Senior DevOps Engineer

Quick Facts About the Role

Role: Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Coimbatore

YOE: 5 - 7 years

Skills: Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipeline architecture, configuration management, and strong hands-on expertise in AWS (Azure/GCP familiarity is a plus).

Benefits: Learn more about our perks below

Compensation: Competitive compensation as per industry standards

Who we are

We are Foxsense Innovations - a bunch of passionate developers that love solving complex business problems through products and tools we build from scratch. Weʼve been at it for over 7 years now, and weʼve serviced over 50 happy customers around the world, while also building several in-house micro-SaaS tools for the market (all of this while being bootstrapped and profitable). Our team is rapidly growing, and weʼre in an exciting phase of our 1-10 journey. This is an opportunity for anyone who wants to experience this journey with us.

About the role:

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Foxsense Innovations, you will drive the design and evolution of our AWS-based infrastructure that supports our software development and deployment processes. You'll partner closely with cross-functional teams and engineering leadership to set technical direction for scalability, security, and reliability - while mentoring engineers and raising the bar for operational excellence across the org.

Responsibilities:

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Architect and own AWS infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation, establishing reusable modules and standards adopted across teams.
• Drive decisions on scalability, security, and performance across core AWS services (EC2, ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3, VPC, API Gateway, Lambda), anticipating growth and failure modes.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):

• Design and own CI/CD pipeline architecture end-to-end (e.g., CodePipeline/CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins deploying to AWS), setting standards for automated software delivery across multiple teams/projects.
• Identify and resolve systemic bottlenecks in build and deployment workflows; lead optimization initiatives with development teams.

Configuration Management:

• Own configuration management strategy for application servers, databases, and infrastructure using tools like Ansible or Puppet, in AWS environments.
• Define and enforce consistency and reliability standards across environments, including for newly onboarded projects.

Monitoring and Logging:

• Design monitoring and observability strategy using AWS-native tools (CloudWatch, X-Ray) and/or third-party platforms (DataDog, Grafana).
• Own logging infrastructure architecture, ensuring efficient troubleshooting, analysis, and alerting at scale.

Collaboration & Mentorship:

• Act as a technical bridge between development and IT operations, influencing architectural decisions early in the SDLC.
• Mentor junior and mid-level DevOps engineers; review their IaC/pipeline work and raise technical standards.
• Provide senior-level technical support and act as an escalation point for production system issues.

Security:

• Implement AWS security best practices - IAM least-privilege design, Secrets Manager, security groups/NACLs, WAF, and encryption at rest/in transit.
• Lead security audits and vulnerability assessments on AWS workloads, and own remediation roadmaps.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role, with deep, hands-on production experience specifically in AWS (this is a must-have, not a nice-to-have).
• At least 1-2 years in a technical leadership or mentorship capacity.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation, with a track record of building internal tooling.
• Deep proficiency with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes (EKS experience preferred), including production troubleshooting experience.
• Strong command of version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows, including branching strategy design.
• Demonstrated experience designing AWS infrastructure or pipeline architecture from scratch, not just maintaining existing systems.
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer Professional) strongly preferred.

Bonus Skills:

• Strong technical portfolio with examples of AWS architecture decisions and their tradeoffs.
• Advanced AWS security practices - zero-trust design, cross-account access patterns, Secrets Manager/KMS at scale.
• Familiarity with Azure or Google Cloud as a secondary platform.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading a small DevOps/platform team.

Why work with us

When you work with Foxsense Innovations, you donʼt just work a boring job. Our goal is to create a work environment that makes you want to brag about your work to your friends!

Hereʼs why youʼll love working with us:

• Unlimited sick leave policy, and a generous paid leave plan to ensure you get time off work whenever you need it
• A competitive and rewarding start-up culture that motivates you from day one, along with regular team-building activities
• Delicious lunch along with snacks and refreshments at office, so that hunger pangs never affect your A-game
• We have a yearly annual retreat for the team to unwind and enjoy - we went to Kodaikanal this year, who knows where we will go next year!

If that's not enough, there's always more!

• Need a breather? Game with Foxes at the TT. There's a scoreboard!
• Our wholesome health care plans care for you - whenever, wherever.
• Embrace growth! Learn & grow from peers - You'll find budding freshers, seasoned veterans - you name it.
• We take unwinding as seriously as we do hustling - game nights are our way of downtime.
• Collaboration is vital for us - your value isn’t limited to your responsibilities! Feel free to lurk in other departments and share your thoughts!

Weʼre glad youʼve made it this far! If you’re passionate about building scalable and impactful software while growing in a dynamic environment, we’d love to have you on board.