams

• Familiarity with load testing tools & process

• Experience with nginx, tomcat and apache

• Experience with Cloudflare

Personal attributes

The successful candidate will be comfortable working autonomously and

independently.

They will be keen to bring an entire team to the next level of delivering business value.

A proactive approach to problem

As part of the Cloud Platform / Devops team at Upswing, you will get to work on building state-of-the-art infrastructure for the future. You will also be –

• Building Infrastructure on AWS driven through terraform and building automation tools for deployment, infrastructure management, and observability stack 
• Building and Scaling on Kubernetes
• Ensuring the Security of Upswing Cloud Infra
• Building Security Checks and automation to improve overall security posture 
• Building automation stack for components like JVM-based applications, Apache Pulsar, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Reporting Infra, etc.
• Mentoring people across the teams to enable best practices 
• Mentoring and guiding team members to upskill and helm them develop work class Fintech Infrastructure

What will you do if you join us?

• Write a lot of code
• Engage in a lot of cross-team collaboration to independently drive forward infrastructure initiatives and Devops practices across the org 
• Taking Ownership of existing, ongoing, and future initiatives 
• Plan Architecture- for upcoming infrastructure
• Build for Scale, Resiliency & Security 
• Introduce best practices wrt Devops & Cloud in the team
• Mentor new/junior team members and eventually build your own team

You should have

• Curiosity for on-the-job learning and experimenting with new technologies and ideas
• A strong background in Linux environment
• Must have Programming skills and Experience
• Strong experience in Cloud technologies, Security and Networking concepts, Multi-cloud environments, etc.
• Experience with at least one scripting language (GoLang/Python/Ruby/Groovy)
• Experience in Terraform is highly desirable but not mandatory
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker is required 
• Understanding of the Java Technologies and Stack
• Any other Devops related experience will be considered

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

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Champion engineering and operational excellence.
• Establish a solid infrastructure framework and excellent development and deployment processes.
• Provide technical guidance to both your team members and your peers from the development team.
• Work with the development teams closely to gather system requirements, new service proposals and large system improvements and come up with the infrastructure architecture leading to stable, well-monitored fly, performant and secure systems.
• Be part of and help create a positive work environment based on accountability.
• Communicate across functions and drive engineering initiatives.
• Initiate cross team collaboration with product development teams to develop high quality, polished products, and services.

Required Skills :

• 5+ years of professional experience developing and launching software products on Cloud.
• Basic understanding Java/Go Programming
• Good Understanding of Container Technologies/Orchestration platforms (e. g Docker, Kubernetes)
• Deep understanding of AWS or Any Cloud.
• Good understanding of data stores like Postgres, Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
• Good Understanding of Operating systems
• Strong technical background with track record of individual technical accomplishments
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to establish credibility with smart engineers quickly.
• Most importantly, ability to learn and urge to learn new things.
• B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Why you should join us

- You will join the mission to create positive impact on millions of peoples lives

- You get to work on the latest technologies in a culture which encourages experimentation - You get to work with super humans (Psst: Look up these super human1, super human2, super human3, super human4)

- You get to work in an accelerated learning environment

What you will do

- You will provide deep technical expertise to your team in building future ready systems.

- You will help develop a robust roadmap for ensuring operational excellence

- You will setup infrastructure on AWS that will be represented as code

- You will work on several automation projects that provide great developer experience

- You will setup secure, fault tolerant, reliable and performant systems

- You will establish clean and optimised coding standards for your team that are well documented

- You will set up systems in a way that are easy to maintain and provide a great developer experience

- You will actively mentor and participate in knowledge sharing forums

- You will work in an exciting startup environment where you can be ambitious and try new things :)

You should apply if

- You have a strong foundation in Computer Science concepts and programming fundamentals

- You have been working on cloud infrastructure setup, especially on AWS since 8+ years

- You have set up and maintained reliable systems that operate at high scale

- You have experience in hardening and securing cloud infrastructures

- You have a solid understanding of computer networking, network security and CDNs

- Extensive experience in AWS, Kubernetes and optionally Terraform

- Experience in building automation tools for code build and deployment (preferably in JS)

- You understand the hustle of a startup and are good with handling ambiguity

- You are curious, a quick learner and someone who loves to experiment

- You insist on highest standards of quality, maintainability and performance

- You work well in a team to enhance your impact

JD for Devops

Experience: 5+ years