Sr DevOps Lead

About the Role

We are looking for passionate and driven interns across multiple technology domains including Frontend Development, Backend Development, DevOps, AI/ML, and Data Engineering. This internship offers hands-on experience in real-world projects, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and exposure to modern tools and technologies. 

Domains & Responsibilities 

Frontend Development 

• Build responsive and user-friendly web interfaces  
• Translate UI/UX designs into functional applications  
• Optimize performance and ensure cross-browser compatibility  

 Backend Development 

• Develop APIs and server-side logic  
• Work with databases and data storage solutions  
• Ensure application security and performance  

 DevOps 

• Assist in CI/CD pipeline setup and automation  
• Manage deployments and cloud infrastructure  
• Monitor system performance and reliability  

 AI / Machine Learning 

• Develop and train ML models  
• Work on NLP, automation, or AI-driven features  
• Analyze datasets and evaluate model performance  

 Data Engineering 

• Build and maintain data pipelines (ETL/ELT)  
• Ensure data quality and availability  
• Work with large datasets and optimize data workflows  

 Required Skills (Any Domain) 

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React/Vue/Angular  
• Backend: Node.js / Python / Java / PHP, APIs, databases  
• DevOps: Linux, Git, CI/CD basics, cloud fundamentals  
• AI/ML: Python, ML basics, TensorFlow/PyTorch/Scikit-learn  
• Data Engineering: SQL, Python, data processing concepts  

 Good to Have 

• Knowledge of Git and version control  
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)  
• Problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn  
• Exposure to real-world or academic projects  

 Who Should Apply 

• Students or recent graduates in Computer Science, IT, or related fields  
• Candidates with strong interest in any of the above domains  
• Self-learners with project experience are highly encouraged  

 Internship Details 

• Duration: 3–6 months  
• Mode: Remote  
• Certificate + PPO (Pre-Placement Offer) based on performance  

 What You’ll Gain 

• Hands-on experience with real projects  
• Mentorship from experienced professionals  
• Exposure to industry tools and workflows  
• Opportunity to convert to a full-time role 

Company Description

Rootflo is an innovative AI-driven company transforming finance back offices through advanced revenue intelligence and workflow automation solutions. Specializing in empowering financial institutions, Rootflo partners with leading banks, lending platforms, and insurance companies to revolutionize their operations. Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence, Rootflo provides efficient and intelligent systems that drive business outcomes. The company is dedicated to delivering impactful advancements for modern financial processes.

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated and technically sound Junior Cloud / Infrastructure Engineer with approximately 1 year of hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure using Kubernetes. The candidate will work closely with senior engineers to support and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments while gaining exposure across the full cloud stack.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure

• Assist in provisioning and managing cloud resources (VMs, storage, networking, databases) on AWS / GCP / Azure in Kubernetes
• Support infrastructure-as-code (IaC) implementation using Terraform
• Monitor cloud resource usage, costs, and performance; raise alerts for anomalies
• Set up log monitoring and other tracking
• Implementing cost optimizations and efficient resource utilisation

Networking & Security

• Configure VPCs, subnets, security groups, IAM roles, and access policies
• Assist in implementing firewalls, SSL/TLS certificates, and VPN connectivity
• Support compliance and security best practices (CIS benchmarks, least privilege)

CI/CD & DevOps Support

• Work with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar)
• Assist in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS / GKE / AKS)
• Support deployment automation and version control workflows

Monitoring & Incident Response

• Use monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Stackdriver, Azure Monitor, Grafana, or Datadog
• Respond to infrastructure alerts and assist in root cause analysis (RCA)
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident triage as required

Collaboration

• Work closely with development, QA, and product teams to support release cycles
• Maintain documentation for infrastructure, runbooks, and architecture diagrams
• Participate in code reviews for infrastructure scripts and configurations

Required Skills & Qualifications

Cloud Platforms (Any One Primary)

• AWS: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, Route 53
• GCP: Compute Engine, GCS, Cloud SQL, GKE, Cloud Functions, VPC, IAM, Stackdriver
• Azure: VMs, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, AKS, Azure Functions, VNet, AAD, Azure Monitor

Infrastructure & Automation

• Hands-on with Terraform and/or CloudFormation / ARM Templates / GCP Deployment Manager
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix system administration
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell

Containers & DevOps

• Working knowledge of Docker (build, push, run, Compose)
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes concepts (pods, deployments, services, ingress)
• Familiarity with at least one CI/CD tool

Networking Fundamentals

• Understanding of DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, load balancers, CDNs
• Experience with cloud-native networking (VPCs, peering, NAT gateways)

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving ability and attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment

Good to Have

• Cloud certification: AWS Solutions Architect Associate / GCP ACE / Azure AZ-900 or AZ-104
• Experience with GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux
• Exposure to service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
• Knowledge of Ansible or Chef/Puppet for configuration management
• Familiarity with observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
• Experience with cost optimization and FinOps practices

We are looking for a passionate DevOps Engineer who can support deployment and monitor our Production, QE, and Staging environments performance. Applicants should have a strong understanding of UNIX internals and should be able to clearly articulate how it works. Knowledge of shell scripting & security aspects is a must. Any experience with infrastructure as code is a big plus. The key responsibility of the role is to manage deployments, security, and support of business solutions. Having experience in database applications like Postgres, ELK, NodeJS, NextJS & Ruby on Rails is a huge plus. At VakilSearch. Experience doesn't matter, passion to produce change matters

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• As part of the DevOps team, you will be responsible for configuration, optimization, documentation, and support of the infra components of VakilSearch’s product which are hosted in cloud services & on-prem facility
• Design, build tools and framework that support deploying and managing our platform & Exploring new tools, technologies, and processes to improve speed, efficiency, and scalability
• Support and troubleshoot scalability, high availability, performance, monitoring, backup, and restore of different Env 
• Manage resources in a cost-effective, innovative manner including assisting subordinates ineffective use of resources and tools
• Resolve incidents as escalated from Monitoring tools and Business Development Team
• Implement and follow security guidelines, both policy and technology to protect our data
• Identify root cause for issues and develop long-term solutions to fix recurring issues and Document it
• Strong in performing production operation activities even at night times if required
• Ability to automate [Scripts] recurring tasks to increase velocity and quality
• Ability to manage and deliver multiple project phases at the same time

I Qualification(s): 

• Experience in working with Linux Server, DevOps tools, and Orchestration tools 
• Linux, AWS, GCP, Azure, CompTIA+, and any other certification are a value-add 

II Experience Required in DevOps Aspects:

• Length of Experience: Minimum 1-4 years of experience
• Nature of Experience: 
• Experience in Cloud deployments, Linux administration[ Kernel Tuning is a value add ], Linux clustering, AWS, virtualization, and networking concepts [ Azure, GCP value add ]
• Experience in deployment solutions CI/CD like Jenkins, GitHub Actions [ Release Management is a value add ]
• Hands-on experience in any of the configuration management IaC tools like Chef, Terraform, and CloudFormation [ Ansible & Puppet is a value add ]
• Administration, Configuring and utilizing Monitoring and Alerting tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, Zabbix, Datadog, etc
• Experience with Containerization and orchestration tools like Docker, and Kubernetes [ Docker swarm is a value add ]Good Scripting skills in at least one interpreted language - Shell/bash scripting or Ruby/Python/Perl
• Experience in Database applications like PostgreSQL, MongoDB & MySQL [DataOps]
• Good at Version Control & source code management systems like GitHub, GIT
• Experience in Serverless [ Lambda/GCP cloud function/Azure function ]
• Experience in Web Server Nginx, and Apache
• Knowledge in Redis, RabbitMQ, ELK, REST API [ MLOps Tools is a value add ]
• Knowledge in Puma, Unicorn, Gunicorn & Yarn
• Hands-on VMWare ESXi/Xencenter deployments is a value add
• Experience in Implementing and troubleshooting TCP/IP networks, VPN, Load Balancing & Web application firewalls
• Deploying, Configuring, and Maintaining Linux server systems ON premises and off-premises
• Code Quality like SonarQube is a value-add
• Test Automation like Selenium, JMeter, and JUnit is a value-add
• Experience in Heroku and OpenStack is a value-add 
• Experience in Identifying Inbound and Outbound Threats and resolving it
• Knowledge of CVE & applying the patches for OS, Ruby gems, Node, and Python packages  
• Documenting the Security fix for future use
• Establish cross-team collaboration with security built into the software development lifecycle 
• Forensics and Root Cause Analysis skills are mandatory 
• Weekly Sanity Checks of the on-prem and off-prem environment 

III Skill Set & Personality Traits required:

• An understanding of programming languages such as Ruby, NodeJS, ReactJS, Perl, Java, Python, and PHP
• Good written and verbal communication skills to facilitate efficient and effective interaction with peers, partners, vendors, and customers

IV Age Group: 21 – 36 Years

V Cost to the Company: As per industry standards

●              Work with application development teams to identify and understand their operational pain points.

●              Document these challenges and define goals to be achieved by the infrastructure team.

●              Prototype and evaluate multiple solutions, often by experimenting with various vendors and tools available, to achieve the goals undertaken.

●              Rollout tools and processes with heavy focus on automation.

●              Evangelize and help onboard application development teams on the platforms provided by the infrastructure team.

●              Co-own the responsibility with application development teams to ensure the reliability of services.

●              Design and implement solutions around observability to ensure ease of maintenance and quick debugging of services

●              Establish and implement administrative and operational best practices in the application development teams.

●              Find avenues to reduce infrastructure costs and drive optimization in all services.

●              5+ years of experience as a DevOps / Infrastructure engineer with cloud platforms (preferably AWS)

●              Experience with git, CI / CD, Docker, etc

●              Experience in working with infrastructure as code (Terraform, etc).

●              Strong Linux Shell scripting experience

●              Experience with one of the programming languages like Python, Java, Kotlin, etc.

Job Description

What does a successful Senior DevOps Engineer do at Fiserv?

This role’s focus will be on contributing and enhancing our DevOps environment within Issuer Solution group, where our cross functional Scrum teams are delivering solutions built on cutting-edge mobile technology and products. You will be expected to support across the wider business unit, leading DevOps practices and initiatives.

What will you do:

• Build, manage, and deploy CI/CD pipelines.

• DevOps Engineer - Helm Chart, Rundesk, Openshift

• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline.

• Implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure

• Optimize and automate release/development cycles and processes.

• Be part of and help promote our DevOps culture.

• Identify and implement continuous improvements to the development practice

What you must have:

• 3+ years of experience in devops with hands-on experience in the following:

- Writing automation scripts for deployments and housekeeping using shell scripts (bash) and ansible playbooks

- Building docker images and running/managing docker instances

- Building Jenkins pipelines using groovy scripts

- Working knowledge on kubernetes including application deployments, managing application configurations and persistence volumes

• Has good understanding on infrastructure as code

• Ability to write and update documentation

• Demonstrate a logical, process orientated approach to problems and troubleshooting

• Ability to collaborate with multi development teams

What you are preferred to have:

• 8+ years of development experience

• Jenkins administration experience

• Hands-on experience in building and deploying helm charts

Process Skills:

• Should have worked in Agile Project

Behavioral Skills :

• Good Communication skills

Skills

PRIMARY COMPETENCY : Cloud Infra PRIMARY SKILL : DevOps PRIMARY SKILL PERCENTAGE : 100

General Description:

Owns all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications.

Participates in the design and development of systems & application programs.

Functions as Senior member of an agile team and helps drive consistent development practices – tools, common components, and documentation.

Required Skills:

In depth experience configuring and administering EKS clusters in AWS.

In depth experience in configuring **DataDog** in AWS environments especially in **EKS**

In depth understanding of OpenTelemetry and configuration of **OpenTelemetry Collectors**

In depth knowledge of observability concepts and strong troubleshooting experience.

Experience in implementing comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions in AWS using **CloudWatch**.

Experience in **Terraform** and Infrastructure as code.

Experience in **Helm**

Strong scripting skills in Shell and/or python.

Experience with large-scale distributed systems and architecture knowledge (Linux/UNIX and Windows operating systems, networking, storage) in a cloud computing or traditional IT infrastructure environment.

Must have a good understanding of cloud concepts (Storage /compute/network).

Experience in Collaborating with several cross functional teams to architect observability pipelines for various GCP services like GKE, cloud run Big Query etc.

Experience with Git and GitHub.

Proficient in developing and maintaining technical documentation, ADRs, and runbooks.

• Configure, optimize, document, and support of the infrastructure components of software products (which are hosted in collocated facilities and cloud services such as AWS)
• Design and build tools and frameworks that support deployment and management and platforms
• Design, build, and deliver cloud computing solutions, hosted services, and underlying software infrastructures
• Build core functionality of our cloud-based platform product, deliver secure, reliable services and construct third party integrations
• Assist in coaching application developers on proper DevOps techniques for building scalable applications in the microservices paradigm
• Foster collaboration with software product development and architecture teams to ensure releases are delivered with repeatable and auditable processes
• Support and troubleshoot scalability, high availability, performance, monitoring, backup, and restores of different environments
• Work independently across multiple platforms and applications to understand dependencies
• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and processes to improve speed, efficiency, and scalability of continuous integration environments
• Design and architect solutions for existing client-facing applications as they are moved into cloud environments such as AWS
• Competencies
• Full understanding of scripting and automated process management in languages such as Shell, Ruby and/ or Python
• Working Knowledge SCM tools such as Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, etc.
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services and related APIs
• Ability to deliver and manage web or cloud-based services
• General familiarity with monitoring tools
• General familiarity with configuration/provisioning tools such as Terraform
• Experience
• Experience working within an Agile type environment
• 4+ years of experience with cloud-based provisioning (Azure, AWS, Google), monitoring, troubleshooting, and related DevOps technologies
• 4+ years of experience with containerization/orchestration technologies like Rancher, Docker and Kubernetes

Our Client is a B2B2C tech Web3 startup founded by founders - IITB Graduates who are experienced in retail, ecommerce and fintech.
Vision: Our Client aims to change the way that customers, creators, and retail investors interact and transact at brands of all shapes and sizes. Essentially, becoming the Web3 version of brands driven social ecommerce & investment platform.