Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Lead DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, and application deployment automation. The role will focus on building scalable, secure, and reliable cloud environments, improving deployment velocity, and driving DevOps best practices across engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure & Automation

Design, provision, and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CLI.
Manage AWS services including Kubernetes, EC2 (Windows/Linux), VPC, IAM, Load Balancers, RDS, S3, CloudFront, ECS, EKS, Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, and KMS.
Implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures.

CI/CD & Release Automation

Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
Develop automated build, deployment, and release workflows.
Manage branching strategies, build automation, and deployment processes.
Integrate automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing into pipelines.

Application Build & Deployment

Manage build and deployment processes for:
Microsoft .NET Framework / .NET Core applications using MSBuild.
Angular + Node.js applications.
Dockerized applications.
Create deployment automation scripts using PowerShell, Shell, Python, or Groovy.
Manage IIS, App Pools, Apache, and Nginx environments.

Containers & Orchestration

Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS preferred), ECS, and container-based deployments.
Manage container lifecycle, scaling, networking, and production deployments.
Implement deployment strategies such as rolling updates and blue-green deployments.

Monitoring, Reliability & Security

Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as:
CloudWatch
Prometheus / Grafana
ELK Stack
Datadog / New Relic
Perform incident management, troubleshooting, RCA, and reliability improvements.
Implement DevSecOps practices including vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and security controls.

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

Work closely with development, QA, security, and customer engineering teams.
Participate in Agile ceremonies using Jira and Confluence.
Support release planning, environment management, and production readiness activities.

Required Skills & Experience

8–10 years of experience in DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering roles.
Strong AWS hands-on experience in designing and managing cloud infrastructure.
Expert knowledge of:
Terraform (primary)
Kubernetes, Helm charts, manifest files, scaling policies
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CLI automation
Strong experience with:
Jenkins / GitLab CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes (AWS EKS preferred)
ECS / Fargate
Strong Linux/Windows administration and networking knowledge.
Experience with:
VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, Load Balancers
IAM roles/policies
Cloud security best practices
Hands on strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Groovy.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills with technical and customer-facing teams.

Preferred Skills / Good to Have

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional certification.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Experience with Ansible or other configuration management tools.
Experience with:
Zero-downtime deployments
Blue-green deployments
Rolling deployments
Service mesh technologies
Database knowledge:
AWS RDS SQL Server/MySQL
Aurora MySQL
Redis / Memcached
Knowledge of advanced networking:
VPC Peering
VPNs
Firewalls
Load balancing
Experience with AI-assisted DevOps automation tools.

Technical Environment

Cloud: AWS

IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation

CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions

Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), ECS

OS: Windows Server, Linux

Web Servers: IIS, Nginx, Apache

Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python, Groovy, Git CLI

Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog

Agile Tools: Jira, Confluence

Additional Expectations

The candidate should be a strong team player leading a team with an ownership mindset, capable of independently managing AWS environments, automation frameworks, deployments, and collaborating with global engineering/customer teams.

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