Lead DevOps Engineer

The Role

As a Lead DevOps Engineer you will be responsible for designing and implementing CD/CI pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud operations to enhance deployment efficiency and system reliability.

Key responsibilities:

• Build and deploy microservice applications following DevOps and 12 factor app principles.
• Lead a multidisciplinary Agile squads technical delivery; generating work, guiding design and implementation, communicating with relevant stake holders, and define and implement best practices.
• Periodic deployment of applications into different environments by closely working with Dev team and testers.
• Migration of existing applications from EC2 to EKS.
• Maintaining and modifying gitlab pipelines which makes use of gitlab fragments and centralized ansible scripts.
• Managing and updating AWS infrastructure via terraform scripts.
• Updating terraform modules (used by different teams) based on requirements.
• Finding and fixing infrastructure and pipeline vulnerabilities.
• Implementing organization level policies which involve changes in pipelines and infrastructure as and when it comes.
• Demonstrate a collaborative and flexible working approach.
• Delivering transition, knowledge transfer and handover of code.
• Generate work, guide design and implementation, communicate with relevant stake holders and define and implement DevOps related best practices

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Strong hands-on expertise and should also have the ability to work independently.
• Multi-skilled across Linux, AWS, Gitlab CI/CD, Terraform, and Kubernetes for infrastructure.
• Development and testing experience with Python and / or JavaScript.
• Experience with building and deploying microservice applications following DevOps and 12 factor app principles.
• Experience working in a microservices ecosystem.
• Tools/Technologies: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins/GitLab, Terraform, Ansible, Nginx, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Should have experience in GitLab pipeline creation and well versed in Deep AWS concepts.
• Knowledge of AWS –services such as VPC, EC2, EBS, Route 53, AWS WAF, AWS ALB, ELB, Network ACLS, Security Groups, AWS KMS, S3 and any other relevant services from AWS.
• Code and Security Analysis tools like Blackduck, Checkmarx, SonarQube.
• Application & Infrastructure Monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana.
• Log Management using ELK stackDocker, Kubernetes and Rancher.
• Good communication skills.
• Multi-skilled across Linux, AWS, Gitlab CI/CD, Terraform, and Kubernetes for infrastructure. Development and testing experience with Python and / or Javascript. Building and deploying microservice applications following DevOps and 12 factor app principles.
• Able to work with other Subject Matter Experts to ensure the service meets the needs of its user.