Job Description - DevOps Engineer (US Shift)

Location : Moolya Office, Bangalore,India

Shift : US Shift (Night IST)

Timings : 12 pm -9 pm, 4 pm -1 am

Experience : 3-7 years

Role Type : Full-time

About the Role :

We are hiring DevOps Engineers to support DevOps implementation and managed operations for large-scale global clients. The role involves building and managing Kubernetes-based platforms on AWS, automating CI/CD pipelines, and enabling security/compliance using Polaris, Black Duck, Vault, and ACM. You will be part of a high-performing team operating in US business hours.

Key Responsibilities :

Kubernetes & AWS Infrastructure :

- Implement and manage self-managed Kubernetes clusters on AWS EC2.

- Configure VPC, subnets, IAM, security groups, routing, autoscaling, networking.

- Manage multi-environment clusters (Dev / Staging / Prod).

- Implement RBAC, Pod Security Standards, namespace isolation.

Infrastructure as Code :

- Build and maintain IaC using Terraform for AWS resources, Kubernetes objects, IAM, networking, and deployment templates.

- Maintain state management and reusable Terraform modules.

CI/CD Pipelines :

- Build secure CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.

- Integrate security scanning tools :

Polaris (SAST)
Black Duck (SCA/BOM validation)

- Implement automated build - scan - deploy - rollback workflows.

- Support containerization, Dockerfile optimization, Helm-based deployments.

Security & Compliance :

- Manage HashiCorp Vault for secret injection and dynamic secret rotation.

- Implement certificate automation using AWS ACM.

- Ensure pipeline gating and compliance enforcement.

- Support audit preparation and monthly compliance reporting.

Observability & Operations :

- Implement and maintain monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch.

- Configure alerts, dashboards, log forwarding, cluster health checks.

- Support 165 operations (US shift) with proactive issue management.

- Perform release validation, failover testing, and rollback simulations.

Governance & Reporting :

- Participate in weekly and monthly SLA/SLO reviews.

- Provide reports on pipeline performance, compliance status, cost optimization, and resource health.

- Maintain operational SOPs, runbooks, and deployment playbooks.

Required Skills & Experience :

- Strong hands-on experience with AWS : EC2, VPC, IAM, ACM, CloudWatch, Route 53.

- Expertise in Kubernetes (self-managed or EKS).

- Hands-on with Terraform for IaC.

- Strong command over Jenkins for pipeline automation.

- Hands-on experience with Docker, Helm, Git.

- Familiarity with Polaris, Black Duck, or other SAST/SCA tools.

- Experience with Vault for secrets management.

- Good understanding of networking, SSL/TLS, certificates, and security best practices.

- Experience in monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana).

- Able to work independently in high-ownership DevOps environments.

Good to Have :

- Experience with cloud cost optimization.

- Experience implementing Blue-Green / Canary deployments.

- Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO, etc.).

- Exposure to governance dashboards and reporting.

Soft Skills :

- Strong communication skills (clients in the US).

- Ability to collaborate with engineering and product teams.

- Proactive ownership and problem-solving attitude.

Shift Requirement :

- Must be willing to work in US Shift (Evening/Night IST).