About Persistent
We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.
About Position:
The Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer will be responsible for building and operating scalable CI/CD platforms, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring solutions on AWS. This role is critical to ensuring secure, automated software delivery and highly reliable systems while driving standardization of DevOps and GitOps practices. The position requires strong hands-on expertise along with leadership capability, working closely with development, QA, security, and operations teams.
- Role: Senior DevOps Engineer
- Location: Pune
- Experience: 8 to 12 years
- Job Type: Full Time Employment
What You'll Do:
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and TeamCity
- Automate build, test, and deployment workflows with a focus on speed, reliability, and security
- Define branching strategies, release processes, and quality gates including automated testing and code quality checks
- Implement GitOps-based deployment models using Argo CD
- Manage application lifecycle across Dev, QA, UAT, and Production environments
- Maintain Kubernetes manifests using Helm charts or Kustomize
- Ensure rollback strategies, versioning, and governance standards are enforced
- Design and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
- Work with AWS services such as EC2, EKS/ECS, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, and CloudWatch
- Ensure scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and cost optimization
- Enforce AWS security best practices and cloud governance standards
- Implement monitoring and observability using Prometheus and Zabbix
- Define SLIs, SLOs, metrics, alerts, dashboards, and capacity planning reports
- Lead incident resolution, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
- Collaborate with developers, QA, architects, and leadership teams
- Define DevOps standards, documentation, and operational runbooks
- Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives
- Participate in on-call rotations and reliability engineering activities
Expertise You'll Bring:
- 6 to 10 years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles
- Strong hands-on experience with GitLab, GitHub, and Argo CD
- Proven expertise with CI/CD tools including GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and TeamCity
- Strong experience designing and operating AWS cloud infrastructure
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container platforms
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation
- Strong experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Zabbix
- Solid Linux system administration skills
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals
- Experience driving DevOps and GitOps best practices in enterprise environments
- Ability and willingness to learn and support new technologies in the DevOps ecosystem
- Strong collaboration, leadership, and communication skills
- AWS Solutions Architect certification (mandatory)
- DevOps certifications are a plus
- Prior experience in a lead or senior role preferred
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
- Annual health check-ups
- Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:
Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.
- We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
- Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
- If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment
Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers
“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”
