Principal Devops Engineer/ Architect

Review Criteria

• Strong DevOps /Cloud Engineer Profiles
• Must have 3+ years of experience as a DevOps / Cloud Engineer
• Must have strong expertise in cloud platforms – AWS / Azure / GCP (any one or more)
• Must have strong hands-on experience in Linux administration and system management
• Must have hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Must have experience in building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
• Must have hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
• Must be proficient in scripting languages such as Python or Bash for automation
• Must have experience with monitoring and alerting tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or CloudWatch
• Top tier Product-based company (B2B Enterprise SaaS preferred)

Preferred

• Experience in multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure scaling.
• Exposure to AI/ML pipeline deployments or iPaaS / reverse ETL connectors.

Role & Responsibilities

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure for our SaaS platform and AI-driven products. The role will focus on cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, monitoring, and security automation, enabling rapid and reliable software delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support rapid release cycles.
• Manage containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Own infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Set up and maintain monitoring & alerting frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Drive cloud security automation (IAM, SSL, secrets management).
• Partner with engineering teams to embed DevOps into SDLC.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive incident response.
• Support multi-tenant SaaS scaling strategies.

Ideal Candidate

• 3–6 years' experience as DevOps/Cloud Engineer in SaaS or enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong expertise in LINUX Administration.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Proficient in Terraform/Ansible/CloudFormation.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash).
• Experience with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
• Strong grasp of cloud security best practices.

Job Description

Experience: 5 - 9 years

Location: Bangalore/Pune/Hyderabad

Work Mode: Hybrid(3 Days WFO)

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer for Data Platform 

The ideal candidate will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to support scalable, secure, and efficient data and analytics solutions. This role requires a strong understanding of cloud-native technologies, DevOps best practices, and hands-on experience with Azure and Databricks.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Infrastructure Design & Management

Architect, deploy, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.

Implement best practices for Azure Resource Management, including resource groups, virtual networks, and storage accounts.

Optimize cloud costs and ensure high availability and disaster recovery for critical systems

Databricks Platform Management

Set up, configure, and maintain Databricks workspaces for data engineering, machine learning, and analytics workloads.

Automate cluster management, job scheduling, and monitoring within Databricks.

Collaborate with data teams to optimize Databricks performance and ensure seamless integration with Azure services.

CI/CD Pipeline Development

Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for deploying infrastructure, applications, and data workflows using tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar.

Automate testing, deployment, and monitoring processes to ensure rapid and reliable delivery of updates.

Monitoring & Incident Management

Implement monitoring and alerting solutions using tools like Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Databricks metrics.

Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues, ensuring minimal downtime.

Security & Compliance

Enforce security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security.

Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards for data protection and cloud operations.

Collaboration & Documentation

Work closely with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, software developers, and business stakeholders, to align infrastructure with business needs.

Maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure, processes, and configurations.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Must Have Experience:

6+ years of experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering roles.

Proven expertise in Microsoft Azure services, including Azure Data Lake, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Active Directory.

Hands-on experience with Databricks for data engineering and analytics.

Technical Skills:

Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep.

Strong scripting skills in Python, or Bash.

Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

Soft Skills:

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

About Kanerika:

Kanerika Inc. is a premier global software products and services firm that specializes in providing innovative solutions and services for data-driven enterprises. Our focus is to empower businesses to achieve their digital transformation goals and maximize their business impact through the effective use of data and AI.

We leverage cutting-edge technologies in data analytics, data governance, AI-ML, GenAI/ LLM and industry best practices to deliver custom solutions that help organizations optimize their operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive growth.

Awards and Recognitions:

Kanerika has won several awards over the years, including:

1. Best Place to Work 2023 by Great Place to Work®

2. Top 10 Most Recommended RPA Start-Ups in 2022 by RPA Today

3. NASSCOM Emerge 50 Award in 2014

4. Frost & Sullivan India 2021 Technology Innovation Award for its Kompass composable solution architecture

5. Kanerika has also been recognized for its commitment to customer privacy and data security, having achieved ISO 27701, SOC2, and GDPR compliances.

Working for us:

Kanerika is rated 4.6/5 on Glassdoor, for many good reasons. We truly value our employees' growth, well-being, and diversity, and people’s experiences bear this out. At Kanerika, we offer a host of enticing benefits that create an environment where you can thrive both personally and professionally. From our inclusive hiring practices and mandatory training on creating a safe work environment to our flexible working hours and generous parental leave, we prioritize the well-being and success of our employees.

Our commitment to professional development is evident through our mentorship programs, job training initiatives, and support for professional certifications. Additionally, our company-sponsored outings and various time-off benefits ensure a healthy work-life balance. Join us at Kanerika and become part of a vibrant and diverse community where your talents are recognized, your growth is nurtured, and your contributions make a real impact. See the benefits section below for the perks you’ll get while working for Kanerika.

About the role:

As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a critical role in bridging the gap between development, operations, and security teams to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery. With 5+ years of hands-on experience, the engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, automated, and cloud-native infrastructure solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering roles.
• Strong expertise in at least one public cloud provider (AWS / Azure / GCP).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
• Solid experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD).
• Scripting/programming skills in Python, Shell, or Go for automation.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and incident management.
• Familiarity with security practices in DevOps (secrets management, IAM, vulnerability scanning). 

Employee Benefits:

1. Culture:

1. Open Door Policy: Encourages open communication and accessibility to management.
2. Open Office Floor Plan: Fosters a collaborative and interactive work environment.
3. Flexible Working Hours: Allows employees to have flexibility in their work schedules.
4. Employee Referral Bonus: Rewards employees for referring qualified candidates.
5. Appraisal Process Twice a Year: Provides regular performance evaluations and feedback.

2. Inclusivity and Diversity:

1. Hiring practices that promote diversity: Ensures a diverse and inclusive workforce.
2. Mandatory POSH training: Promotes a safe and respectful work environment.

3. Health Insurance and Wellness Benefits:

1. GMC and Term Insurance: Offers medical coverage and financial protection.
2. Health Insurance: Provides coverage for medical expenses.
3. Disability Insurance: Offers financial support in case of disability.

4. Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits:

1. Company-sponsored family events: Creates opportunities for employees and their       families to bond.
2. Generous Parental Leave: Allows parents to take time off after the birth or adoption of a child.
3. Family Medical Leave: Offers leave for employees to take care of family members' medical needs.

5. Perks and Time-Off Benefits:

1. Company-sponsored outings: Organizes recreational activities for employees.
2. Gratuity: Provides a monetary benefit as a token of appreciation.
3. Provident Fund: Helps employees save for retirement.
4. Generous PTO: Offers more than the industry standard for paid time off.
5. Paid sick days: Allows employees to take paid time off when they are unwell.
6. Paid holidays: Gives employees paid time off for designated holidays.
7. Bereavement Leave: Provides time off for employees to grieve the loss of a loved one.

6. Professional Development Benefits:

1. L&D with FLEX- Enterprise Learning Repository: Provides access to a learning repository for professional development.
2. Mentorship Program: Offers guidance and support from experienced professionals.
3. Job Training: Provides training to enhance job-related skills.
4. Professional Certification Reimbursements: Assists employees in obtaining professional      certifications.
5. Promote from Within: Encourages internal growth and advancement opportunities.

Who We Are

We're a DevOps and Automation company based in Bengaluru, India. We have delivered over 170 automation projects for 65+ global clients, including Fortune 500 enterprises that trust us with mission-critical infrastructure and operations. We're bootstrapped, profitable, and scaling quickly by consistently solving complex engineering challenges with precision and reliability.

What We Value

• Ownership: As part of our team, you're responsible for strategy and outcomes, not just completing assigned tasks.
• High Velocity: We move fast, iterate faster, and amplify our impact, always prioritizing quality over speed.

Who We Seek

We are hiring DevOps Engineers (6 months - 1 year experience) to join our DevOps team. You will work on infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployments, container orchestration, and system reliability.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to work with modern DevOps tooling and contribute to high-impact engineering decisions.

🌏 Job Location: Bengaluru (Work From Office)

What You Will Be Doing

CI/CD Pipeline Management

• Design, implement, and maintain efficient CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Automate build, test, and deployment processes to increase delivery speed and reliability.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Provision and manage infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Maintain scalable, secure, and cost-optimized environments.

Containerization & Orchestration

• Build and manage Docker-based environments.
• Deploy and scale workloads using Kubernetes.

Monitoring & Alerting

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, or similar.
• Develop dashboards and alerts to detect issues proactively.

System Reliability & Performance

• Implement systems for high availability, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance.
• Troubleshoot and optimize infrastructure performance.

Scripting & Automation

• Write automation scripts in Python, Bash, or Shell to streamline operations.
• Automate repetitive workflows to reduce manual intervention.

Collaboration & Best Practices

• Work closely with Development, QA, and Security teams to embed DevOps best practices into the SDLC.
• Follow security standards for deployments and infrastructure.
• Work efficiently with Unix/Linux systems and understand core networking concepts (DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, TCP/IP).

What We’re Looking For

• Strong understanding of Linux distributions (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL) and Windows environments.
• Proficiency with Git and experience using GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
• Ability to write automation scripts using Bash/Shell or Python.
• Basic knowledge of relational databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with web servers such as NGINX or Apache2.
• Experience working with AWS, Azure, GCP, or DigitalOcean.
• Foundational understanding of Ansible for configuration management.
• Basic knowledge of Terraform or CloudFormation for IaC.
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Docker for containerization.
• Basic exposure to Kubernetes for orchestration.
• Familiarity with at least one programming language (Java, Node.js, or Python).

Benefits

🤝 Work directly with founders and engineering leaders.

💪 Drive projects that create real business impact, not busywork.

💡 Gain practical, industry-relevant skills you won’t learn in college.

🚀 Accelerate your growth by working on meaningful engineering challenges.

📈 Learn continuously with mentorship and structured development opportunities.

🤗 Be part of a collaborative, high-energy workplace that values innovation.

Striim (pronounced “stream” with two i’s for integration and intelligence) was founded in 2012 with a simple goal of helping companies make data useful the instant it’s born.

Striim’s enterprise-grade, streaming integration with intelligence platform makes it easy to build continuous, streaming data pipelines – including change data capture (CDC) – to power real-time cloud integration, log correlation, edge processing, and streaming analytics

2 - 5 Years of Experience in any Programming any language (Polyglot Preferred ) & System Operations • Awareness of Devops & Agile Methodologies • Proficient in leveraging CI and CD tools to automate testing and deployment . • Experience in working in an agile and fast paced environment . • Hands on knowledge of at least one cloud platform (AWS / GCP / Azure). • Cloud networking knowledge: should understand VPC, NATs, and routers. • Contributions to open source is a plus. • Good written communication skills are a must. Contributions to technical blogs / whitepapers will be an added advantage.

• 7-10 years experience with secure SDLC/DevSecOps practices such as automating security processes within CI/CD pipeline.
• At least 4 yrs. experience designing, and securing Data Lake & Web applications deployed to AWS, Azure, Scripting/Automation skills on Python, Shell, YAML, JSON
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience with software development lifecycle, Agile project management (e.g. Jira, Confluence), source code management (e.g. Git), build automation (e.g. Jenkins), code linting and code quality (e.g. SonarQube), test automation (e.g. Selenium)
• Hand-on & Solid understanding of Amazon Web Services & Azure-based Infra & applications
• Experience writing cloud formation templates, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, and microservice application architecture and deployment.
• Strong know-how on VA/PT integration in CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience in handling financial solutions & customer-facing applications

Roles

• Accelerate enterprise cloud adoption while enabling rapid and stable delivery of capabilities using continuous integration and continuous deployment principles, methodologies, and technologies
• Manage & deliver diverse cloud [AWS, Azure, GCP] DevSecOps journeys
• Identify, prototype, engineer, and deploy emerging software engineering methodologies and tools
• Maximize automation and enhance DevSecOps pipelines and other tasks
• Define and promote enterprise software engineering and DevSecOps standards, practices, and behaviors
• Operate and support a suite of enterprise DevSecOps services
• Implement security automation to decrease the loop between the development and deployment processes.
• Support project teams to adopt & integrate the DevSecOps environment
• Managing application vulnerabilities, Data security, encryption, tokenization, access management, Secure SDLC, SAST/DAST
• Coordinate with development and operations teams for practical automation solutions and custom flows.
• Own DevSecOps initiatives by providing objective, practical and relevant ideas, insights, and advice.
• Act as Release gatekeeper with an understanding of OWASP top 10 lists of vulnerabilities, NIST SP-800-xx, NVD, CVSS scoring, etc concepts
• Build workflows to ensure a successful DevSecOps journey for various enterprise applications. 
• Understand the strategic direction to reach business goals across multiple projects & teams
• Collaborate with development teams to understand project deliverables and promote DevSecOps culture
• Formulate & deploy cloud automation strategies and tools

Skills

• Knowledge of the DevSecOps culture and principles.
• An understanding of cloud technologies & components
• A flair for programming languages such as Shell, Python, Java Scripts,
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Knowledge of threat modeling and risk assessment techniques.
• Up-to-date knowledge of cybersecurity threats, current best practices, and the latest software.
• An understanding of programs such as Puppet, Chef, ThreatModeler, Checkmarx, Immunio, and Aqua.
• Strong know-how of Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure-based deployments
• On the job learning for new programming languages, automation tools, deployment architectures