Senior AWS Cloud administrator

Company info-
True to its name, is on a mission to unlock $100+ billion of trapped working capital in the economy by creating India’s largest marketplace for invoice discounting to solve the day-to-day. problems faced by businesses. Founded by ex-BCG and ISB / IIM alumni, and backed by SAIF Partners, CashFlo helps democratize access to credit in a fair and transparent manner. Awarded Supply Chain Finance solution of the year in 2019, CashFlo creates a win-win ecosystem for Buyers, suppliers
and financiers through its unique platform model. CashFlo shares its parentage with HCS Ltd., a 25 year old, highly reputed financial services company has raised over Rs. 15,000 Crores in the market till date,
for over 200 corporate clients.

Our leadership team consists of ex-BCG, ISB / IIM alumni with a team of industry veterans from financial services serving as the advisory board. We bring to the table deep insights in the SME lending
space, based on 100+ years of combined experience in Financial Services. We are a team of passionate problem solvers, and are looking for like-minded people to join our team.

The challenge
Solve a complex $300+ billion problem at the cutting edge of Fintech innovation, and make a tangible difference to the small business landscape in India.Find innovative solutions for problems in a yet to be discovered market.

Key Responsibilities
As an early team member, you will get a chance to set the foundations of our engineering culture. You will help articulate our engineering
principles and help set the long-term roadmap. Making decisions on the evolution of CashFlo's technical architectureBuilding new features end to end, from talking to customers to writing code.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have
3+ years of full-time DevOps engineering experience
Hands-on experience working with AWS services
Deep understanding of virtualization and orchestration tools like Docker, ECS
Experience in writing Infrastructure as Code using tools like CDK, Cloud formation, Terragrunt or Terraform
Experience using centralized logging & monitoring tools such as ELK, CloudWatch, DataDog
Built monitoring dashboards using Prometheus, Grafana
Built and maintained code pipelines and CI/CD
Thorough knowledge of SDLC
Been part of teams that have maintained large deployments

About You
Product-minded. You have a sense for great user experience and feel for when something is off. You love understanding customer pain points
and solving for them.
Get a lot done. You enjoy all aspects of building a product and are comfortable moving across the stack when necessary. You problem solve
independently and enjoy figuring stuff out.
High conviction. When you commit to something, you're in all the way. You're opinionated, but you know when to disagree and commit.
Mediocrity is the worst of all possible outcomes.

Whats in it for me
Gain exposure to the Fintech space - one of the largest and fastest growing markets in India and globally
Shape India’s B2B Payments landscape through cutting edge technology innovation
Be directly responsible for driving company’s success
Join a high performance, dynamic and collaborative work environment that throws new challenges on a daily basis
Fast track your career with trainings, mentoring, growth opportunities on both IC and management track
Work-life balance and fun team events

Preferred Education & Experience: 
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering,
Computer Science, Computer Applications, Mathematics, Statistics or related technical field or
equivalent practical experience. Relevant experience of at least 3 years in lieu of above if from a
different stream of education.
• Well-versed in DevOps principals & practices and hands-on DevOps
tool-chain integration experience: Release Orchestration & Automation, Source Code & Build
Management, Code Quality & Security Management, Behavior Driven Development, Test Driven
Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, and
Operational Monitoring & Management; extra points if you can demonstrate your knowledge with
working examples.
• Hands-on experience with demonstrable working experience with DevOps tools
and platforms viz., Slack, Jira, GIT, Jenkins, Code Quality & Security Plugins, Maven, Artifactory,
Terraform, Ansible/Chef/Puppet, Spinnaker, Tekton, StackStorm, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK,
PagerDuty, VictorOps, etc.
• Well-versed in Virtualization & Containerization; must demonstrate
experience in technologies such as Kubernetes, Istio, Docker, OpenShift, Anthos, Oracle VirtualBox,
Vagrant, etc.
• Well-versed in AWS and/or Azure or and/or Google Cloud; must demonstrate
experience in at least FIVE (5) services offered under AWS and/or Azure or and/or Google Cloud in
any categories: Compute or Storage, Database, Networking & Content Delivery, Management &
Governance, Analytics, Security, Identity, & Compliance (or) equivalent demonstratable Cloud
Platform experience.
• Well-versed with demonstrable working experience with API Management,
API Gateway, Service Mesh, Identity & Access Management, Data Protection & Encryption, tools &
platforms.
• Hands-on programming experience in either core Java and/or Python and/or JavaScript
and/or Scala; freshers passing out of college or lateral movers into IT must be able to code in
languages they have studied.
• Well-versed with Storage, Networks and Storage Networking basics
which will enable you to work in a Cloud environment.
• Well-versed with Network, Data, and
Application Security basics which will enable you to work in a Cloud as well as Business
Applications / API services environment.
• Extra points if you are certified in AWS and/or Azure
and/or Google Cloud.

Please find the JD below: 

• Candidate should have good Platform experience on Azure with Terraform. 
• The devops engineer needs to help developers, create the Pipelines and K8s Deployment Manifests. 
• Good to have experience on migrating data from (AWS) to Azure. 

• To manage/automate infrastructure automatically using Terraforms. Jenkins is the key CI/CD tool which we uses and it will be used to run these Terraforms. 
• VMs to be provisioned on Azure Cloud and managed. 
• Good hands-on experience of Networking on Cloud is required. 
• Ability to setup Database on VM as well as managed DB and Proper set up of cloud hosted microservices needs to be done to communicate with the db services. 
• Kubernetes, Storage, KeyValult, Networking (load balancing and routing) and VMs are the key infrastructure expertise which are essential. 

• Requirement is to administer Kubernetes cluster end to end. (Application deployment, managing namespaces, load balancing, policy setup, using blue green/canary deployment models etc). 
• The experience in AWS is desirable. 
• Python experience is optional however Power shell is mandatory. 
• Know-how on the use of GitHub 
• Administration of Azure Kubernetes services 

DevOps Architect 

Experience:  10 - 12+ year relevant experience on DevOps
Locations : Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Jaipur.

Qualification:
• Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer science, Software engineering or equivalent is required.
• Certifications in specific areas are desired

Technical Skillset: Skills Proficiency level

• Build tools (Ant or Maven) - Expert
• CI/CD tool (Jenkins or Github CI/CD) - Expert
• Cloud DevOps (AWS CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, Code Pipeline etc) or Azure DevOps. - Expert
• Infrastructure As Code (Terraform, Helm charts etc.) - Expert
• Containerization (Docker, Docker Registry) - Expert
• Scripting (linux) - Expert
• Cluster deployment (Kubernetes) & maintenance - Expert
• Programming (Java) - Intermediate
• Application Types for DevOps (Streaming like Spark, Kafka, Big data like Hadoop etc) - Expert
• Artifactory (JFrog) - Expert
• Monitoring & Reporting (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty etc.) - Expert
• Ansible, MySQL, PostgreSQL - Intermediate

• Source Control (like Git, Bitbucket, Svn, VSTS etc)
• Continuous Integration (like Jenkins, Bamboo, VSTS )
• Infrastructure Automation (like Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
• Deployment Automation & Orchestration (like Jenkins, VSTS, Octopus Deploy)
• Container Concepts (Docker)
• Orchestration (Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm)
• Cloud (like AWS, Azure, GoogleCloud, Openstack)

Roles and Responsibilities

• DevOps architect should automate the process with proper tools.
• Developing appropriate DevOps channels throughout the organization.
• Evaluating, implementing and streamlining DevOps practices.
• Establishing a continuous build environment to accelerate software deployment and development processes.
• Engineering general and effective processes.
• Helping operation and developers teams to solve their problems.
• Supervising, Examining and Handling technical operations.
• Providing a DevOps Process and Operations.
• Capacity to handle teams with leadership attitude.
• Must possess excellent automation skills and the ability to drive initiatives to automate processes.
• Building strong cross-functional leadership skills and working together with the operations and engineering teams to make sure that systems are scalable and secure.
• Excellent knowledge of software development and software testing methodologies along with configuration management practices in Unix and Linux-based environment.
• Possess sound knowledge of cloud-based environments.
• Experience in handling automated deployment CI/CD tools.
• Must possess excellent knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (Ansible, Chef, and Puppet).
• Hand on experience in working with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Must have strong expertise in operating Linux/Unix environments and scripting languages like Python, Perl, and Shell.
• Ability to review deployment and delivery pipelines i.e., implement initiatives to minimize chances of failure, identify bottlenecks and troubleshoot issues.
• Previous experience in implementing continuous delivery and DevOps solutions.
• Experience in designing and building solutions to move data and process it.
• Must possess expertise in any of the coding languages depending on the nature of the job.
• Experience with containers and container orchestration tools (AKS, EKS, OpenShift, Kubernetes, etc)
• Experience with version control systems a must (GIT an advantage)
• Belief in "Infrastructure as a Code"(IaaC), including experience with open-source tools such as terraform
• Treats best practices for security as a requirement, not an afterthought
• Extensive experience with version control systems like GitLab and their use in release management, branching, merging, and integration strategies
• Experience working with Agile software development methodologies
• Proven ability to work on cross-functional Agile teams
• Mentor other engineers in best practices to improve their skills
• Creating suitable DevOps channels across the organization.
• Designing efficient practices.
• Delivering comprehensive best practices.
• Managing and reviewing technical operations.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Exceptional communication skills, be knowledgeable about the latest industry trends, and highly innovative

       

What you will do:

• Defining and documenting best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance
• Providing guidance, thought leadership and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies
• Ensuring application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design
• Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines
• Developing and implementing technical efforts to design, build and deploy AWS applications at the direction of lead architects, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling and advanced analytics
• Participating in all aspects of the software development life cycle for AWS solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance
• Troubleshooting incidents, identifying root cause, fixing and documenting problems and implementing preventive measures
• Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required

 

Desired Candidate Profile

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology
• 2+ years of experience as architect, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on AWS platforms
• Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytic
• Proven ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists and subject matter experts
• Self-motivation with the ability to drive features to delivery
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good logical sense, strong technical skills and the ability to learn new technologies quickly
• AWS certifications are a plus
• Knowledge of web services, API, REST, and RPC    

 

As DevOps Engineer, you are responsible to setup and maintain GIT repository, DevOps tools like Jenkins, UCD, Docker, Kubernetes, Jfrog Artifactory, Cloud monitoring tools, Cloud security.

• Setup, configure, and maintain GIT repos, Jenkins, UCD, etc. for multi hosting cloud environments.
• Architect and maintain the server infrastructure in AWS. Build highly resilient infrastructure following industry best practices.
• Working on Docker images and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
• Develop and maintain the automation scripts using Ansible or other available tools.
• Maintain and monitor cloud Kubernetes Clusters and patching when necessary.
• Working on Cloud security tools to keep applications secured.
• Participate in software development lifecycle, specifically infra design, execution, and debugging required to achieve successful implementation of integrated solutions within the portfolio.
• Required Technical and Professional Expertise.
• Minimum 4-6 years of experience in IT industry.
• Expertise in implementing and managing Devops CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience in DevOps automation tools. And Very well versed with DevOps Frameworks, Agile.
• Working knowledge of scripting using shell, Python, Terraform, Ansible or puppet or chef.
• Experience and good understanding in any of Cloud like AWS, Azure, Google cloud.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is required.
• Proficient in troubleshooting skills with proven abilities in resolving complex technical issues.
• Experience with working with ticketing tools.
• Middleware technologies knowledge or database knowledge is desirable.
• Experience and well versed with Jira tool is a plus.

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment will enable you to juggle between concepts yet maintain the quality of content, interact, share your ideas, and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being with this company.
We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. However, we assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

Are you the one? Quick self-discovery test:

1. Love for the cloud: When was the last time your dinner entailed an act on “How would ‘Jerry Seinfeld’ pitch Cloud platform & products to this prospect” and your friend did the ‘Sheldon’ version of the same thing.
2. Passion: When was the last time you went to a remote gas station while on vacation and ended up helping the gas station owner saasify his 7 gas stations across other geographies.
3. Compassion for customers: You listen more than you speak.  When you do speak, people feel the need to listen.
4. Humor for life: When was the last time you told a concerned CEO, ‘If Elon Musk can attempt to take humanity to Mars, why can’t we take your business to run on the cloud?

Your bucket of undertakings:

This position will be responsible to consult with clients and propose architectural solutions to help move & improve infra from on-premise to cloud or help optimize cloud spend from one public cloud to the other.

1. Be the first one to experiment on new-age cloud offerings, help define the best practice as a thought leader for cloud, automation & Dev-Ops, be a solution visionary and technology expert across multiple channels.
2. Continually augment skills and learn new tech as the technology and client needs evolve
3. Use your experience in the Google cloud platform, AWS, or Microsoft Azure to build hybrid-cloud solutions for customers.
4. Provide leadership to project teams, and facilitate the definition of project deliverables around core Cloud-based technology and methods.
5. Define tracking mechanisms and ensure IT standards and methodology are met; deliver quality results.
6. Participate in technical reviews of requirements, designs, code, and other artifacts
7. Identify and keep abreast of new technical concepts in the google cloud platform
8. Security, Risk, and Compliance - Advise customers on best practices around access management, network setup, regulatory compliance, and related areas.

Accomplishment Set 

• Passionate, persuasive, articulate Cloud professional capable of quickly establishing interest and credibility 
• Good business judgment, a comfortable, open communication style, and a willingness and ability to work with customers and teams.
• Strong service attitude and a commitment to quality.
• Highly organised and efficient.
• Confident working with others to inspire a high-quality standard.

Experience :

• 4-8 years experience in Cloud Infrastructure and Operations domains
• Experience with Linux systems and/OR Windows servers
• Specialize in one or two cloud deployment platforms: AWS, GCP
• Hands on experience with AWS services (EKS, ECS, EC2, VPC, RDS, Lambda, GKE, Compute Engine, API Gateway, AppSync and ServiceMesh)
• Experience in one or more scripting language-Python, Bash
• Good understanding of Apache Web Server, Nginx, MySQL, MongoDB, Nagios
• Logging and Monitoring tools (ELK, Stackdriver, CloudWatch)
• DevOps Technologies (AWS DevOps, Jenkins, Git, Maven)
• Knowledge on Configuration Management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Packer
• Experience working with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos)

Education :

1. Is Education overrated? Yes. We believe so. However there is no way to locate you otherwise. So unfortunately we might have to look for a Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering from a reputed institute or you should be programming from 12. And the latter is better. We will find you faster if you specify the latter in some manner. Not just degree, but we are not too thrilled by tech certifications too ... :)
2. To reiterate: Passion to tech-awesome, insatiable desire to learn the latest of the new-age cloud tech, highly analytical aptitude and a strong ‘desire to deliver’ outlives those fancy degrees!
3. 3-8 years of experience with hands-on experience in Cloud Computing (AWS/GCP) and IT operational experience in a global enterprise environment.
4. Good analytical, communication, problem solving, and learning skills.
5. Knowledge on programming against cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform and lean development methodologies.

What kind of things will you work on? Write backend code when needed Build, configure and maintain high-performance, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed services Engineer ways to support high traffic and peak loads cost-effectively Monitor, diagnose and resolve production issues Build tools to help developers move faster Obsess over uptime and latency What are we asking from you? Understanding of web operations, cloud operations, networking, software development, release management, and continuous deployment Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and tools Ability to code and script Ability to manage data pipelines and storage Comfortable with with frequent, incremental code testing and deployment Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders Strong grasp of automation tools Strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive Strong working experience of CI/CD AWS certification is a huge plus