Senior Platform Engineer

Position: SDE-1 DevSecOps

Location: Pune, India

Experience Required: 0+ Years

We are looking for a DevSecOps engineer to contribute to product development, mentor team members, and devise creative solutions for customer needs. We value effective communication in person, in documentation, and in code. Ideal candidates thrive in small, collaborative teams, love making an impact, and take pride in their work with a product-focused, self-driven approach. If you're passionate about integrating security and deployment seamlessly into the development process, we want you on our team.

About FlytBase

FlytBase is a global leader in enterprise drone software automation. FlytBase platform is enabling drone-in-a-box deployments all across the globe and has the largest network of partners in 50+ countries.

The team comprises young engineers and designers from top-tier universities such as IIT-B, IIT-KGP, University of Maryland, Georgia Tech, COEP, SRM, KIIT and with deep expertise in drone technology, computer science, electronics, aerospace, and robotics.

The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, USA, and has R&D offices in Pune, India. Widely recognized as a pioneer in the commercial drone ecosystem, FlytBase continues to win awards globally - FlytBase was the Global Grand Champion at the ‘NTT Data Open Innovation Contest’ held in Tokyo, Japan, and was the recipient of ‘ TiE50 Award’ at TiE Silicon Valley.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the creation and maintenance of CI/CD solutions and pipelines.
• Leverage Linux and shell scripting for automating security and system updates, and design secure architectures using AWS services (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, EKS/Kubernetes) to enhance application deployment and management.
• Build and maintain secure Docker containers, manage orchestration using Kubernetes, and automate configuration management with tools like Ansible and Chef, ensuring compliance with security standards.
• Implement and manage infrastructure using Terraform, aligning with security and compliance requirements, and set up Dynatrace for advanced monitoring, alerting, and visualization of security metrics. Develop Terraform scripts to automate and optimize infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
• Utilize Git for secure source code management and integrate continuous security practices into CI/CD pipelines, applying vulnerability scanning and automated security testing tools.
• Contribute to security assessments, including vulnerability and penetration testing, NIST, CIS AWS, NIS2 etc.
• Implement and oversee compliance processes for SOC II, ISO27001, and GDPR.
• Stay updated on cybersecurity trends and best practices, including knowledge of SAST and DAST tools, OWASP Top10.
• Automate routine tasks and create tools to improve team efficiency and system robustness.
• Contribute to disaster recovery plans and ensure robust backup systems are in place.
• Develop and enforce security policies and respond effectively to security incidents.
• Manage incident response protocols, including on-call rotations and strategic planning.
• Conduct post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence and refine the system reliability framework.
• Implementing Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and maintaining Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure high standards of service delivery and reliability.

Best suited for candidates who: (Skills/Experience)

• Up to 4 years of experience in a related field, with a strong emphasis on learning and execution.
• Background in IT or computer science.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and programming languages like Python, JavaScript, or Ruby.
• Solid understanding of network layers and TCP/IP protocols.
• In-depth understanding of operating systems, networking, and cloud services.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a 'hacker' mindset.
• Knowledge of security principles, threat modeling, risk assessment, and vulnerability management is a plus. 
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, GWAPT, OSCP) are a plus.

Compensation: 

This role comes with an annual CTC that is market competitive and depends on the quality of your work experience, degree of professionalism, culture fit, and alignment with FlytBase’s long-term business strategy.

Perks:

• Fast-paced Startup culture
• Hacker mode environment
• Enthusiastic and approachable team
• Professional autonomy
• Company-wide sense of purpose
• Flexible work hours
• Informal dress code

Job Responsibilities:

Work & Deploy updates and fixes Provide Level 2 technical support Support implementation of fully automated CI/CD pipelines as per dev requirement Follow the escalation process through issue completion, including providing documentation after resolution Follow regular Operations procedures and complete all assigned tasks during the shift. Assist in root cause analysis of production issues and help write a report which includes details about the failure, the relevant log entries, and likely root cause Setup of CICD frameworks (Jenkins / Azure DevOps Server), Containerization using Docker, etc Implement continuous testing, Code Quality, Security using DevOps tooling Build a knowledge base by creating and updating documentation for support

Skills Required:

DevOps, Linux, AWS, Ansible, Jenkins, GIT, Terraform, CI, CD, Cloudformation, Typescript

• Seeking an Individual carrying around 5+ yrs of experience.
• Must have skills - Jenkins, Groovy, Ansible, Shell Scripting, Python, Linux Admin
• Terraform, AWS deep knowledge to automate and provision EC2, EBS, SQL Server, cost optimization, CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, Server less automation is plus.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English. Enjoy writing crisp and understandable documentation
• Comfortable programming in one or more scripting languages
• Enjoys tinkering with tooling. Find easier ways to handle systems by doing some research. Strong awareness around build vs buy.

• Work with developers to build out CI/CD pipelines, enable self-service build tools and reusable deployment jobs. Find, explore, and advocate for new technologies for enterprise use.
• Automate the provisioning of environments
• Promote new DevOps tools to simplify the build process and entire Continuous Delivery.
• Manage a Continuous Integration and Deployment environment.
• Coordinate and scale the evolving build and cloud deployment systems across all product development teams.
• Work independently, with, and across teams. Establishing smooth running. environments are paramount to your success, and happiness
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the[1]box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity.

Technical Skills

• Experience with AWS multi-region/multi-AZ deployed systems, auto-scaling of EC2 instances, CloudFormation, ELBs, VPCs, CloudWatch, SNS, SQS, S3, Route53, RDS, IAM roles, security groups, cloud watch
• Experience in Data Visualization and Monitoring tools such as Grafana and Kibana
• Experienced in Build and CI/CD/CT technologies like GitHub, Chef, Artifactory, Hudson/Jenkins
• Experience with log collection, filter creation, and analysis, builds, and performance monitoring/tuning of infrastructure.
• Automate the provisioning of environments pulling strings with Puppet, cooking up some recipes with Chef, or through Ansible, and the deployment of those environments using containers, like Docker or Rocket: (have at least some configuration management tool through some version control).

Qualifications:

• B.E/ B.Tech/ M.C.A in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 60% in Graduation and Post-Graduation.
• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Health Memberships 
• Sports Subscriptions 
• Entertainment Subscriptions 
• Key Conferences and Event Passes
• Learning Stipend 
• Team Lunches and Parties 
• Travel Reimbursements 
• ESOPs