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Associate Principal Engineer, Linux Administrator

Location: Bengaluru, India (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience:9-11 years

Job description

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure Automation
• Deep hands-on expertise in Linux Administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) – OS hardening, security, patching, and performance management (Must Have)
• Strong experience with Cloud Technologies – Public & Private Cloud environments (Must Have)
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (Must Have)
• Strong automation expertise using Ansible for configuration management and infrastructure provisioning (Must Have)
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and end-to-end deployment automation
• Strong experience with Kubernetes administration, orchestration, and cluster management (Must Have)
• Hands-on experience with Docker containerization and Helm package management
• Experience managing large-scale development and infrastructure environments
• Strong understanding of Networking concepts, connectivity, design, troubleshooting, and network automation
• Experience with Observability & Monitoring tools and best practices
• Experience with Proxmox virtualization platform administration and management
• Knowledge of Edge Technologies and distributed infrastructure environments
• Basic understanding and administration of Active Directory (AD)
• Experience implementing AI-driven Automation solutions and operational efficiencies
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, compliance, and governance
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, build, and manage scalable infrastructure platforms across cloud and on-premise environments
• Administer and maintain Linux servers including security hardening, patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks using Ansible
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads
• Manage Docker environments and Helm-based application deployments
• Design and implement network solutions ensuring security, reliability, and scalability
• Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and availability using observability and monitoring tools
• Manage and support Proxmox virtualization environments
• Implement AI-driven automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort
• Support edge infrastructure deployments and distributed computing environments
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable platform services
• Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysis
• Define infrastructure standards, automation frameworks, and operational best practices
• Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and reliability of infrastructure platforms
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on DevOps and platform engineering initiatives
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand infrastructure requirements and deliver optimal solutions

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related fields

Role & Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure at Scale
• Design and evolve our cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/Kubernetes), ensuring availability, performance, and cost efficiency across regions and products.
• Platform & Developer Experience
• Build internal tools and platforms that help engineers deploy, monitor, and scale their services independently — with minimal friction and maximum confidence.
• CI/CD & Release Automation
• Architect secure, fast, and scalable CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments using tools like GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
• Reliability Engineering
• Champion observability, SLOs, and incident response practices. Drive a culture of proactive performance monitoring and resilient system design.
• Security & Governance
• Integrate DevSecOps practices — from policy-as-code and automated audits to secure secrets management and vulnerability scanning.
• Mentorship & Thought Leadership
• Guide and mentor DevOps and SRE engineers. Partner closely with platform developers on infrastructure strategy, deployment patterns, and production readiness.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Principal DevOps Engineer Profile
• Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 10+ years in DevOps / SRE / Infrastructure roles with hands-on experience (clear scale signals like traffic, uptime, latency, infra size should be mentioned) in B2B SAAS companies
• Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have worked in Principal / Staff / Lead DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer role and demonstrated org-level ownership - setting infra roadmap, defining DevOps charter, or structuring the platform function not just domain-level technical ownership
• Mandatory (Experience 3): Must show evidence of strategic authorship, defined multi-year infra/platform strategy, drove company-wide architectural shifts as an initiator (not implementer), or directly interfaced with VP Eng / CTO / product leadership on infra direction
• Mandatory (Experience 4): Must have B2B SaaS company experience with multi-tenant architecture OR multiple production stacks (multi-env / multi-client systems)
• Mandatory (Tech Skills 1 - Cloud & Infra): AWS (VPC, EKS, EC2, RDS, networking), Kubernetes (EKS) at scale, Designing high availability, multi-region systems
• Mandatory (Tech Skills 2 - Automation & IaC): Terraform (must-have), Helm / GitOps, Strong scripting (Python / Go / Bash)
• Mandatory (Tech Skills 4 - Reliability & Observability): SRE principles (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets), Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog), Alerting, on-call, incident management
• Mandatory (Leadership): Must demonstrate leadership experience in an individual contributor capacity having mentored senior engineers, driven cross-team technical alignment, or anchored org-wide initiatives without having moved into a people management or engineering manager role
• Mandatory (Company): Strong B2B SaaS product companies only
• Preferred (Education): B.Tech in Computer Science or related fields

Job Details

- Job Title: DevOps and SRE -Technical Project Manager

- Industry: Global digital transformation solutions provider

- Domain - Information technology (IT)

- Experience Required: 12-15 years

- Employment Type: Full Time

- Job Location: Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hosur & Hyderabad

- CTC Range: Best in Industry

Job Description

Company’s DevOps Practice is seeking a highly skilled DevOps and SRE Technical Project Manager to lead large-scale transformation programs for enterprise customers. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), combined with strong program management, stakeholder leadership, and the ability to drive end-to-end execution of complex initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of DevOps and SRE transformation programs for enterprise clients, including full oversight of project budgets, financials, and margins.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to define program objectives, roadmaps, milestones, and success metrics aligned with business and technology goals.
• Develop and implement actionable strategies to optimize development, deployment, release management, observability, and operational workflows across client environments.
• Provide technical leadership and strategic guidance to cross-functional engineering teams, ensuring alignment with industry standards, best practices, and company delivery methodologies.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and blockers across programs, and proactively implement mitigation and contingency plans.
• Monitor program performance, KPIs, and financial health; drive corrective actions and margin optimization where necessary.
• Facilitate strong communication, collaboration, and transparency across engineering, product, architecture, and leadership teams.
• Deliver periodic program updates to internal and client stakeholders, highlighting progress, risks, challenges, and improvement opportunities.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation by encouraging adoption of emerging DevOps, SRE, automation, and cloud-native practices.
• Support GitHub migration initiatives, including planning, execution, troubleshooting, and governance setup for repository and workflow migrations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of IT experience, including at least 5 years in a managerial or program leadership role.
• Proven experience leading large-scale DevOps and SRE transformation programs with measurable business impact.
• Strong program management expertise, including planning, execution oversight, risk management, and financial governance.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and modern software development practices.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-native tooling.
• Familiarity with SRE practices such as service reliability, observability, SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and performance optimization.
• Experience with GitHub migration projects—including repository analysis, migration planning, tooling adoption, and workflow modernization.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with a results-oriented mindset.
• Preferred certifications: PMP, PgMP, ITIL, Agile/Scrum Master, or relevant technical certifications.

Skills: Devops Tools, Cloud Infrastructure, Team Management

Must-Haves

DevOps principles (5+ years), SRE practices (5+ years), GitHub migration (3+ years), CI/CD pipelines (5+ years), Agile methodologies (5+ years)

Notice period - 0 to 15days only 

• Automate deployments of infrastructure components and repetitive tasks.
• Drive changes strictly via the infrastructure-as-code methodology.
• Promote the use of source control for all changes including application and system-level changes.
• Design & Implement self-recovering systems after failure events.
• Participate in system sizing and capacity planning of various components.
• Create and maintain technical documents such as installation/upgrade MOPs.
• Coordinate & collaborate with internal teams to facilitate installation & upgrades of systems.
• Support 24x7 availability for corporate sites & tools.
• Participate in rotating on-call schedules.
• Actively involved in researching, evaluating & selecting new tools & technologies.

• Cloud computing – AWS, OCI, OpenStack
• Automation/Configuration management tools such as Terraform & Chef
• Atlassian tools administration (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo, Bitbucket)
• Scripting languages - Ruby, Python, Bash
• Systems administration experience – Linux (Redhat), Mac, Windows
• SCM systems - Git
• Build tools - Maven, Gradle, Ant, Make
• Networking concepts - TCP/IP, Load balancing, Firewall
• High-Availability, Redundancy & Failover concepts
• SQL scripting & queries - DML, DDL, stored procedures
• Decisive and ability to work under pressure
• Prioritizing workload and multi-tasking ability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Database systems – Postgres, Oracle, or other RDBMS
• Mac automation tools - JAMF or other
• Atlassian Datacenter products
• Project management skills

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in the field or related area
• Requires MS or BS in Computer Science or equivalent field

As an Infrastructure Engineer at Navi, you will be building a resilient infrastructure platform, using modern Infrastructure engineering practices.

You will be responsible for the availability, scaling, security, performance and monitoring of the navi Cloud platform. You’ll be joining a team that follows best practices in infrastructure as code

• Build out the Infrastructure components like API Gateway, Service Mesh, Service Discovery, container orchestration platform like kubernetes.
• Developing reusable Infrastructure code and testing frameworks
• Build meaningful abstractions to hide the complexities of provisioning modern infrastructure components
• Design a scalable Centralized Logging and Metrics platform
• Drive solutions to reduce Mean Time To Recovery(MTTR), enable High Availability.

• Good to have experience in managing large scale cloud infrastructure, preferable AWS and Kubernetes
• Experience in developing applications using programming languages like Java, Python and Go
• Experience in handling logs and metrics at a high scale.
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

• You have experience of 2-4 years in building high-performance consumer-facing mobile applications at Product companies of a decent scale.
• You can write code preferably in Golang and Python.
• You have experience with debugging production issues and writing RCAs.
• You have demonstrable stories of being on-call and how outages have been handled.
• You have experience developing products on Kubernetes and cloud providers like GCP and AWS.
• You have worked with Cloud Native (CNCF) technologies.
• You have experience automating CI/CD pipelines.
• You are an excellent collaborator & communicator. You know that start-ups are a team sport.
• You listen to others, aren’t afraid to speak your mind and always try to ask the right questions.
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company