Company Description Bougaintech (BGT) empowers businesses through integrated solutions that connect talent, technology, and training. The company provides Staffing & Recruitment services across IT and non-IT domains, including manpower supply and internship programs, to help organizations build strong teams. Bougaintech also delivers Training & Workforce Development programs focused on upskilling and professional growth. Its IT & HR Services include customized software development and streamlined payroll processing to support operational efficiency and compliance. Guided by innovation, integrity, and a client-first mindset, Bougaintech partners with clients to build agile, future-ready organizations.

Job Description – Lead DevOps Engineer

Experience: 10+years

Location: Kochi, Kerala

Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities:

Experience:

* 10+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.

* Proven experience operating Kubernetes and Docker Swarm in production.

* Strong experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, and hybrid/on-premises environments.

* Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Flux CD, Jenkins, and Jenkins Shared Libraries.

* Experience building highly available, business-critical platforms.

* Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.

Platform Engineering:

* Lead the design, implementation, and operation of cloud-native platforms across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments.

* Design, deploy, and manage production workloads on Kubernetes and Docker Swarm, ensuring high availability, scalability, and resilience.

* Drive cloud migration, platform modernization, and infrastructure standardization initiatives.

* Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and automate platform configuration with Ansible.

* Establish GitOps practices using Flux CD and develop reusable platform components.

* Design and maintain enterprise CI/CD platforms using Jenkins and Jenkins Shared Libraries.

* Improve platform reliability through monitoring, automation, capacity planning, and operational best practices.

* Lead production incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous platform improvements.

* Mentor DevOps engineers, define engineering standards, and collaborate with development teams to improve software delivery.

Required Skills:

Cloud & Platform

* AWS

* Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

* Microsoft Azure

* On-premises Infrastructure

Containers & Orchestration:

* Kubernetes

* Docker

* Docker Swarm

* Helm

* Flux CD (GitOps)

Infrastructure Automation

* Terraform

* Ansible

* Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD

* Jenkins

* Jenkins Shared Libraries

* GitLab CI/CD

* Git

Observability

* Prometheus

* Grafana

* Elasticsearch

* Kibana

* Logging

* Metrics

* Alerting

Messaging

* Kafka

* ActiveMQ

* Redis / Valkey

Nice to Have

* CKA, CKAD, or CKS certification

* AWS, Azure, or GCP certifications

* OpenTelemetry

* Service Mesh (Istio or Linkerd)

* SonarQube

* Nexus Repository or JFrog Artifactory

* Maven or Gradle

* FinOps and cloud cost optimization

* Experience supporting high-availability gaming, fintech, or regulated environments.

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