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Alternative Path is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer, to assist one of its clients, which is a credit intelligence firm to manage and maintain databases, which are central to their operations.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of all infrastructure, ensuring high availability and optimal application performance. You will own the automation of virtual infrastructure deployment and configuration, and effectively communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders at all levels. Your role includes build, release, and configuration management, designing disaster recovery strategies, and ensuring critical system security.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of all infrastructure with a focus on high availability and application performance
• Ownership of automating virtual infrastructure deployment and configuration
• Brief senior leadership and end-users about the benefits of the solution and the technology choices made.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders of varying expertise levels
• Build, release, and configuration management
• Design DR strategies and assist with BCP planning
• System troubleshooting and problem-solving across platform and application domains.
• Ensuring critical system security using best-in-class cloud security solutions.
• Work independently to complete tasks, report status, identify blockers, and proactively resolve issues.
• Develop reporting toolsets and reports providing meaningful data to relevant interested parties, management & senior DevOps engineers
• On-call – must be available for on-call work.

Desired Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in a senior role administering Linux AWS cloud infrastructure
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with databases including MySQL, Mongo & Elasticsearch
• Expert knowledge of AWS cloud management concepts and services (EC2, S3, RDS, A/ELB, EBS, VPC, Route53, Lambda)
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, resolve & document RCA of highly complex environments
• Expert level understanding of Linux (Ubuntu)
• Thorough knowledge of DB configuration, concepts, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Security design theory knowledge as well as experience in designing, implementing, monitoring
• IaaS orchestration & configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Chef or SaltStack)
• Experience automating the deployment of multiple frameworks to (PHP, Laravel, NodeJS, Java, Python)
• Expert understanding of containerization concepts, orchestration CI/CD workflows (Kubernetes, Jenkins)
• Ability to implement a full CI/CD pipeline using automation (Jenkins)
• Experience with messaging queues (RabbitMQ)
• Experience with content delivery networks 9CDN)
• Technical writing and documentation of architectural designs, application stacks, networks & security, processes

About the role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Azure DevOps Engineer with a strong background in backend development to join our rapidly growing team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years of experience and has have extensive experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating deployment processes, and optimizing infrastructure on Azure. Additionally, expertise in backend technologies and development frameworks is required to collaborate effectively with the development team in delivering scalable and efficient solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development and operations teams to implement continuous integration and deployment processes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment using tools such as Ansible, and Jenkins.
• Design, implement, and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
• Develop and maintain build and deployment pipelines, ensuring that they are scalable, secure, and reliable.
• Monitor and maintain the health of the production infrastructure, including load balancers, databases, and application servers.
• Automate the software development and delivery lifecycle, including code building, testing, deployment, and release.
• Familiarity with Azure CLI, Azure REST APIs, Azure Resource Manager template, Azure billing/cost management and the Azure Management Console
• Must have experience of any one of the programming language (Java, .Net, Python )
• Ensure high availability of the production environment by implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and trending operational tools (CloudWatch, New Relic, Splunk, ELK, Grafana, Nagios).
• Stay up to date with new technologies and trends in DevOps and make recommendations for improvements to existing processes and infrastructure.
• ontribute to backend development projects, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
• Work closely with the development team to understand application requirements and provide technical expertise in backend architecture.
• Design and implement database schemas.
• Identify and implement opportunities for performance optimization and scalability of backend systems.
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and sprint planning sessions.
• Stay updated with the latest Azure technologies, tools, and best practices to continuously improve our development and deployment processes.
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• Mentor junior team members and provide guidance and training on best practices in DevOps.

Required Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience as an Azure DevOps Engineer (or similar role) with experience in backed development.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and practices.
• Expertise in Azure DevOps services, including Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, and Azure Boards.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Proficient in scripting languages like PowerShell or Python.
• Experience with Linux and Windows server administration.
• Strong understanding of backend development principles and technologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with industry frameworks and methodologies: ITIL/Agile/Scrum/DevOps
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Have worked in a product based company.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunity for growth and advancement within the company
• Collaborative, dynamic, and fun work environment
• Possibility to work with cutting-edge technologies and innovative projects

FINTECH CANDIDATES ONLY

About the job:

Emint is a fintech startup with the mission to ‘Make the best investing product that Indian consumers love to use, with simplicity & intelligence at the core’. We are creating a platformthat

gives a holistic view of market dynamics which helps our users make smart & disciplined

investment decisions. Emint is founded by a stellar team of individuals who come with decades of

experience of investing in Indian & global markets. We are building a team of highly skilled &

disciplined team of professionals and looking at equally motivated individuals to be part of

Emint. Currently are looking at hiring a Devops to join our team at Bangalore.

Job Description :

Must Have:

• Hands on experience on AWS DEVOPS

• Experience in Unix with BASH scripting is must

• Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker.

• Experience in Gitlab, Github or Bitbucket artifactory

• Packaging, deployment

• CI/CD pipeline experience (Jenkins is preferable)

• CI/CD best practices

Good to Have:

• Startup Experience

• Knowledge of source code management guidelines

• Experience with deployment tools like Ansible/puppet/chef is preferable

• IAM knowledge

• Coding knowledge of Python adds value

• Test automation setup experience

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field

• Graduates from IIT / NIT/ BITS / IIIT preferred

• Professionals with fintech ( stock broking / banking ) preferred

• Experience in building & scaling B2C apps preferred

Primary Skills:

Linux – Ubuntu Administration, Git, Gerrit, Jenkins Administration, Cloud services (Preferred AWS) Apache, Ansible, Python, Postgresql, Rabbit MQ, CloudWatch AWS, CFT in AWS

Additional Skills Required:

• Should have experience working with Jenkins, Git, Gerrit
• Should have Good understanding of AWS Security and execution.
• Should have Good python skills
• Should have experience of working with GIT, Gerrit, Jira, Confluence,
• Exposure to messaging systems Rabbit MQ
• Exposure to Html, Groovy, Javascript, shell scripting
• Exposure to Kibana, Provisioning, capacity planning and performance analysis at various levels
• Exposure to Android skills.
• Should have experience in working with cloud-native architecture.
• Experience with log stash and elastic search
• Expert in Full Stack design technique as well as experience working across large environments with multiple operating systems/infrastructure for large-scale programs
• May be recognized as a leader in Agile and cultivating teams working in Agile frameworks
• Strong understanding of techniques such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Test Driven Development, Cloud Development, resiliency, security
• Stays abreast of cutting edge technologies/trends and uses experience to influence application of those technologies/trends to support the business
• Experience on Modelling and Provisioning cloud infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform a Technical Lead role for DevOPs development and support teams.
• Need to communicate & coordinate with both offshore and onsite teams
• Should translate business requirements into project plans and workable item/activities
• Have a thorough understanding of software development lifecycle and the ability to implement software following the structured approach.
• Need to perform in-depth technical reviews of project deliverables and ensure it should be defect free (minimize post release defects).
• Understand the current applications and technical architecture and improvise them as needed.
• Stay abreast of new technologies, methods to optimize development process and latest SDKs, testing tools etc

Electrum is looking for an experienced and proficient DevOps Engineer. This role will provide you with an opportunity to explore what’s possible in a collaborative and innovative work environment. If your goal is to work with a team of talented professionals that is keenly focused on solving complex business problems and supporting product innovation with technology, you might be our new DevOps Engineer. With this position, you will be involved in building out systems for our rapidly expanding team, enabling the whole engineering group to operate more effectively and iterate at top speed in an open, collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in software engineering and a vivid experience in deploying product updates, identifying production issues, and implementing integrations. The ideal candidate has proven capabilities and experience in risk-taking, is willing to take up challenges, and is a strong believer in efficiency and innovation with exceptional communication and documentation skills.

YOU WILL:

• Plan for future infrastructure as well as maintain & optimize the existing infrastructure. 
• Conceptualize, architect, and build:
• 1. Automated deployment pipelines in a CI/CD environment like Jenkins;
• 2. Infrastructure using Docker, Kubernetes, and other serverless platforms; 
• 3. Secured network utilizing VPCs with inputs from the security team. 
• Work with developers & QA team to institute a policy of Continuous Integration with Automated testing Architect, build and manage dashboards to provide visibility into delivery, production application functional, and performance status.
• Work with developers to institute systems, policies, and workflows which allow for a rollback of deployments. 
• Triage release of applications/ Hotfixes to the production environment on a daily basis.
• Interface with developers and triage SQL queries that need to be executed in production environments.
• Maintain 24/7 on-call rotation to respond and support troubleshooting of issues in production.
• Assist the developers and on calls for other teams with a postmortem, follow up and review of issues affecting production availability.
• Scale Electum platform to handle millions of requests concurrently.
• Reduce Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR), enable High Availability and Disaster Recovery

PREREQUISITES:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of six years of hands-on experience in software development and DevOps, specifically managing AWS Infrastructures such as EC2s, RDS, Elastic cache, S3, IAM, cloud trail, and other services provided by AWS.
• At least 2 years of experience in building and owning serverless infrastructure.
• At least 2 years of scripting experience in Python (Preferable) and Shell Web Application Deployment Systems Continuous Integration tools (Ansible).
• Experience building a multi-region highly available auto-scaling infrastructure that optimizes performance and cost.
• Experience in automating the provisioning of AWS infrastructure as well as automation of routine maintenance tasks.
• Must have prior experience automating deployments to production and lower environments.
• Worked on providing solutions for major automation with scripts or infrastructure.
• Experience with APM tools such as DataDog and log management tools.
• Experience in designing and implementing Essential Functions System Architecture Process; establishing and enforcing Network Security Policy (AWS VPC, Security Group) & ACLs.
• Experience establishing and enforcing:
• 1. System monitoring tools and standards
• 2. Risk Assessment policies and standards
• 3. Escalation policies and standards
• Excellent DevOps engineering, team management, and collaboration skills.
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages such as Python and writing code and scripts.
• Experience or knowledge in - Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and prior experience as an open-source contributor will be preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Provide daily support with resolution of escalated tickets and act as liaison to business and technical leads to ensure issues are resolved in timely manner.
• Incident resolution and supporting production system deployments.
• Suggest fixes to complex issues by doing a thorough analysis of root cause and impact of the defect.

• Support and deliver within Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines.

• Prioritise workload, providing timely and accurate resolutions.
• Perform production support activities which involve assignment of issues and issue analysis and resolution within the specified SLAs.
• Understand linux. SSH to linux box, look for web logs etc
• Understand web apps to be able to troubleshoot issues

Requirements:

• Good to have programming experience with Python.
• Java and JavaScript development experience would be an added advantage.
• You should not be afraid to do some development as well as Devops.
• Clear written and oral communication is a must.