We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of overall experience and 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes expertise. The ideal candidate should be highly proficient in AWS cloud, CI/CD, containerization, Kubernetes cluster management, and infrastructure automation.

Must-Have Skills

• 8+ years of DevOps / SRE / Infrastructure Engineering experience

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes

• Expertise in deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters (cloud-managed and on-prem)

• Strong experience in Kubernetes Ingress setup and management

• Strong proficiency in AWS, including EKS, Route 53, CloudFront, IAM, VPC, Load Balancers, S3, ECR, CloudWatch

• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI

• Experience with Docker, NGINX, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka

• Strong Linux/Ubuntu administration and Bash scripting skills

• Good understanding of networking, DNS, SSL/TLS, VPNs, and cloud security

• Proven scripting ability with Bash, and optionally Python or Go

• Comfortable with Git workflows and version control best practices

• Solid understanding of networking (DNS, firewalls, routing, SSL/TLS, etc.)

• Experience managing and securing container registries (Docker, GitHub, GitLab, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters, both cloud-managed (EKS/AKS/GKE) and on premise

• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or CircleCI

• Manage and secure VPNs, preferably using WireGuard, for secure remote access and internal communications

• Configure and maintain container registries, including Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, and self-hosted/private registries.

• Deploy and manage databases including PostgreSQL, Redis, and TimescaleDB

• Write and maintain Bash scripts for automation and system administration on Ubuntu-based systems

• Deploy and manage Apache Kafka for distributed event streaming and real-time data pipelines

• Use NGINX as a reverse proxy, load balancer, and/or ingress controller, including TLS/SSL management

• Build infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) tools such as Terraform or Pulumi

• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)

• Collaborate with developers, QA, and security teams to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable deployments

• Support cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) and help in cost optimization and environment standardization

• Participate in on-call rotations and handle production incidents and troubleshooting