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Job DescriptionAs a senior Devops engineer, your role is to bridge the gap between software development and IT operations, ensuring efficient and reliable software delivery. You design and implement automation tools, processes and frameworks to streamline workflows, enhance system reliability, and facilitate continuous integration and deployment.
Overall Responsibilities:
Deploy, automate, maintain, and troubleshoot DevOps managed shared services
Design, Implement and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure to support SDLC
Develop and manage robust CI/CD pipelines to streamline software releases and updates
Proficient automating system configurations, deployments and monitoring to enhance efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
Ensure the availability, performance, scalability and security of production systems
Mentor and guide junior devops engineers fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning
Research and implement new DevOps technologies
Work closely with the Global DevOps and dedicated DevOps teams
Suggest and implement best practices and architecture improvements
Must haves:
Proven ability to troubleshoot complex systems issues and implement effective solutions.
Demonstrable DevOps experience
Experience with programming or scripting language such as Python, Bash, Java
Experience working in a Linux and in a cloud environment
Minimum 4+ years with Apache Cassandra 4.1 Administration/Architecture
Experience with Infrastructure as code, containerization such as K8s/Docker, logging, monitoring and alerting, and CI/CD tools
Proficient in implementing Infrastructure as a code using tools like terraform and cloud formation
Willingness to learn above mentioned qualifications if some are missing
Minimum 4+ years provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments
Proficient with AWS services
Familiarity interacting with AWS APIs
AWS Disaster Recovery design and deployment across regions a plus
Desired Skills / Good to have:
Experience with multi-tier architectures: load balancers, caching, web servers, application servers, databases, and networking
Experience in automation and testing via scripting & programming (PowerShell, Jenkins, Python, Ruby, Java)
Experience with working with geographically dispersed teams
Experience with secrets management tools like Hashicorp Vault
Professional certifications such as AWS certified Devops Engineer, Kubernetes administrator etc
Demonstrated experience leading devops teams or projects, fostering collaboration.
A personal technical blog
A personal (Git) repository of side projects
Participation in an open-source community
B.E / B.Tech / BCA/ MCA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.
Strong Computer Science fundamentals.
Comfortable with version control systems such as git.
A thirst for learning new Tech and keeping up with industry advances.
Excellent communication and knowledge-sharing skills.
Comfortable working with technical and non-technical teams.
Strong debugging skills.
Comfortable providing and receiving code review feedback.
Smart+Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
A positive attitude, adaptability, enthusiasm, and a growth mindset.
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