Senior Engineer - DevOps
First seen by Alion on Nov 6, 2026.
About the job:
Who we are:
We are a start-up based out of Bengaluru & Delhi NCR.
We are engaged in development of next generation missions and technologies (NGM&T) towards future warfare needs of the Indian defence forces.
It is undertaking research towards enhancing persistence and autonomy for unmanned vehicles and robotic swarms.
NRT's product development portfolio includes a solar power stratospheric high altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) unmanned platform and an air/ground launched stand-off autonomous system.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain Docker-based development, build, packaging, and deployment workflows across multiple software projects
- Set up, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for build, test, release, and deployment automation
- Define and enforce best practices for containerization, build reproducibility, release processes, and deployment consistency
- Develop and improve automation for build systems, environment provisioning, deployment workflows, and release validation
- Manage and optimize Docker images, including multi-stage and multi-architecture builds, dependency management, image size optimization, portability across target platforms, and runtime efficiency
- Collaborate with development teams to standardize containerized local development and deployment environments
- Participate in peer reviews of solution designs, infrastructure changes, CI/CD workflows, Dockerfiles, and source code
- Contribute to defining and enforcing engineering standards, branching strategies, code quality checks, and release practices
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to container builds, CI/CD failures, deployment bottlenecks, environment drift, and runtime stability
- Perform performance analysis and support troubleshooting in large-scale distributed systems
- Improve system stability, security, efficiency, scalability, and operational reliability
- Collaborate across teams to identify delivery risks early and reduce deployment and integration issues
Skills Required:
- Minimum 3+ years of relevant experience in DevOps, release engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure automation
- Strong understanding of CI/CD workflows and tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, or equivalent
- Strong hands-on experience with Docker and container-based software delivery workflows
- Good understanding of Docker image creation, multi-stage builds, container lifecycle management, networking, volumes, and debugging containerized applications
- Experience building and maintaining multi-architecture Docker images for different target platforms and deployment environments
- Proficiency with Git and experience with repository management, branching models, merge strategies, and code quality checks
- Experience automating build, release, and deployment pipelines for multiple projects
- Strong debugging skills and experience fixing stability and deployment issues without introducing regressions
- Solid understanding of release engineering, software delivery practices, and environment management
- Experience working with distributed systems and complex software architectures
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple issues in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple teams and drive technical improvements across projects
Good to have:
- Experience with Docker Compose and/or container orchestration environments
- Experience with Shell scripting, Python, or PowerShell for automation
- Experience designing and implementing Continuous Delivery / DevOps architecture patterns
- Familiarity with Linux-based systems and shell environments
- Familiarity with ROS-based systems
- Experience deploying and maintaining software on edge devices such as Jetson Xavier
Skills
DevOps, Docker, CI/CD, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Build & Release