Senior DevOps

TECHJAYS

THE AI REIMAGINATION COMPANY

Position DevOps Lead

Experience 10+ Years

Location Coimbatore / Hybrid

Joining Immediate / ASAP

Primary SkillsDevOps, AWS or Azure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Linux, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure Automation, Monitoring & Observability

Preferred SkillsAI/ML Infrastructure Exposure, GenAI Applications, GitOps, Argo CD, Prometheus, Grafana, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Cloud Security, FinOps

About Techjays

At Techjays, we're helping businesses reimagine how they build, operate, and scale with AI at the core. We focus on developing secure, scalable, production-grade AI systems that solve complex business challenges and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Our team brings together experienced engineers and technology leaders from organizations such as Google, NetApp, ADP, Cognizant Consulting, and Capgemini. We work with global clients to build advanced AI-powered applications, enterprise platforms, and intelligent automation solutions.

We're looking for a DevOps Lead who can take ownership of cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines, platform reliability, and engineering operations.

The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on expertise in either AWS or Azure, along with strong experience in Kubernetes, containerization, Infrastructure as Code, and production cloud environments.

You will lead the design and implementation of reliable infrastructure platforms, establish DevOps best practices, and work closely with software engineering and AI teams to support the deployment and operation of modern applications.

This role requires a strong hands-on cloud and DevOps specialist who can architect, implement, troubleshoot, and optimize production infrastructure. Prior exposure to AI/ML or AI-enabled applications is required, but specialized MLOps expertise is not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Own cloud infrastructure architecture and operations across AWS or Azure.
• Design and manage cloud environments covering compute, networking, storage, databases, and container platforms.
• Establish infrastructure standards, architecture patterns, and operational best practices.
• Manage cloud resource provisioning, configuration, scaling, and environment management.
• Ensure infrastructure meets requirements for availability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Drive infrastructure improvements through automation and continuous optimization.

2. DevOps & CI/CD Engineering

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application development and deployment.
• Manage multi-stage deployment workflows across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Implement automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Establish reusable pipeline templates, deployment standards, and approval workflows.
• Manage deployment strategies, including rolling, blue/green, and canary deployments.
• Implement rollback mechanisms and ensure reliable production releases.
• Integrate CI/CD workflows with source control, artifact repositories, and container registries.
• Continuously improve deployment efficiency, release reliability, and engineering productivity.

3. Containerization & Kubernetes Management

• Architect and manage containerized application environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Manage production Kubernetes clusters using Amazon EKS or Azure AKS.
• Implement Kubernetes configurations covering deployments, services, networking, secrets, storage, and resource management.
• Work with Helm charts for application packaging and deployment.
• Optimize container resource utilization, application scaling, and cluster performance.
• Troubleshoot complex container and Kubernetes-related production issues.
• Establish best practices for container security and workload reliability.

4. Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and cloud-native provisioning tools.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and environment setup.
• Develop reusable infrastructure modules and deployment automation workflows.
• Use Python, Bash, or PowerShell to automate operational tasks and improve efficiency.
• Reduce manual intervention through standardization and automation.
• Maintain infrastructure documentation, configuration standards, and version-controlled deployment workflows.

5. Monitoring, Reliability & Production Operations

• Establish centralized monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability across cloud environments.
• Implement monitoring solutions using CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent platforms.
• Monitor application availability, infrastructure health, resource utilization, and system performance.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production incidents.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Establish operational practices for backup, disaster recovery, availability, and business continuity.
• Improve system reliability through proactive monitoring and performance optimization.

6. Cloud Security & Governance

• Implement cloud security best practices across infrastructure and application environments.
• Manage IAM, RBAC, access controls, service identities, and secrets management.
• Secure cloud networking, virtual networks, firewalls, and infrastructure access.
• Implement container security and infrastructure hardening practices.
• Ensure cloud environments follow organizational security and compliance requirements.
• Identify infrastructure vulnerabilities and coordinate remediation activities.
• Establish secure deployment and configuration management practices.

7. AI Infrastructure & Engineering Collaboration

• Work closely with AI/ML and software engineering teams to provide infrastructure for AI-powered applications.
• Support the deployment and operation of LLM-based applications, AI services, and AI-enabled platforms.
• Design cloud infrastructure capable of supporting AI workloads, including compute, storage, networking, and containerized services.
• Support the infrastructure requirements of AI applications across development, testing, and production environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment reliability, scalability, and operational performance of AI-powered systems.
• Evaluate infrastructure technologies and tools that support evolving AI application requirements.

8. Technical Leadership & Team Development

• Provide technical leadership to DevOps engineers and guide implementation across projects.
• Establish engineering standards, infrastructure best practices, and operational procedures.
• Mentor team members on cloud architecture, automation, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and production operations.
• Lead technical discussions and make architecture decisions involving infrastructure and DevOps technologies.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and product teams to align infrastructure capabilities with business requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement across DevOps processes, tools, and engineering practices.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

1. Cloud Platforms

• 10+ years of overall experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on expertise in at least one major cloud platform: AWS or Azure.
• Practical experience designing, deploying, and operating production-grade cloud infrastructure.

AWS: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, EKS, Lambda, ECR, CloudWatch, and related infrastructure services.

Azure: Azure Virtual Machines, VNets, AKS, Azure DevOps, Azure Container Registry, Azure Monitor, Key Vault, and related infrastructure services.

Candidates do not need to be experts in both AWS and Azure. Deep expertise in either platform is the priority.

2. DevOps & CI/CD

• Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent tools.
• Understanding of multi-stage pipelines, automated deployments, release approvals, and artifact management.
• Experience implementing deployment automation and rollback strategies.
• Strong understanding of Git workflows and version control practices.

3. Containers & Kubernetes

• Strong hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Practical experience managing EKS or AKS environments.
• Understanding of Kubernetes networking, scaling, storage, secrets, and workload management.
• Experience with Helm and container orchestration.
• Ability to troubleshoot production container and Kubernetes environments.

4. Infrastructure as Code & Scripting

• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Familiarity with CloudFormation, Bicep, ARM templates, or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of Python, Bash, or PowerShell for infrastructure automation.
• Strong understanding of Linux administration and system troubleshooting.

5. Monitoring & Reliability Engineering

• Experience implementing infrastructure and application monitoring.
• Familiarity with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, and centralized logging solutions.
• Understanding of incident management, root cause analysis, performance optimization, and system availability.
• Experience establishing alerting, operational dashboards, and reliability practices.

6. AI/ML Infrastructure Exposure

• Prior experience supporting AI/ML applications, Generative AI platforms, LLM applications, or AI-enabled products.
• Understanding of infrastructure requirements for deploying and operating AI-powered applications.
• Familiarity with containerized AI services, cloud-based model integrations, and scalable application environments.

Note: This role does not require specialized MLOps expertise or model development experience. Strong cloud and DevOps engineering fundamentals remain the primary requirement.

Preferred Skills

• Experience implementing GitOps workflows using Argo CD or similar tools.
• Experience with blue/green deployments, canary releases, and automated rollback mechanisms.
• Exposure to cloud security, enterprise networking, governance, and landing-zone architecture.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices.
• Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure and production GenAI applications.
• Experience with Python-based automation and infrastructure tooling.
• Relevant AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications.

What We're Looking For Beyond Skills

• Cloud Expertise: Deep technical specialization in AWS or Azure, with the ability to design and manage production infrastructure independently.
• Hands-on Engineering: Someone who actively builds, automates, troubleshoots, and improves infrastructure rather than focusing only on team management.
• Technical Ownership: Takes responsibility for infrastructure reliability, deployment quality, security, and operational performance.
• System Thinking: Understands how cloud infrastructure, applications, networking, databases, and deployment pipelines work together.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to diagnose complex production issues and implement long-term engineering solutions.
• Automation Mindset: Continuously identifies opportunities to eliminate manual work and improve operational efficiency.
• Technical Leadership: Can mentor engineers, establish best practices, and drive technical decisions.
• AI Readiness: Has practical exposure to supporting AI-powered applications and understands their infrastructure requirements.
• Collaboration: Works effectively with software engineering, AI/ML, security, and product teams.

Typical Technology Environment

AreaTechnologiesCloud PlatformsAWS, AzureCI/CDAzure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CIContainersDocker, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, HelmInfrastructure as CodeTerraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, ARMGitOpsArgo CD, Git-based deployment workflowsMonitoring & ObservabilityCloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, GrafanaAutomationPython, Bash, PowerShellOperating SystemsLinux, WindowsSecurityIAM, RBAC, Secrets Management, Network SecurityAI ExposureAI/ML Applications, GenAI, LLM Platforms, AI-enabled Products

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and expertise.
• Coimbatore office-based work environment with hybrid flexibility.
• Opportunity to lead cloud infrastructure and DevOps engineering for global clients.
• Exposure to modern AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, automation, and AI engineering practices.
• Paid holidays and flexible time off.
• Medical insurance covering self and family, up to ₹4 lakh per person.
• Opportunities to influence infrastructure architecture and engineering practices.
• A culture that values clarity, integrity, ownership, and continuous growth.

Join Techjays

If you're passionate about building reliable cloud platforms, automating complex infrastructure, and leading DevOps engineering for modern AI-powered applications, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Title: DevOps Manager

Experience: 8+ Years

Location: Pune

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Manager with strong hands-on technical expertise and leadership capabilities to manage cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, deployments, and platform reliability. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Shell Scripting, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Terraform, and production DevOps environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the DevOps engineering team.

• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.

• Manage scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure across AWS / Azure / GCP.

• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and configuration automation using Ansible.

• Manage Docker and Kubernetes based environments.

• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Shell/Bash Scripting and Python.

• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability.

• Handle production incidents, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and preventive actions.

• Drive infrastructure security, performance, scalability, and cloud cost optimization.

• Collaborate with Development, QA, Security, Architecture, and Delivery teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or related roles.

• Strong hands-on experience in Shell / Bash Scripting.

• Experience with AWS / Azure / GCP cloud platforms.

• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.

• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.

• Strong experience with Terraform and Ansible.

• Experience with Linux administration, Git, networking, IAM, and cloud security.

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or equivalent.

• Strong troubleshooting, communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership skills.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• Python scripting experience.

• Cloud / Kubernetes / Terraform certifications.

• Experience with SRE, observability, high-availability architecture, and cloud cost optimization.

Role Overview:

Virtana is seeking a Senior Manager, Global DevOps Engineering to lead the global team, platforms, and infrastructure that enable rapid, reliable product delivery. This leader will own DevOps strategy and execution across SaaS (GCP heavy, with presence in AWS and Azure) & on-premises Infrastructure, CI/CD, automation, reliability, security, and developer productivity, while aligning distributed teams and cross-functional stakeholders around measurable business outcomes.

Key Accountabilities:

• Strategy and Execution: Set the global DevOps roadmap and operating model, aligned with product, engineering, and business priorities.
• Global Leadership: Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team across geographies, with clear accountability and consistent engineering practices.
• Cloud and Platform Ownership: Own the architecture, reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency of global GCP and hybrid infrastructure.
• Software Delivery: Advance secure, standardized CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and self-service capabilities to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
• Operational Excellence: Establish SLOs, observability, incident response, disaster recovery, governance and metrics for critical platforms. Own the global on-call program and serve as the escalation point for major incidents from SaaS Infra/DevOps side.
• Executive Partnership: Align stakeholders on priorities, investments, dependencies, and risk; communicate outcomes and tradeoffs to senior leadership.

Required Qualifications:  

• 15+ years in software engineering, infrastructure, cloud operations, or DevOps, including 5+ years leading senior or management-level teams.
• Proven success in leading global teams across geographies, cultures, and time zones.
• Deep expertise in GCP architecture, security, networking, reliability, and cost governance.
• Demonstrated ownership of enterprise CI/CD, build and release automation, and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong experience with Terraform or equivalent Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, containers, observability, SRE, and disaster recovery.
• Track record operating secure, resilient global infrastructure for fast-paced development and release environments.
• Daily hands-on use of AI tools (e.g., Claude) for IaC, CI/CD pipelines and incident response, with a record of driving AI adoption that improves delivery speed and quality.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder leadership, with the ability to align priorities, resolve tradeoffs, and develop strong leaders.

Job Description

The engineer will provide direct support to service development teams using the platform and maintain/develop platform components across CI pipelines, tool integrations, deployment architecture, monitoring, documentation, and self-service initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding and technical discussions with development teams.
• Provide technical guidance and documentation.
• Support development engineers on CI/CD pipelines, deployments, logging and monitoring.
• Improve platform code, processes and documentation.
• Provide production infrastructure/operations support, including on-call support.
• Research product requirements and new technology rollouts.

Core Mandatory Skills

Kubernetes / Amazon EKS, Terraform, Terragrunt, AWS Cloud, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines, GitOps, Python / Go / Java, Cloud Operations / DevOps, Logging / Monitoring / Tracing, Incident Management

Job Title : DevOps Engineer – Linux, AWS & Infrastructure

Experience : 3+ Years

Location : Sector 48, Gurgaon

Work Mode : 6 Days WFO – Monday to Saturday

Week Off : 01st & 03rd Saturday Off

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Summary :

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Linux, Networking, Server Administration, AWS, CI/CD, Containers, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure Automation. The ideal candidate should have strong troubleshooting skills, production ownership, and the ability to manage and automate infrastructure reliably.

Key Responsibilities :

• Manage and troubleshoot Linux servers, bare-metal infrastructure, and server environments.
• Perform system administration, networking, performance monitoring, and production troubleshooting.
• Design, maintain, and optimize Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Manage Docker containers and Kubernetes environments.
• Work with AWS Cloud services, infrastructure, security, and deployment environments.
• Monitor system health, application performance, logs, and infrastructure using appropriate monitoring and logging tools.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Automate repetitive operational tasks using Python, Bash, Shell scripting, or similar technologies.
• Implement infrastructure and application security, access controls, patching, and hardening.
• Investigate production incidents, perform root-cause analysis (RCA), and drive issues to resolution.
• Take end-to-end ownership of infrastructure reliability, availability, and operational issues.
• Collaborate with development and other engineering teams to improve deployment, scalability, and system reliability.

Mandatory Skills :

Linux & Networking | Bare Metal / Server Administration | Jenkins / CI-CD | Docker / Containers | AWS Cloud | Kubernetes | Git | Monitoring & Logging | Security | Infrastructure as Code (IaC) | Automation / Scripting | Production Troubleshooting & Ownership

Preferred Skills :

• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, load balancing, and networking fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform / CloudFormation.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK / EFK, CloudWatch, or similar monitoring / logging tools.
• Good understanding of Linux performance troubleshooting, processes, memory, disk, networking, and file systems.
• Experience handling production incidents, RCA, deployments, and system reliability.
• Exposure to cloud security, IAM, secrets management, and server hardening.

What We’re Looking For :

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps / SRE / Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong practical knowledge rather than certification-based/theoretical understanding.
• Good troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for production systems.
• Comfortable working in a 6-day work-from-office environment.

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Cloud / DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in AWS, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Linux. The candidate will be responsible for managing cloud infrastructure, containerized applications, deployments, and production environments.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Manage and administer Kubernetes and OpenShift environments.
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot containerized applications.
• Perform Linux administration, troubleshooting, and system monitoring.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance and resolve production issues.
• Automate deployment and operational activities wherever possible.
• Work with development and operations teams to support application deployments.
• Ensure system availability, reliability, and security.
• Troubleshoot issues related to Kubernetes clusters, containers, networking, and Linux systems.
• Follow DevOps best practices for CI/CD, infrastructure management, and automation.

Required Skills:

• 7–10 years of relevant experience in Cloud/DevOps.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS.
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in containerization and deployment of applications.
• Good understanding of cloud infrastructure and production support.

* Deploy and maintain company websites and HRM Cloud applications.

* Configure and manage cloud servers and Linux environments.

* Set up CI/CD pipelines using GitHub/GitHub Actions.

* Configure domains, DNS, SSL certificates, and HTTPS.

* Deploy frontend, backend/API, and database services.

* Configure production and staging environments.

* Manage Docker containers where required.

* Monitor server performance, uptime, logs, and application health.

* Implement regular database and server backups.

* Maintain security, access controls, firewalls, and server permissions.

* Troubleshoot deployment, server, network, and application issues.

* Work closely with Full-Stack Developers and QA teams.

* Maintain deployment documentation and technical procedures.

Required Skills

* AWS / Azure / DigitalOcean or equivalent cloud platform

* Linux server administration

* Git & GitHub

* CI/CD and GitHub Actions

* Docker

* Nginx / Apache

* DNS & domain configuration

* SSL/TLS and HTTPS

* Database deployment and backup

* Basic networking and security

* Monitoring and troubleshooting

* Experience deploying web applications to production

Preferred Skills

* Kubernetes

* Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

* Cloud security

* Load balancing

* Redis / caching

* PostgreSQL / MySQL / MongoDB

* Experience with Node.js, React, PHP/Laravel, or .NET applications

What We Offer

* Opportunity to work on HRM Cloud and SaaS products

* Exposure to real-world cloud infrastructure and production systems

* Remote/hybrid working opportunity

* Growth opportunities within the technology team

* Opportunity to work with an international product-focused company

How to Apply

Send your CV,GitHub profile, LinkedIn profile, and details of your previous cloud/DevOps projects.

Subject: Application – DevOps & Cloud Engineer

Devops + Python 

Mandatory: Python+Kubernetes Containerisation+ DevOps Exposure+ Cloud Exposure(any)

4-8 years /16 LPA

10+ years /26 LPA

Bangalore/Hyderabad

immediate to 15 days.

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Linux, CI/CD, containerization, cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and observability. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Terraform, scripting, DevSecOps, and modern monitoring practices.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain Linux-based systems, cloud infrastructure, and production environments.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Git and related automation tools.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), and OpenShift.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform.
• Develop automation scripts using Python and Shell scripting.
• Implement observability and monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, and Splunk.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and improve system reliability and availability.
• Implement DevSecOps practices, security controls, and vulnerability management across CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage cloud networking, connectivity, and infrastructure-related configurations.
• Support AIOps initiatives to improve incident detection, analysis, and operational efficiency.
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates, secrets, and secure credential rotation.

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux.
• Good knowledge of Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), and/or OpenShift.
• Working experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Scripting knowledge in Python and/or Shell.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, and/or Splunk.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, networking, and cloud security fundamentals.
• Understanding of AIOps concepts and automated operations.
• Experience with certificate lifecycle management and secrets management.

We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in AWS, GCP, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi and DevSecOps. The candidate will lead DevOps teams, drive technical delivery with client stakeholders, design scalable and secure cloud infrastructure, and establish best practices for automation, deployment, reliability, and cost optimization across cloud environments.

### Key Responsibilities

* Lead and mentor DevOps engineers, drive technical execution, and ensure timely delivery of client requirements.

* Engage with client teams and architects to understand requirements, provide technical guidance, and drive solution design and implementation.

* Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and automated release processes.

* Architect and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP (Azure optional) using Infrastructure as Code.

* Lead containerization and orchestration initiatives using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.

* Drive DevSecOps, observability, SRE practices, disaster recovery, and cloud cost optimization.

* Troubleshoot complex production issues, drive root cause analysis, and ensure system reliability, security, and performance.

* Collaborate with Development, QA, Security, Architecture, and client teams to drive engineering standards and continuous improvement.

### Mandatory Skills

* 7-9 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering, including team leadership and client-facing responsibilities.

* Strong hands-on experience with AWS and GCP, including cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and managed services.

* Expertise in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or equivalent platforms.

* Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and managed Kubernetes services such as AKS, EKS, or GKE.

* Hands-on expertise in Terraform and Ansible, with experience in Infrastructure as Code and configuration management.

* Experience with GitOps practices and tools such as Argo CD or Flux.

* Strong understanding of Git, branching strategies, release management, and deployment automation.

* Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including security scanning, secrets management, and vulnerability management.

* Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, production troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

* Proficiency in Linux administration, networking fundamentals, and Bash/Python/PowerShell scripting.

* Proven ability to lead teams, manage priorities, communicate with clients, and drive technical decisions independently.

independently.

### Preferred Skills

* Knowledge of SAST/DAST, SBOM, software supply chain security, and security policy enforcement.

* Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, or Splunk.

* Experience with cloud migrations, hybrid environments, disaster recovery, high availability, and cost optimisation.

* Knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio or Consul, and API gateways or application gateways.

* Experience with enterprise cloud security, IAM, network security, and infrastructure