DevOps Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins for automated build, test, scan, and deployment activities.
• Deploy applications across VM-based, OpenShift, and Kubernetes environments using existing deployment frameworks, Ansible playbooks, and Helm charts.
• Support software release activities including artifact promotion, deployment validation, smoke testing, and rollback execution.
• Configure and maintain environment-specific deployment settings, inventory files, Helm values, ConfigMaps, and application properties.
• Troubleshoot build, deployment, infrastructure, and configuration issues across development, testing, and production environments.
• Assist in managing containerized workloads on Kubernetes and OpenShift, including deployments, services, secrets, ingress, and application health checks.
• Support database deployment activities and configuration updates for Oracle and PostgreSQL environments.
• Monitor deployment health, investigate failures, and participate in incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with development, QA, platform, and operations teams to ensure smooth application delivery.
• Maintain deployment documentation, operational runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-sharing materials.
• Contribute to automation, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives within the release and deployment processes.

Mandatory Skills:

• Hands-on experience with Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline implementation.
• Strong understanding of Jenkins Declarative Pipelines and basic Groovy scripting.
• Experience with Maven, Docker, and application build and packaging processes.
• Knowledge of artifact repositories such as Artifactory or Nexus.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, and deployment automation.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, including Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Helm-based deployments.
• Experience with Linux administration, systemd services, log analysis, and basic networking troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Git and source control platforms such as GitLab or GitHub.
• Understanding of containerization concepts and Docker image management.
• Experience working with code quality and security tools such as SonarQube and Trivy.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across application deployment and infrastructure layers.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with experience creating technical documentation and runbooks.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with OpenShift and deployment management using the oc CLI.
• Knowledge of Liquibase and database migration processes.
• Exposure to Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault or enterprise secrets management solutions.
• Basic experience with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
• Exposure to AWS cloud services.
• Understanding of Jenkins Shared Libraries and pipeline standardization practices.
• Familiarity with API gateway and reverse proxy technologies such as KrakenD and NGINX.
• Basic knowledge of Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability.
• Exposure to security scanning tools such as Checkmarx, Fortify, and OWASP Dependency-Check.
• Familiarity with Newman/Postman-based API validation and testing.
• Experience in fintech, payments, telecom, or other transaction-processing environments.

Skills

Ansible, Jenkins, K8s, Kubernetes, OpenShift