DevOps Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer Job Description

Position Title: Senior Cloud Engineer -- AWS [LONG TERM-CONTRACT POSITION]

Location: Remote [REQUIRES WORKING IN CST TIME ZONE]

Position Overview

The Senior Cloud Engineer will play a critical role in designing, deploying, and managing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure across multiple platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). This role requires deep technical expertise, leadership in cloud

strategy, and hands-on experience with automation, DevOps practices, and cloud-native technologies. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver robust cloud solutions, drive best practices, and support business objectives

through innovative cloud engineering.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible for automated provisioning and configuration

Lead the adoption and optimization of DevOps methodologies, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment processes

Collaborate with software engineers, architects, and stakeholders to architect cloud-native solutions that meet business and technical requirements

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud systems for cost, performance, and reliability, using cloud monitoring and logging tools

Ensure cloud environments adhere to security best practices, compliance standards, and governance policies, including identity and access management, encryption, and vulnerability management

Mentor and guide junior engineers, sharing knowledge and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation

Participate in on-call rotation and provide escalation support for critical cloud infrastructure issues

Document cloud architectures, processes, and procedures to ensure knowledge transfer and operational excellence

Stay current with emerging cloud technologies, trends, and best practices,

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 6–10 years of experience in cloud engineering or related roles, with a proven track record in large-scale cloud environments
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and experience in multi-cloud environments
• Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.) for automation and cloud service integration
• Proficiency with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and configuration management (Ansible, Chef)
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (VPC, VPN, DNS, firewalls, load balancers), system administration (Linux/Windows), and cloud storage solutions
• Experience with cloud security, governance, and compliance frameworks
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with experience working in agile, interdisciplinary teams
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and lead complex projects to completion

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, Microsoft AZ-300/400/500, Google Professional Cloud Architect)
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools (CloudWatch, Kibana, Logstash, Datadog, etc.)
• Exposure to cloud database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, managed database services)
• Knowledge of cloud migration strategies and hybrid cloud architectures

Role Overview:

We are looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for managing and automating the deployment, monitoring, and scaling of our applications, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. The ideal candidate is passionate about automation, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for development, testing, and production environments.
• Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, or others) and ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Automate deployment, configuration management, and infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Chef.
• Monitor application performance and infrastructure health using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Datadog.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to streamline workflows and resolve deployment issues.
• Implement security best practices in pipelines, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
• Maintain version control and manage release cycles.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues efficiently.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Proven experience in DevOps, system administration, or cloud engineering.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Scripting skills (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of networking, load balancing, and firewalls.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours and remote options.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.

We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer (5–10 years experience) with strong hands-on expertise in AWS, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux. The role involves designing, automating, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines. Experience with Terraform/Ansible, monitoring tools, and security best practices is required. Immediate joiners preferred.

• Configure, optimize, document, and support of the infrastructure components of software products (which are hosted in collocated facilities and cloud services such as AWS)
• Design and build tools and frameworks that support deployment and management and platforms
• Design, build, and deliver cloud computing solutions, hosted services, and underlying software infrastructures
• Build core functionality of our cloud-based platform product, deliver secure, reliable services and construct third party integrations
• Assist in coaching application developers on proper DevOps techniques for building scalable applications in the microservices paradigm
• Foster collaboration with software product development and architecture teams to ensure releases are delivered with repeatable and auditable processes
• Support and troubleshoot scalability, high availability, performance, monitoring, backup, and restores of different environments
• Work independently across multiple platforms and applications to understand dependencies
• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and processes to improve speed, efficiency, and scalability of continuous integration environments
• Design and architect solutions for existing client-facing applications as they are moved into cloud environments such as AWS
• Competencies
• Full understanding of scripting and automated process management in languages such as Shell, Ruby and/ or Python
• Working Knowledge SCM tools such as Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, etc.
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services and related APIs
• Ability to deliver and manage web or cloud-based services
• General familiarity with monitoring tools
• General familiarity with configuration/provisioning tools such as Terraform
• Experience
• Experience working within an Agile type environment
• 4+ years of experience with cloud-based provisioning (Azure, AWS, Google), monitoring, troubleshooting, and related DevOps technologies
• 4+ years of experience with containerization/orchestration technologies like Rancher, Docker and Kubernetes

Kutumb is the first and largest communities platform for Bharat. We are growing at an exponential trajectory. More than 1 Crore users use Kutumb to connect with their community. We are backed by world-class VCs and angel investors. We are growing and looking for exceptional Infrastructure Engineers to join our Engineering team.

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We’re excited if you have:

• Recent experience designing and building unified observability platforms that enable companies to use the sometimes-overwhelming amount of available data (metrics, logs, and traces) to determine quickly if their application or service is operating as desired
• Expertise in deploying and using open-source observability tools in large-scale environments, including Prometheus, Grafana, ELK (ElasticSearch + Logstash + Kibana), Jaeger, Kiali, and/or Loki
• Familiarity with open standards like OpenTelemetry, OpenTracing, and OpenMetrics
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Istio as the architecture on which the observability platform runs, and how they integrate and scale. Additionally, the ability to contribute improvements back to the joint platform for the benefit of all teams
• Demonstrated customer engagement and collaboration skills to curate custom dashboards and views, and identify and deploy new tools, to meet their requirements
• The drive and self-motivation to understand the intricate details of a complex infrastructure environment 
• Using CICD tools to automatically perform canary analysis and roll out changes after passing automated gates (think Argo & keptn)
• Hands-on experience working with AWS 
• Bonus points for knowledge of ETL pipelines and Big data architecture
• Great problem-solving skills & takes pride in your work
• Enjoys building scalable and resilient systems, with a focus on systems that are robust by design and suitably monitored
• Abstracting all of the above into as simple of an interface as possible (like Knative) so developers don't need to know about it unless they choose to open the escape hatch

What you’ll be doing:

• Design and build automation around the chosen tools to make onboarding new services easy for developers (dashboards, alerts, traces, etc)
• Demonstrate great communication skills in working with technical and non-technical audiences
• Contribute new open-source tools and/or improvements to existing open-source tools back to the CNCF ecosystem

Tools we use:

Kops, Argo, Prometheus/ Loki/ Grafana, Kubernetes, AWS, MySQL/ PostgreSQL, Apache Druid, Cassandra, Fluentd, Redis, OpenVPN, MongoDB, ELK

What we offer:

• High pace of learning
• Opportunity to build the product from scratch
• High autonomy and ownership
• A great and ambitious team to work with
• Opportunity to work on something that really matters
• Top of the class market salary and meaningful ESOP ownership

• 3+ years experience leading a team of DevOps engineers
• 8+ years experience managing DevOps for large engineering teams developing cloud-native software
• Strong in networking concepts
• In-depth knowledge of AWS and cloud architectures/services.
• Experience within the container and container orchestration space (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Passion for CI/CD pipeline using tools such as Jenkins etc.
• Familiarity with config management tools like Ansible Terraform etc
• Proven record of measuring and improving DevOps metrics
• Familiarity with observability tools and experience setting them up
• Passion for building tools and productizing services that empower development teams.
• Excellent knowledge of Linux command-line tools and ability to write bash scripts.
• Strong in Unix / Linux administration and management,

KEY ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and manage the entire cloud infrastructure
• Create the entire CI/CD pipeline to build and release
• Explore new technologies and tools and recommend those that best fit the team and organization
• Own and manage the site reliability
• Strong decision-making skills and metric-driven approach
• Mentor and coach other team members

Requirements:

• Experience of managing Engineering teams in an Agile environment.
• Expert knowledge of delivering solutions in Azure cloud within a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Great understanding of DevOps principles and how they assist in taking products to market in an effective manner.
• Experience of Automation/Configuration management tools as well as working in a continuous delivery environment, monitoring and tooling.
• Knowledge and experience in Azure, Kubernetes, Containerisation, Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Experience in managing permissions in Azure DevOps.
• Working experience in Application Gateways, App Services, Front-Door, Azure Service Bus, etc.
• Troubleshooting experience in virtual/cloud infrastructures.
• Experience in delivery of projects using IAC (Infrastructure as Code).