Devops Architect

Company Overview:

Euphoric Thought Technologies is a technology-driven firm focused on building scalable software solutions and high-performance digital infrastructure. Operating at the intersection of cloud engineering and enterprise software, the company empowers businesses to streamline their operations through robust, automated, and secure platforms. With a culture rooted in technical excellence and collaborative problem-solving, Euphoric Thought Technologies supports a diverse range of clients in optimizing their digital footprint and accelerating their time-to-market.

Role Overview:

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will serve as a cornerstone of our engineering team in Bangalore, taking ownership of the end-to-end reliability and scalability of our cloud environments. You will work closely with software developers, product managers, and security teams to bridge the gap between code development and production deployment. Your daily efforts will directly influence the stability of our platforms, ensuring that our infrastructure is not only resilient but also highly automated to support rapid business growth and seamless user experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

- Architect and maintain highly available CI/CD pipelines to accelerate software delivery cycles and ensure consistent deployment quality across environments.

- Manage and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes and Docker to optimize resource utilization and application performance.

- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to ensure environment consistency and enable rapid provisioning of cloud resources.

- Automate routine operational tasks and configuration management using Ansible and Python scripts to reduce manual overhead and human error.

- Monitor cloud infrastructure health and security posture within AWS to proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks or vulnerabilities.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement best practices for cloud-native development, ensuring high standards of security and operational excellence.

Required Skillset:

- Demonstrated expertise in managing large-scale cloud computing environments on AWS, with a deep understanding of cloud architecture and cost-optimization strategies.

- Proven ability to design and maintain complex CI/CD workflows using Jenkins, ensuring seamless integration and delivery for high-traffic applications.

- Strong proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, with a focus on building reusable tools that enhance team productivity.

- Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex production issues in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.

- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.

- Ability to work effectively in a hybrid work environment, demonstrating self-discipline and a proactive approach to team collaboration.

- A minimum of 7 - 8 years of professional experience in DevOps and infrastructure engineering roles.

About Company:

• Role Overview

• Senior Engineer with a strong background and experience in cloud related technologies and architectures. Can design target cloud architectures to transform existing architectures together with the in-house team. Can actively hands-on configure and build cloud architectures and guide others.

• Key Knowledge

• 3-5+ years of experience in AWS/GCP or Azure technologies
• Is likely certified on one or more of the major cloud platforms
• Strong experience from hands-on work with technologies such as Terraform, K8S, Docker and orchestration of containers.
• Ability to guide and lead internal agile teams on cloud technology
• Background from the financial services industry or similar critical operational experience

Specific responsibilities commensurate with experience and include:

• Ability to react quickly and effectively to identify and resolve issues that heavily impact CI/CD system (immediate mitigation of impact, long-term resolution including strategies for risk mitigation/monitoring/alert for proactive resolution of potential future occurrences)
• Design, develop, unit test, and implement build automation scripts including environment configuration validation processes
• Automate and improve development process by evaluation and introduction of new tools and scripts, and manage their life cycle and validation
• Determine branching strategy and maintain branches for various components, products, and product lines
• Come up with solutions to open-ended problems that focus on workflow improvements for the Software department
• Address issues with well-defined requirements efficiently; come up with short-term and long-term solutions and staged deployment strategies
• Self-driven-- takes action to move tickets from start to completion with minimal oversight
• Ability to communicate with and consider perspectives of stakeholders including but not limited to: IT, software development, verification
• Ability to break down a problem into smaller components and solve them in a logical, controlled, clearly explainable approach
• Lead the creation and maintenance of a pre-production environment as a testbed for build process improvements and changes before deployment to the production environment
• Gather metrics via direct input, data based on analysis of developer working habits analysis and pain points to assess current state and areas requiring further improvement
• Define chain of communication and immediate paths of action in the case of a build fault state
• Ability to work within constraints of the internal network without access to commercial cloud solutions
• Create metrics that define ‘efficiency’ and ‘reliability’ in measurable terms, and track them
• Perform static code and security analysis
• Design and execute unit tests and perform code coverage analysis
• Able to work in Agile development team environment

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• 6+ years (minimum) experience handling Build, Release, and Deployment of software on Windows and/or Linux environments (on-premise)
• Experience with the development and deployment of CM processes and tools
• Build automation for .NET using TeamCity (Jenkins is an asset)
• Scripting languages: Windows batch scripting, Powershell, Ant/NAnt
• Source control systems usage, branching strategies, and workflow (Git preferred, Subversion)
• 6+ years of hands-on programming experience with C# and .NET (both Framework and Core)
• Troubleshooting and debugging-- what information to gather when there are issues with CI/CD system, and how to gather it (i.e., analyzing network communication? Windows crash dumps, java logs, etc.)
• 6+ years (minimum) in web/desktop application software development experience
• Excellent problem solving, critical and analytical thinking
• Strong team player who understands SDLC and QA methodologies
• A professional, results-oriented individual with a high degree of self-motivation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to coordinate work/activities with multiple software/IT teams
• Working with virtual machines and build management on virtual machines (VMware preferred).
• Managing configurations for multiple build environments
• OS administration and scripting experience (Windows is a must, Linux desired)
• Experience with test automation tools (NUnit, customer inhouse frameworks) and strategies is an asset
• Creation and maintenance of monitoring and alert systems (Zabbix)
• Familiarity with databases (SQL-based) - create, modify, optimize (via script)
• Data and metrics gathering, aggregation, and reporting
• Experience with work management and documentation tools: JIRA and Confluence

Your skills and experience should cover:

• 5+ years of experience with developing, deploying, and debugging solutions on the AWS platform using ALL AWS services such as S3, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, Cognito, Cloudtrail, CodePipeline, Cloud Formation, Cloudwatch and WAF (Web Application Firewall).

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Developer: Associate, is required; Amazon Web Services (AWS) DevOps Engineer: Professional, preferred.

• 5+ years of experience using one or more modern programming languages (Python, Node.js).

• Hands-on experience migrating data to the AWS cloud platform

• Experience with Scrum/Agile methodology.

• Good understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices (including security and scalability)

• Experience with AWS Data Storage Tools.

• Experience in Configure and implement AWS tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail and direct system logs for monitoring.

• Experience working with GIT, or similar tools.

• Ability to communicate and represent AWS Recommendations and Standards.

The following areas are highly advantageous:

• Experience with Docker

• Experience with PostgreSQL database