DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Devops Engineer (AWS)

Experience: 4 to 8 Years

Location: Remote

Shift timing: - 12:30 pm to 9:30 pm IST

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Infrastructure – AWS

• Design, provision, configure, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Work with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ELB/ALB, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, ECR, RDS, and EKS .
• Implement cloud security best practices, IAM policies, network segmentation, and access controls.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, and cost optimization.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, connectivity, and application deployment issues.

2. Containerization and Kubernetes

• Build, manage, and optimize Docker images and containerized applications.
• Deploy and manage applications on Amazon EKS and Amazon ECS .
• Manage Kubernetes workloads, deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and autoscaling.
• Troubleshoot pod failures, node issues, networking, storage, and cluster performance.
• Perform Kubernetes upgrades, capacity planning, and cluster maintenance.
• Implement container security and resource optimization best practices.

3. CI/CD and Release Automation

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Harness, GitHub Actions Pipelines.
• Automate application build, testing, security scanning, artifact management, and deployment processes.
• Implement deployment strategies such as rolling, blue-green, and canary deployments.
• Integrate automated rollback mechanisms and release validation.
• Manage pipeline configurations, environment variables, credentials, and deployment approvals.

4. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform.
• Create reusable Terraform modules for cloud infrastructure provisioning.
• Manage remote state, state locking, workspace/environment separation, and infrastructure changes.
• Use Ansible for configuration management and operational automation ( optional ).
• Follow version control, peer review, and change management practices for infrastructure code.

5. DevSecOps and Security

• Integrate security controls and automated vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with tools such as Veracode, SonarQube/SonarCloud, OWASP Dependency-Check, and container image scanners .
• Implement secure coding checks, dependency scanning, secrets detection, and container security assessments.
• Remediate vulnerabilities based on severity and defined SLAs.
• Implement IAM least privilege, secrets management, encryption, and cloud security best practices.
• Support security audits, compliance requirements, and remediation activities.

6. Monitoring, Logging, and Observability

• Implement monitoring and alerting using Amazon CloudWatch and Dynatrace .
• Configure centralized logging and log analysis using OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or Kibana .
• Develop dashboards , alerts, and operational metrics for applications and infrastructure .
• Troubleshoot performance degradation, application errors, resource bottlenecks, and production incidents.
• Support SLI/SLO definition, availability tracking, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.

7. Automation and Operational Support

• Develop scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to automate repetitive operational tasks.
• Participate in production deployments, incident management, problem management, and change management.
• Create and maintain operational runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and rollback procedures .
• Support disaster recovery testing, backup validation, and high-availability requirements.
• Collaborate with development and application support teams to improve reliability and reduce manual intervention.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and Amazon ECS.
• Proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Practical experience with Harness, GitHub Actions, or other CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of Git-based version control and branching strategies.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps controls in CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Veracode, SonarQube, OWASP Dependency-Check, or equivalent security tools.
• Experience with CloudWatch, Dynatrace, OpenSearch, and Kibana.
• Scripting knowledge in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong troubleshootin…