We are seeking a Senior / Principal DevOps / Platform Engineer to own and operate the full infrastructure lifecycle for a production-grade, cloud-native platform operating under strict security and compliance requirements.
This is an end-to-end platform ownership role. You will design and provision cloud infrastructure, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, support production operations and continuously improve reliability, scalability and security. The platform supports modern application workloads running on Kubernetes, integrates with managed data services, and services business-critical use cases.
The candidate will work closely with senior architects and engineers in a small, experienced team. This role has direct responsibility for production systems with minimal bureaucracy between engineering and operations.
Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
- Design, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure across production, staging, and development environments.
- Operate and optimize managed Kubernetes clusters, including:
- Node pools
- Autoscaling
- Cluster upgrades
- Maintenance windows
- Pod Disruption Budgets (PDBs)
- Maintain Kubernetes manifests using Kustomize.
- Implement cloud-native workload identity and eliminate credential-based authentication.
- Configure and manage networking components including:
- Virtual Networks (VNets)
- Subnets
- Security Groups
- Private Endpoints
- DNS
- Network Peering
CI/CD & Release Engineering
- Design, build, and maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement secure branch protection and environment promotion strategies.
- Manage container image publishing and artifact versioning.
- Enforce security scanning, code quality gates, and container vulnerability checks.
- Maintain release workflows and controlled deployment processes.
- Create local development environments aligned with production configurations.
Observability
- Own platform monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing.
- Implement OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
- Build dashboards for:
- Platform health
- API performance
- Database metrics
- Cache efficiency
- CI/CD pipeline performance
- Define alerting strategies and incident response workflows.
- Maintain long-term log retention for compliance.
- Develop production troubleshooting documentation and runbooks.
Secrets & Configuration Management
- Manage centralized secrets using HSM-backed key management.
- Maintain Kubernetes ConfigMaps and Secrets through Git-based workflows.
- Implement managed identities and role-based access control (RBAC).
- Ensure strict separation of environments and secure configuration management.
Container Platform Management
- Build and maintain hardened enterprise container images.
- Optimize Docker builds using multi-stage builds and caching.
- Enforce immutable production containers.
- Manage enterprise container registries, retention policies, and cleanup processes.
Database & Data Infrastructure
- Administer production PostgreSQL databases.
- Implement:
- Connection pooling
- Secure authentication
- Zero-downtime migrations
- Backup & Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
- Manage Redis clusters for caching and session management.
- Configure cloud object storage lifecycle and access policies.
- Support data orchestration workflows and secure analytics platform connectivity.
Security & Compliance
- Configure Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and edge security services.
- Manage API Gateway authentication, authorization, throttling, and monitoring.
- Enforce Kubernetes Network Policies.
- Conduct infrastructure and container vulnerability assessments.
- Maintain encryption, audit logging, and compliance controls.
- Participate in security architecture reviews and threat modeling.
Observability & Monitoring
- Own platform monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing.
- Implement OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
- Build dashboards for:
- Platform health
- API performance
- Database metrics
- Cache efficiency
- CI/CD pipeline performance
- Define alerting strategies and incident response workflows.
- Maintain long-term log retention for compliance.
- Develop production troubleshooting documentation and runbooks.
Required Skills & QualificationsPlatform Engineering
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure.
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
- Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure (AWS knowledge is a plus).
- Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, ARM Templates, or Bicep.
- Experience with Git-based infrastructure management.
CI/CD & Automation
- Strong experience with GitHub Actions.
- Container image management and enterprise registries.
- Secure CI/CD implementation.
- Automated testing, scanning, and release pipelines.
Cloud & Containers
- Docker and Kubernetes expertise.
- Container security best practices.
- Registry lifecycle management.
- Production container optimization.
Databases
- PostgreSQL administration.
- Redis deployment and optimization.
- Database migrations, backups, and high availability.
- Data orchestration support.
Observability
- Monitoring and logging platforms.
- OpenTelemetry implementation.
- Production incident troubleshooting.
- SLO/SLA monitoring and reliability engineering.
Security & Networking
- WAF/CDN implementation.
- API Gateway management.
- Kubernetes Network Policies.
- Secrets management and identity services.
- Infrastructure security and compliance.
Programming & Automation
- Python automation.
- Bash/Shell scripting.
- YAML and JSON.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with regulated or compliance-driven environments.
- Hands-on experience with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
- Helm chart development.
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.
- Advanced Kubernetes troubleshooting.
- RBAC design and security hardening.
- Experience integrating analytics and data platforms.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Monitor and support production infrastructure.
- Resolve infrastructure incidents and platform issues.
- Review and merge infrastructure pull requests.
- Plan and execute platform upgrades and maintenance.
- Design scalable cloud platform enhancements.
- Participate in architecture and security reviews.
- Develop operational documentation, runbooks, and post-incident reports.
- Mentor engineering teams on DevOps, Kubernetes, and cloud best practices.
Continuously improve engineering standards, automation, and operational excellence.
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Noida, Uttar Pradesh (Noida)
