We are seeking an experienced Team Lead - DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about automation, cloud infrastructure, and driving operational excellence while leading a high-performing DevOps team. You will be responsible for architecting, maintaining, and optimizing our cloud-based gaming platform, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. As a Team Lead, you will mentor team members, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and implement best practices to enhance system reliability and scalability.
Responsibilities
Develop scripts and automation frameworks for infrastructure automation and management.
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, ARM templates, CloudFormation, etc.
Design, build, and manage multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) with a focus on AWS services such as EKS, ECS, API Gateway, Lambda, VPC, IAM, WAF, S3 RDS (MySQL + Aurora), DynamoDB and EC2
Ensure high availability and scalability of cloud infrastructure for gaming applications.
Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools like Git, Bitbucket, and Jenkins, for seamless code deployments.
Work with software engineers to design fault-tolerant and scalable architectures.
Develop and refine alerting systems using Grafana, Prometheus, and other APM tools to proactively detect and resolve issues.
Conduct root cause analysis of incidents and implement preventive measures.
Participate in on-call rotations for critical platform incidents.
Implement security best practices for DevSecOps and ensure compliance with industry standards.
Work on disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
Maintain comprehensive documentation of system architecture, automation scripts, and operational processes.
Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to enhance system reliability and performance.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (Master's degree is a plus).
6+ years of experience in DevOps, with a strong focus on AWS Cloud infrastructure.
Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.
Advanced knowledge of Python or Shell scripting for automation.
Experience with monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus) and APM tools.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.
Experience in leading technical teams and driving DevOps best practices.
Experience in incident management, debugging, and performance optimization.
Certifications (Preferred, Not Mandatory)
AWS Solutions Architect.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate.
This job was posted by Ananya Srivastava from Baazi Games.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology and Engineering
Industries
Software Development, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet
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