Mandatory skill sets : AWS , CloudFormation , Strong EKS hands on experience , ELK Stack , helm charts , GitHub Action , Strong networking concepts.

Secondary Skills : FinOps , DevSecOps , Terraform

Responsibilities :

Infrastructure Architecture & Strategy (30%) :

- Design and evolve scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure spanning multiple regions and cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)

- Lead infrastructure-as-code (IaC) initiatives using CloudFormation, Terraform, and other tooling; establish patterns and standards for infrastructure management

- Architect and implement disaster recovery, business continuity, and infrastructure resilience strategies

- Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives, implementing governance, monitoring, and rightsizing strategies to achieve operational efficiency

- Establish and maintain security baselines, compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.), and infrastructure hardening standards

CI/CD Platform & Automation (15%) :

- Design and manage enterprise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms

- Build and maintain self-service deployment platforms that enable developers to ship code with confidence

- Lead testing shift left initiatives, including static code analysis, security scanning, and automated deployment validation.

- Establish release engineering practices, version control strategies, and deployment orchestration across environments

Observability, Monitoring & Incident Response (15%) :

- Design comprehensive monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing infrastructure using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, or equivalent

- Establish SLI/SLO frameworks and error budgeting practices; define meaningful alerting and on-call procedures

- Lead incident response and post-mortem processes; drive reliability improvements through systematic root cause analysis

- Implement security monitoring, threat detection, and DevSecOps practices integrated with CI/CD workflows

Container Orchestration & Kubernetes (10%) :

- Architect, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters in production environments; optimize resource utilization and cost

- Design containerization strategies, container image management, and registry solutions

- Implement service mesh, networking policies, and security controls within container platforms

- Drive adoption of Helm, operators, tooling (ArgoCD, Flux) for declarative infrastructure management

Technical Leadership & Collaboration (20%) :

- Mentor and guide junior and mid-level DevOps engineers; establish technical standards, code reviews, and best practices

- Collaborate with software engineering, security, database, and network teams to align on infrastructure requirements

- Drive technical documentation, architecture decision records (ADRs), and knowledge sharing initiatives

- Participate in architectural reviews, capacity planning, and technology evaluation for infrastructure modernization

- Advocate for operational excellence, automation-first mindset, and continuous improvement culture

Network & Security Infrastructure (10%) :

- Design and implement cloud networking architecture including VPC, subnets, routing, and security group policies

- Manage firewalls, WAF, DDoS protection, VPN, and ingress/egress patterns

- Implement zero-trust security principles, identity and access management (IAM), and secrets management solutions

Minimum Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's degree preferred)

- 15+ years of overall experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or infrastructure operations

- 5 - 10+ years of hands-on DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or platform engineering experience

- Proven expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) in production environments at scale

- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent)

- Deep experience with Kubernetes in production; strong understanding of container technologies (Docker, containerd)

- Expert-level proficiency with Linux/Unix system administration, networking, and security fundamentals

- Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages

- Extensive experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines at enterprise scale

- Demonstrated expertise with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Prometheus, ELK, Datadog, etc.)

- Exceptional problem-solving, troubleshooting, and diagnostic skills

- Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to document processes and architect complex systems

- Ability to lead and mentor engineers; demonstrated experience mentoring junior and mid-level staff

- Experience working in fast-paced, collaborative environments with cross-functional teams

Desired Qualifications :

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

- Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul)

- Experience with advanced configuration management (Helm, Kustomize) and templating solutions

- Exposure to distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven design

- Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies

- Knowledge of advanced security practices (DevSecOps, supply chain security, secrets management)

- Experience with backup strategies, and infrastructure disaster recovery

- Familiarity with software defined networking (SDN) and advanced networking concepts

- Experience with observability and cost management tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudHealth, etc.)

- Track record of implementing cost optimization initiatives resulting in measurable savings

- Open source contributions or involvement in DevOps/infrastructure communities