Lead DevOps Engineer

Job Title: AWS DevOps Engineer

Experience Level: 5+ Years

Location: Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Gurgaon

Summary:

We are looking for a hands-on Platform Engineer with strong execution skills to provision and manage cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have experience with Linux, AWS services, Kubernetes, and Terraform, and should be capable of troubleshooting complex issues in cloud and container environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provision AWS infrastructure using Terraform (IaC).
• Manage and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters (EKS/ECS).
• Work with core AWS services: VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ALB, WAF, and CloudFront.
• Support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub.
• Collaborate with teams to resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Maintain documentation of infrastructure and operational procedures.

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in AWS infrastructure provisioning using Terraform.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience managing Kubernetes clusters.
• Basic experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub.
• Good communication skills and a positive, team-oriented attitude.

Preferred:

• AWS Certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Exposure to Agile and DevOps practices.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools.

Job Overview:

You will work in engineering and development teams to integrate and develop cloud solutions and virtualized deployment of software as a service product. This will require understanding the software system architecture function as well as performance and security requirements. The DevOps Engineer is also expected to have expertise in available cloud solutions and services, administration of virtual machine clusters, performance tuning and configuration of cloud computing resources, the configuration of security, scripting and automation of monitoring functions. This position requires the deployment and management of multiple virtual clusters and working with compliance organizations to support security audits. The design and selection of cloud computing solutions that are reliable, robust, extensible, and easy to migrate are also important.

Experience:

• Experience working on billing and budgets for a GCP project - MUST
• Experience working on optimizations on GCP based on vendor recommendations - NICE TO HAVE
• Experience in implementing the recommendations on GCP
• Architect Certifications on GCP - MUST
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal & written) - MUST
• Excellent documentation skills on processes and steps and instructions- MUST
• At least 2 years of experience on GCP.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Engineering OR Equivalent.
• Extensive scripting or programming experience (Shell Script, Python).
• Extensive experience working with CI/CD (e.g. Jenkins).
• Extensive experience working with GCP, Azure, or Cloud Foundry.
• Experience working with databases (PostgreSQL, elastic search).
• Must have 2 years of minimum experience with GCP certification.

Benefits :

• Competitive salary.
• Work from anywhere.
• Learning and gaining experience rapidly.
• Reimbursement for basic working set up at home.
• Insurance (including top-up insurance for COVID).

Location :

Remote - work from anywhere.

Ideal joining preferences:
Immediate or 15 days

Responsibilities

 Provisioning and de-provisioning AWS accounts for internal customers

 Work alongside systems and development teams to support the transition and operation of client websites/applications in and out of AWS.

 Deploying, managing, and operating AWS environments

 Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices

 Estimating AWS costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms

 Keep technical documentation up to date

 Proactively keep up to date on AWS services and developments

 Create (where appropriate) automation, in order to streamline provisioning and de-provisioning processes

 Lead certain data/service migration projects

Job Requirements

 Experience provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems running on AWS

 Experience with Azure/AWS.

 Capabilities to provide AWS operations and deployment guidance and best practices throughout the lifecycle of a project

 Experience with application/data migration to/from AWS

 Experience with NGINX and the HTTP protocol.

 Experience with configuration and management software such as GIT  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

 Deployment experience using common AWS technologies like VPC, and regionally distributed EC2 instances, Docker, and more.

 Ability to work in a collaborative environment

 Detail-oriented, strong work ethic and high standard of excellence

 A fast learner, the Achiever, sets high personal goals

 Must be able to work on multiple projects and consistently meet project deadlines

THE POSITION

Ashnik is looking for experienced technology consultant to work in DevOps team in pre-sales function. The primary area of focus will be Microservices, CI/CD pipeline, Docker, Kubernetes, containerization and container security. A person in this role will be responsible for leading technical discussions with customers and partners and helping them arrive at final solution.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Engineering or equivalent degree
• Must have at least 8 years of experience in IT industry designing and delivering solutions
• Must have at least 3 years of hand-on experience of Linux and Operating system
• Must have at least 3 years of experience of working in an environment with highly virtualized or cloud based infrastructure
• Must have at least 2 years hands on experience in CI/CD pipeline, micro-services, containerization and kubernetes
• Though coding is not needed in this role, the person should have ability to understand and debug code if required
• Should be able to explain complex solution in simpler ways
• Should be ready to travel 20-40% in a month
• Should be able to engage with customers to understand the fundamental/driving requirement

DESIRED SKILLS

• Past experience of working with Docker and/or Kubernetes at Scale
• Past experience of working in a DevOps team
• Prior experience in Pre-sales role

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own pre-sales or sales engineering responsibility to design, present, deliver technical solution
• Be the point of contact for all technical queries for Sales team and partners
• Build full-fledged solution proposals with details of implementation and scope of work for customers
• Contribute in technical writings through blogs, whitepapers, solution demos
• Make presentations at events and participate in events.
• Conduct customer workshops to educate them about features in Docker Enterprise Edition
• Coordinate technical escalations with principal vendor
• Get an understanding of various other components and considerations involved in the areas mentioned above
• Be able to articulate value of technology vendor’s products that Ashnik is partnering with eg.  Docker, Sysdig, Hashicorp, Ansible, Jenkins etc.
• Work with partners and sales team for responding to RFPs and tenders

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

You would be adding a great experience of working with a leading open source solutions company in South East Asia region to your career. You would get to learn from the leaders and grow in the industry. This would be a great opportunity for you to grow in your career through continuous learning, adding depth and breadth of technologies. Since we work with leading open source technologies and engage with large enterprises, it creates enormous possibilities for career growth for our team. Not to mention that our people find the journey with Ashnik to be exciting and a fulfilling experience.

Job Description

• Minimum 3+ yrs of Experience in DevOps with AWS Platform

• Strong AWS knowledge and experience

• Experience in using CI/CD automation tools (Git, Jenkins, Configuration deployment tools ( Puppet/Chef/Ansible)

• Experience with IAC tools Terraform

• Excellent experience in operating a container orchestration cluster (Kubernetes, Docker)

• Significant experience with Linux operating system environments

• Experience with infrastructure scripting solutions such as Python/Shell scripting

• Must have experience in designing Infrastructure automation framework.

• Good experience in any of the Setting up Monitoring tools and Dashboards ( Grafana/kafka)

• Excellent problem-solving, Log Analysis and troubleshooting skills

• Experience in setting up centralized logging for system (EKS, EC2) and application

• Process-oriented with great documentation skills

• Ability to work effectively within a team and with minimal supervision

As a DevOps Engineer with experience in Kubernetes, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of DevOps engineers in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the organization's infrastructure. You will work closely with software developers, system administrators, and other IT professionals to ensure that the organization's systems are efficient, reliable, and scalable. 

Specific responsibilities will include: 

• Leading the team in the development and implementation of automation and continuous delivery pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible. 
• Managing the organization's infrastructure using Kubernetes, including deployment, scaling, and monitoring of applications. 

• Ensuring that the organization's systems are secure and compliant with industry standards. 
• Collaborating with software developers to design and implement infrastructure as code. 
• Providing mentorship and technical guidance to team members. 
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues in collaboration with other IT professionals. 
• Participating in the development and maintenance of the organization's disaster recovery and incident response plans. 

To be successful in this role, you should have strong leadership skills and experience with a variety of DevOps and infrastructure tools and technologies. You should also have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, and be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 

• 7+ years of experience in System Administration, Networking, Automation, Monitoring
• Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills
• Experience managing systems deployed in public cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud)
• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Concourse, etc.)
• Linux experience, flavours: Ubuntu, Redhat, CentOS (sysadmin, bash scripting)
• Experience setting up monitoring (Datadog, Splunk, etc.)
• Experience in Infrastructure Automation tools like Terraform
• Experience in Package Manager for Kubernetes like Helm Charts
• Experience with databases and data storage (Oracle, MongoDB, Postgres SQL, ELK stack)
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with orchestration technologies (Kubernetes or DC/OS)
• Familiar with Agile Software Development

Job Description

We are looking to add DevOps Engineer to the Infra team. 

Roles & Responsibilities

What you do :

• Developing automation for the various deployments core to our business
• Documenting run books for various processes / improving knowledge bases
• Identifying technical issues, communicating and recommending solutions
• Miscellaneous support (user account, VPN, network, etc)
• Develop continuous integration / deployment strategies
• Production systems deployment/monitoring/optimization

• Management of staging/development environments

What you know :

• Ability to work with a wide variety of open source technologies and tools
• Ability to code/script (Python, Ruby, Bash)
• Experience with systems and IT operations
• Comfortable with frequent incremental code testing and deployment
• Strong grasp of automation tools (Chef, Packer, Ansible, or others)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and bare-metal systems
• Experience optimizing infrastructure for high availability and low latencies
• Experience with instrumenting systems for monitoring and reporting purposes
• Well versed in software configuration management systems (git, others)
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS or other) and tailoring apps for cloud deployment

• Data management skills

Education :

• Degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• 1-3 years of equivalent experience in DevOps roles.
• Work conducted is focused on business outcomes
• Can work in an environment with a high level of autonomy (at the individual and team level)

• Comfortable working in an open, collaborative environment, reaching across functional.

Our Offering :

• True start-up experience - no bureaucracy and a ton of tough decisions that have a real impact on the business from day one.

• The camaraderie of an amazingly talented team that is working tirelessly to build a great OS for India and surrounding markets.

Perks :

• Awesome benefits, social gatherings, etc.
• Work with intelligent, fun, and interesting people in a dynamic start-up environment.

Eligibility

B.Tech/M.Tech/B.E

Company Introduction

Established in May 2015, Indus OS is a homebred system apps company, building India’s only content and commerce platform for users to discover and consume digital content & services in the language of their choice. With a vision of digitally connecting 1 Billion Indians, Indus OS is constantly striving to adapt its existing portfolio (App Store, Minus One Screen, Keyboard, Messenger, etc) by introducing new features to enrich the user experience in their native language.
Currently, Indus OS has a user base of over 12+ Million on the back of 10+ smartphone brand partnerships with leading OEMs such as Samsung, Gionee, iTel, Micromax, Intex, Karbonn, and others. The Indus platform is available in English & 23 Indian regional languages and is intended to digitally connect the next 1 billion people in the emerging markets.