Software Architect/CTO

About the Role

We are seeking motivated DevOps Interns to join our team remotely for a 3-month internship. This internship provides hands-on experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools. While this is an unpaid internship, interns who successfully complete the program will receive a Completion Certificate and a Letter of Recommendation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Support deployment, monitoring, and scaling of applications.
• Automate routine operational tasks using scripts and tools.
• Collaborate with developers to improve build and release processes.
• Help maintain system reliability, security, and performance.
• Document workflows, configurations, and best practices.

Requirements

• Basic understanding of Linux/Unix systems and shell scripting.
• Familiarity with version control (Git/GitHub).
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar).
• Exposure to containerization tools like Docker (Kubernetes knowledge is a plus).
• Understanding of cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP preferred).
• Problem-solving skills and willingness to learn quickly.
• Ability to work independently in a remote setup.

What You’ll Gain

• Real-world exposure to DevOps tools and workflows.
• Mentorship and guidance from experienced engineers.
• Completion Certificate after the internship.
• Letter of Recommendation based on performance.
• Opportunity to strengthen your resume and portfolio.

Internship Details

• Duration: 3 months
• Location: Remote (Work from Home)
• Stipend: Unpaid
• Perks: Completion Certificate + Letter of Recommendation

TEAM LEAD PLATFORM ENGINEERING (F/M)

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The Team Lead Platform Engineering is responsible for leading a team of (platform) engineers and Architects in designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure and tooling that support scalable, secure, and resilient digital platforms. This role ensures the reliability and performance of core systems while driving innovation and operational excellence across the platform landscape.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading and mentoring a team of platform engineers, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.

•Overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of platform infrastructure (cloud, on-premises, hybrid).

•Driving automation, standardization, and continuous improvement across platform operations.

•Collaborating with development, security, and operations teams to ensure platform alignment with business and technical requirements.

• Managing platform lifecycle activities including upgrades, patching, and capacity planning.

•Ensuring compliance with security, governance, and regulatory standards.

• Monitoring platform health, performance, and availability, and coordinating incident response.

• Reporting on team performance, platform metrics, and strategic initiatives to senior leadership.

•Documenting platform architecture, operational procedures, and best practices.

PROFILE

Academic background & Experience

•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields.

•10+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or system administration roles.

• Proven experience in a leadership or team lead capacity.

•Profound hands-on experience with DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jira, Confluence, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform).

•Experience managing cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid environments.

•Track record of implementing automation and supporting production systems.

Behavioral Capabilities

• Strong leadership and team-building skills.

•Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to problem-solving.

• Proactive and results-driven, with a focus on continuous improvement.

• Effective communicator and collaborator across technical and business domains.

•Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform under pressure.

•Commitment to reliability, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Skills

• Strong understanding of platform engineering principles, cloud architecture, and automation.

•Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).

•Knowledge of networking, security, and system administration (Linux/Windows).

•Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

• Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and lead root cause analysis.

• Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Why Join Us?

•Global Reach: Influence DevOps strategy across continents and business units.

•Technical Challenge: Work on complex identity scenarios in a hybrid, high-scale environment.

•Supportive Culture: Join a team that values innovation, transparency, and continuous learning.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are hiring a Senior DevSecOps / Security Engineer with 8+ years of experience securing AWS cloud, on-prem infrastructure, DevOps platforms, MLOps environments, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, and data/ML platforms. This role is responsible for creating and maintaining a unified security posture across all systems used by DevOps and MLOps teams — including AWS, Kubernetes, EMR, MWAA, Spark, Docker, GitOps, observability tools, and network infrastructure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.     Cloud Security (AWS)-

• Secure all AWS resources consumed by DevOps/MLOps/Data Science: EC2, EKS, ECS, EMR, MWAA, S3, RDS, Redshift, Lambda, CloudFront, Glue, Athena, Kinesis, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering.
• Implement IAM least privilege, SCPs, KMS, Secrets Manager, SSO & identity governance.
• Configure AWS-native security: WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, CloudTrail, Config, Security Hub.
• Harden VPC architecture, subnets, routing, SG/NACLs, multi-account environments.
• Ensure encryption of data at rest/in transit across all cloud services.

2.     DevOps Security (IaC, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Linux)-

Infrastructure as Code & Automation Security:

• Secure Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible with policy-as-code (OPA, Checkov, tfsec).
• Enforce misconfiguration scanning and automated remediation.

CI/CD Security:

• Secure Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab pipelines with SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning, image scanning.
• Implement secure build, artifact signing, and deployment workflows.

Containers & Kubernetes:

• Harden Docker images, private registries, runtime policies.
• Enforce EKS security: RBAC, IRSA, PSP/PSS, network policies, runtime monitoring.
• Apply CIS Benchmarks for Kubernetes and Linux.

Monitoring & Reliability:

• Secure observability stack: Grafana, CloudWatch, logging, alerting, anomaly detection.
• Ensure audit logging across cloud/platform layers.

3.     MLOps Security (Airflow, EMR, Spark, Data Platforms, ML Pipelines)-

Pipeline & Workflow Security:

• Secure Airflow/MWAA connections, secrets, DAGs, execution environments.
• Harden EMR, Spark jobs, Glue jobs, IAM roles, S3 buckets, encryption, and access policies.

ML Platform Security:

• Secure Jupyter/JupyterHub environments, containerized ML workspaces, and experiment tracking systems.
• Control model access, artifact protection, model registry security, and ML metadata integrity.

Data Security:

• Secure ETL/ML data flows across S3, Redshift, RDS, Glue, Kinesis.
• Enforce data versioning security, lineage tracking, PII protection, and access governance.

ML Observability:

• Implement drift detection (data drift/model drift), feature monitoring, audit logging.
• Integrate ML monitoring with Grafana/Prometheus/CloudWatch.

4.     Network & Endpoint Security-

• Manage firewall policies, VPN, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, secure LAN/WAN, Zero Trust principles.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration test coordination, and network segmentation.
• Secure remote workforce connectivity and internal office networks.

5.     Threat Detection, Incident Response & Compliance-

• Centralize log management (CloudWatch, OpenSearch/ELK, SIEM).
• Build security alerts, automated threat detection, and incident workflows.
• Lead incident containment, forensics, RCA, and remediation.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA (as applicable).
• Maintain security policies, procedures, RRPs (Runbooks), and audits.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• 8+ years in DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Platform Security, or equivalent.
• Proven ability securing AWS cloud ecosystems (IAM, EKS, EMR, MWAA, VPC, WAF, GuardDuty, KMS, Inspector, Macie).
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD tools, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience securing ML platforms, data pipelines, and MLOps systems (Airflow/MWAA, Spark/EMR).
• Strong Linux security (CIS hardening, auditing, intrusion detection).
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, and automation/scripting.
• Excellent knowledge of SIEM, observability, threat detection, monitoring systems.
• Understanding of microservices, API security, serverless security.
• Strong understanding of vulnerability management, penetration testing practices, and remediation plans.

EDUCATION:

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Relevant certifications (AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, CEH, CKA/CKS) are a plus.

PERKS, BENEFITS AND WORK CULTURE:

• Competitive Salary Package
• Generous Leave Policy
• Flexible Working Hours
• Performance-Based Bonuses
• Health Care Benefits

Job Summary :

We are looking for a proactive and skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team and play a key role in building, managing, and scaling infrastructure for high-performance systems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Python scripting, cloud platforms, and DevOps practices around CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar.

- Manage Kubernetes clusters, configure namespaces, services, deployments, and auto scaling.

CI/CD & Release Management :

- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment of services.

- Collaborate with developers to ensure smooth and frequent deployments to production.

- Manage versioning and rollback strategies for critical deployments.

Containerization & Orchestration using Kubernetes :

- Containerize applications using Docker, and manage them using Kubernetes.

- Write automation scripts using Python or Shell for infrastructure tasks, monitoring, and deployment flows.

- Develop utilities and tools to enhance operational efficiency and reliability.

Monitoring & Incident Management :

- Analyze system performance and implement infrastructure scaling strategies based on load and usage trends.

- Optimize application and system performance through proactive monitoring and configuration tuning.

Desired Skills and Experience :

- Experience Required - 8+ yrs.

- Hands-on experience on cloud services like AWS, EKS etc.

- Ability to design a good cloud solution.

- Strong Linux troubleshooting, Shell Scripting, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Jenkins Skills.

- Design and implement the CI/CD pipeline following the best industry practices using open-source tools.

- Use knowledge and research to constantly modernize our applications and infrastructure stacks.

- Be a team player and strong problem-solver to work with a diverse team.

- Having good communication skills.

About Kiru:

Kiru is a forward-thinking payments startup on a mission to revolutionise the digital payments landscape in Africa and beyond. Our innovative solutions will reshape how people transact, making payments safer, faster, and more accessible. Join us on our journey to redefine the future of payments.

Position Overview:

We are searching for a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team in Pune, India. As a DevOps Engineer at Kiru, you will play a critical role in ensuring our payment infrastructure's reliability, scalability, and security.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilize your expertise in technology infrastructure configuration to manage and automate infrastructure effectively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Software Developers and technology management, to design and implement robust and efficient DevOps solutions.
• Configure and maintain a secure backend environment focusing on network isolation and VPN access.
• Implement and manage monitoring solutions like ZipKin, Jaeger, New Relic, or DataDog and visualisation and alerting solutions like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Work closely with developers to instrument code for visualisation and alerts, ensuring system performance and stability.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development and deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate on the selection and implementation of appropriate DevOps tools and technologies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues promptly to minimize downtime.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging DevOps trends and best practices.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to DevOps processes and configurations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role.
• Experience configuring infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Kubernetes as a container orchestration technology
• Experience with Terraform and Azure ARM or Bicep templates for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Experience configuring and maintaining secure backend environments, including network isolation and VPN access.
• Proficiency in setting up and managing monitoring and visualization tools such as ZipKin, Jaeger, New Relic, DataDog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers to instrument code for visualization and alerts.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A proactive and self-motivated approach to work.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Services and managing identities across Azure services.
• Previous experience in a financial or payment systems environment.

About Kiru:

At Kiru, we believe that success is achieved through collaboration. We recognise that every team member has a vital role to play, and it's the partnerships we build within our organisation that drive our customers' success and our growth as a business.

We are more than just a team; we are a close-knit partnership. By bringing together diverse talents and fostering powerful collaborations, we innovate, share knowledge, and continually learn from one another. We take pride in our daily achievements but never stop challenging ourselves and supporting each other. Together, we reach new heights and envision a brighter future.

Regardless of your career journey, we provide the guidance and resources you need to thrive. You will have everything required to excel through training programs, mentorship, and ongoing support. At Kiru, your success is our success, and that success matters because we are the essential partners for the world's most critical businesses. These companies manufacture, transport, and supply the world's essential goods.

Equal Opportunities and Accommodations Statement:

Kiru is committed to fostering a workplace and global community where inclusion is celebrated and where you can bring your authentic selfbecause that's who we're interested in. If you are interested in this role but don't meet every qualification in the job description, don't hesitate to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer.

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

• 3+ years experience leading a team of DevOps engineers
• 8+ years experience managing DevOps for large engineering teams developing cloud-native software
• Strong in networking concepts
• In-depth knowledge of AWS and cloud architectures/services.
• Experience within the container and container orchestration space (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Passion for CI/CD pipeline using tools such as Jenkins etc.
• Familiarity with config management tools like Ansible Terraform etc
• Proven record of measuring and improving DevOps metrics
• Familiarity with observability tools and experience setting them up
• Passion for building tools and productizing services that empower development teams.
• Excellent knowledge of Linux command-line tools and ability to write bash scripts.
• Strong in Unix / Linux administration and management,

KEY ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and manage the entire cloud infrastructure
• Create the entire CI/CD pipeline to build and release
• Explore new technologies and tools and recommend those that best fit the team and organization
• Own and manage the site reliability
• Strong decision-making skills and metric-driven approach
• Mentor and coach other team members

Skills:

• Strong working knowledge of AWS.
• Implements AWS cloud platform.
• Infrastructure as Code, GitLab CI/CD, and DevOps standard methodologies
• scripting in Shell, Python, Ruby or any preferred scripting language

Terraform expertise is a MUST for this role.

a short exercise on terraform to all shortlisted candidates to demonstrate their hands-on skills on terraform before rolling out the offer

Desired Profile

 Providing expertise on all matters related to CI, CD and DevOps.

 Building and maintaining highly available production systems.

 Developing and maintaining release related documents, such as release plan, release notes etc.

 Ensuring quality releases and managing release and configuration change conflicts to resolution.

 Tracking release and publishing release notes.  Investigating and resolving technical issues by deploying updates/ fixes.

 Onboard applications to DevOps process.

 Setup and configure build jobs.

 Create automated deployment scripts.

 Configure JIRA workflow, and integrate with Jenkins / Micro-services.

Qualification

 Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or related field and have previous experience as a DevOps Engineer.

 AWS Certification will be a plus.

 Experience of automation and provisioning approaches, using tools such as Terraform & Cloud Formation

Skillset Required

 Solid experience within release management, infra architecture, CI&CD.

 Highly goal driven and work well in fast paced environments.

 Proven experience of using Jenkins, Unix Shell Commands, Container technology (Docker, Kubernetes),

Java Programming, Groovy Script, Git, Code Branching Strategy, Maven, Gradle, JIRA, ECS, OpenShift.

Rules & Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain all AWS infrastructure and services within a managed service environment
• Should be able to work on 24 X 7 shifts for support of infrastructure.
• Design, Deploy and maintain enterprise class security, network and systems management applications within an AWS environment
• Design and implement availability, scalability, and performance plans for the AWS managed service environment
• Continual re-evaluation of existing stack and infrastructure to maintain optimal performance, availability and security
• Manage the production deployment and deployment automation
• Implement process and quality improvements through task automation
• Institute infrastructure as code, security automation and automation or routine maintenance tasks
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like docker, Kubernetes
• Build, Deploy and Manage Kubernetes clusters thru automation
• Create and deliver knowledge sharing presentations and documentation for support teams
• Learning on the job and explore new technologies with little supervision
• Work effectively with onsite/offshore teams

Qualifications:

• Must have Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 4+ years of experience in IT
• Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining all AWS infrastructure and services
• Design and implement availability, scalability, and performance plans for the AWS managed service environment
• Continual re-evaluation of existing stack and infrastructure to maintain optimal performance, availability, and security
• Hands-on technical expertise in Security Architecture, automation, integration, and deployment
• Familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes and AWS(IAM, Route53, SSM, S3, EFS, EBS, ELB, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SQS, SNS, RDS, Cloud Formation, DynamoDB)
• Solid understanding of AWS IAM Roles and Policies
• Solid Linux experience with a focus on web (Apache Tomcat/Nginx)
• Experience with automation/configuration management using Terraform\Chef\Ansible or similar.
• Understanding of protocols/technologies like Microservices, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, LDAP, JDBC, SQL, HTML
• Experience in managing and working with the offshore teams
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, GitLab CI
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash, etc.)
• AWS, Kubernetes Certification is preferred
• Ability to work with and influence Engineering teams

Job Brief:

We are looking for candidates that have experience in development and have performed CI/CD based projects. Should have a good hands-on Jenkins Master-Slave architecture, used AWS native services like CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy and CodePipeline. Should have experience in setting up cross platform CI/CD pipelines which can be across different cloud platforms or on-premise and cloud platform.

Job Location:

Pune.

Job Description:

• Hands on with AWS (Amazon Web Services) Cloud with DevOps services and CloudFormation.
• Experience interacting with customer.
• Excellent communication.
• Hands-on in creating and managing Jenkins job, Groovy scripting.
• Experience in setting up Cloud Agnostic and Cloud Native CI/CD Pipelines.
• Experience in Maven.
• Experience in scripting languages like Bash, Powershell, Python.
• Experience in automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in Docker and Kuberneties with creating docker files.
• Hands on with version control systems like GitHub, Gitlab, TFS, BitBucket, etc.