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Job Title: Specialist Software Engineer Devops
Position: Specialist Software Engineer Devops
Experience: 5-8Years
Category: IT Infrastructure
Main location: Bangalore
Position ID: J0826-2066
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Description:
We are looking for a Specialist Software Engineer Devops experience in designing, automating, and managing cloud-native infrastructure and deployment platforms. The role focuses on Kubernetes, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD automation, observability practices. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Linux environments, infrastructure as code, container orchestration, and Python-based automation to improve platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- A Speicalist Software Engineer delivers features for a Product in a business chain.
- As member of a Feature Team, he works in autonomy and in a continuous improvement
- Good understanding of Linux Systems. Good understanding of Terraform and Ansible
- Build and manage continuous deployment of software (CI/CD)
- Strong understanding of Containers and Orchestration
- Should have knowledge on Azure Kubernates Services (AKS), other Azure services using terraform
- Ensure System uptime with Monitoring and Alerting
- Use Python scripts to ensure high availability in Postgres Cluster.
- Ensure Observability of the Kubernetes Systems (both onprem and azure) using Python scripts to monitor Cronjobs/Pods/Cluster health status
- Automation of DNS creation, Certificate management, apm integration using APIs and init containers in CICD pipelines (via scripts)
- Automate creation of Users, Vault Policies using Terraform and Python scripts for maintaining secret management
- Ensuring rebuilds of all backend services to ensure projects have latest dependencies (init containers/base images) via scripts preferably Python.
- Handle migration of repositories more than 200 using scripts like registry migration, db migration (all should be done via scripts).
- Build reusable CICD pipelines using helm to update more than 50 services
- Handle Observability of services for stack like Java, Angular, DotNet using APM agent in ELK.
- Have automate first mindset in all the tasks related to SRE.
- Implement DevOPS/SRE best practices Skills that will help you succeed in this role
- Must have knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Ansible, Terraform, Github actions/Jenkins
- Understands Basic networking Concepts
- Work with Development and Operations teams to understand requirements and translate it into backlog
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to DevOps projects
- Excellent written and verbal communication skill
- Must be comfortable working with a distributed team
Profiles Required:
- 4 7 Years of DevOps experience required.
- Mandatory skills: Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Python/Groovy, Jenkins, Terraform, build tooling (maven /npm/etc.), Github, Sonar, Terraform and Ansible, Azure
- Additional Skills: Certification in Kubernetes Specific Contex
- Candidates who are passionate about quality aspects.
- Proven Ability to learn and work on latest technology, have good analytical skills and pickup faster.
- Should have excellent communication, interpersonal skills and be a team player.
- Should have been engaged on one project for at least 10 months.
- Candidate should work on all below activities related to the software development.
- Guarantee best practice and quality of the code of the whole team.
- Organize and optimize/industrialize the process of development.
- Propose technical solutions.
- Participate to the construction of the technical infrastructure when needed.
- Work in a team with agile practices (Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, pair programming, etc.)
- Participate in the development of the technical culture of the feature team (craftsmanship, pairing, review, etc.).
- Mentoring the team with good practices and unblocking your team when they are blocked with technical challenges.
- Ensuring the quality of deliveries to production on time.
