Devops Engineer

We are looking for a passionate DevOps Engineer who can support deployment and monitor our Production, QE, and Staging environments performance. Applicants should have a strong understanding of UNIX internals and should be able to clearly articulate how it works. Knowledge of shell scripting & security aspects is a must. Any experience with infrastructure as code is a big plus. The key responsibility of the role is to manage deployments, security, and support of business solutions. Having experience in database applications like Postgres, ELK, NodeJS, NextJS & Ruby on Rails is a huge plus. At VakilSearch. Experience doesn't matter, passion to produce change matters

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• As part of the DevOps team, you will be responsible for configuration, optimization, documentation, and support of the infra components of VakilSearch’s product which are hosted in cloud services & on-prem facility
• Design, build tools and framework that support deploying and managing our platform & Exploring new tools, technologies, and processes to improve speed, efficiency, and scalability
• Support and troubleshoot scalability, high availability, performance, monitoring, backup, and restore of different Env 
• Manage resources in a cost-effective, innovative manner including assisting subordinates ineffective use of resources and tools
• Resolve incidents as escalated from Monitoring tools and Business Development Team
• Implement and follow security guidelines, both policy and technology to protect our data
• Identify root cause for issues and develop long-term solutions to fix recurring issues and Document it
• Strong in performing production operation activities even at night times if required
• Ability to automate [Scripts] recurring tasks to increase velocity and quality
• Ability to manage and deliver multiple project phases at the same time

I Qualification(s): 

• Experience in working with Linux Server, DevOps tools, and Orchestration tools 
• Linux, AWS, GCP, Azure, CompTIA+, and any other certification are a value-add 

II Experience Required in DevOps Aspects:

• Length of Experience: Minimum 1-4 years of experience
• Nature of Experience: 
• Experience in Cloud deployments, Linux administration[ Kernel Tuning is a value add ], Linux clustering, AWS, virtualization, and networking concepts [ Azure, GCP value add ]
• Experience in deployment solutions CI/CD like Jenkins, GitHub Actions [ Release Management is a value add ]
• Hands-on experience in any of the configuration management IaC tools like Chef, Terraform, and CloudFormation [ Ansible & Puppet is a value add ]
• Administration, Configuring and utilizing Monitoring and Alerting tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, Zabbix, Datadog, etc
• Experience with Containerization and orchestration tools like Docker, and Kubernetes [ Docker swarm is a value add ]Good Scripting skills in at least one interpreted language - Shell/bash scripting or Ruby/Python/Perl
• Experience in Database applications like PostgreSQL, MongoDB & MySQL [DataOps]
• Good at Version Control & source code management systems like GitHub, GIT
• Experience in Serverless [ Lambda/GCP cloud function/Azure function ]
• Experience in Web Server Nginx, and Apache
• Knowledge in Redis, RabbitMQ, ELK, REST API [ MLOps Tools is a value add ]
• Knowledge in Puma, Unicorn, Gunicorn & Yarn
• Hands-on VMWare ESXi/Xencenter deployments is a value add
• Experience in Implementing and troubleshooting TCP/IP networks, VPN, Load Balancing & Web application firewalls
• Deploying, Configuring, and Maintaining Linux server systems ON premises and off-premises
• Code Quality like SonarQube is a value-add
• Test Automation like Selenium, JMeter, and JUnit is a value-add
• Experience in Heroku and OpenStack is a value-add 
• Experience in Identifying Inbound and Outbound Threats and resolving it
• Knowledge of CVE & applying the patches for OS, Ruby gems, Node, and Python packages  
• Documenting the Security fix for future use
• Establish cross-team collaboration with security built into the software development lifecycle 
• Forensics and Root Cause Analysis skills are mandatory 
• Weekly Sanity Checks of the on-prem and off-prem environment 

III Skill Set & Personality Traits required:

• An understanding of programming languages such as Ruby, NodeJS, ReactJS, Perl, Java, Python, and PHP
• Good written and verbal communication skills to facilitate efficient and effective interaction with peers, partners, vendors, and customers

IV Age Group: 21 – 36 Years

V Cost to the Company: As per industry standards

Objectives :

• Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
• Testing code written by others and analyzing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities :

• Deploy updates and fixes
• Build tools to reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experience
• Develop software to integrate with internal back-end systems
• Perform root cause analysis for production errors
• Investigate and resolve technical issues
• Develop scripts to automate visualization
• Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance

Skills and Qualifications :

• Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field
• 3+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering role
• Proficient with git and git workflows
• Good logical skills and knowledge of programming concepts(OOPS,Data Structures)
• Working knowledge of databases and SQL
• Problem-solving attitude
• Collaborative team spirit

Job Description:

• Hands on experience with Ansible & Terraform.
• Scripting language, such as Python or Bash or PowerShell is required and willingness to learn and master others. 
• Troubleshooting and resolving automation, build, and CI/CD related issues (in cloud environment like AWS or Azure).
• Experience with Kubernetes is mandate.
• To develop and maintain tooling and environments for test and production environments.
• Assist team members in the development and maintenance of tooling for integration testing, performance testing, security testing, as well as source control systems (that includes working in CI systems like Azure DevOps, Team City, and orchestration tools like Octopus).
• Good with Linux environment.

• 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

This person MUST have:

• Min of 3-5 prior experience as a DevOps Engineer.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipeline maintenance and enhancement specifically Jenkins based pipelines.
• Working experience with engineering tools like git, git work flow, bitbucket, JIRA etc
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing infrastructure with CloudFormation/Terraform
• Experience managing AWS infrastructure
• Hands on experience of Linux administration.
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes/Docker orchestration
• Works closely with engineering team for day to day activities
• Manges existing infrastructure/Pipelines/Engineering tools (On Prem or  AWS) for engineering team (Build servers/Jenkin nodes etc.)
• Works with engineering team for new config required for infra like replicating the setups, adding new resources etc.
• Works closely with engineering team for improving existing pipelines for build .
• Troubleshoots problems across infrastructure/services

Experience:

• Min 5-7  year experience

Location

• Remotely, anywhere in India

Timings:

• 40 hours a week (11 AM to 7 PM).

Position:

• Full time/Direct
• We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
• We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods.  You will stay here because you love the company.  We have only a 15 days notice period.

We are front runners of the technological revolution with an inexhaustible passion for technology! DevOn is the technical organization that originated from Prowareness. We are the company at the forefront of leading DevOps transformations and setting up High Performance Distributed DevOps teams with leading companies worldwide. DevOn helps market leaders to take the next step in software delivery. We consist of a dynamic team, in which personal growth is central!

About You

You have 6+ years of experience in AWS infra Automation. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a fast-paced operations environment and to develop your career in Cloud technologies, particularly Amazon Web Services.

You are building and monitoring CI/CD pipeline in AWS cloud. This is a highly scalable backend application building on Java platform. We need a resource who can troubleshoot, diagnose and rectify system service issues.

You’re cloud native with Terraform as an orchestration. You would use Terraform as a key Orchestration in Infrastructure as Code.

You're comfortable driving. You prefer to own your work streams and enjoy working in autonomy to progress towards your goals.

 You provide an incredible support to the team. You sweat the small stuff but keep the big picture in mind. You know that a pair programming can give better result

An ideal candidate is/are:

This is a key role within our DevOps team and will involve working as part of a collaborative agile team in a shared services DevOps organization to support and deliver innovative technology solutions that directly align with the delivery of business value and enhanced customer experience. The primary objective is to provide support to Amazon Web Services hosted environment, ensure continuous availability, working closely with development teams to ensure best value for money, and effective estate management.

• Setup CI/CD Pipeline from scratch along with integration of appropriate quality gates.
• Expertise level knowledge in AWS cloud. Provision and configure infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Build and configure Kubernetes-based infrastructure, networking policies, LBs, and cluster security. Define autoscaling and cost strategies.
• Automate the build of containerized systems with CI/CD tooling, Helm charts, and more
• Manage deployments and rollbacks of applications
• Implement monitoring and metrics with Cloud watch, Newrelic
• Troubleshoot and optimize containerized workload deployments for clients
• Automate operational tasks, and assist in the transition to service ownership models.

Job Description :

- The engineer should be highly motivated, able to work independently, work and guide other engineers within and outside the team. 

- The engineer should possess varied software skills in Shell scripting, Linux, Oracle database, WebLogic, GIT, ANT, Hudson, Jenkins, Docker and Maven

- Work is super fun, non-routine, and, challenging, involving the application of advanced skills in area of specialization.

Key responsibilities :

- Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for Hudson monitoring, installing Cloud Software, Infra and cloud application usage monitoring.

Required Knowledge :

- Source Configuration management, Docker, Puppet, Ansible, Application and Server Monitoring, AWS, Database Administration, Kubernetes, Log monitoring, CI/CD, Design and implement build, deployment, and configuration management, Improve infrastructure development, Scripting language.

- Good written and verbal communication skills

Qualification :

Education and Experience : Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science

Open for 24- 7 shifts