Principal Engineer Software Engineering XIII

Senior DevOps Engineer

Next Generation Monitoring (NGM) Platform - Vertiv IT Systems | Pune, Maharashtra

Experience: 8-12 Years

• Band: Senior Engineer (IC)
• Department: Software Engineering - IT Systems
• Reports To: Engineering Manager

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to own the engineering delivery infrastructure - CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, multi-deployment packaging, release management, security automation, and platform observability. The engineer will support on-premises, cloud-native (AWS/GCP/Azure), hybrid edge-cloud, and air-gapped deployment targets across a multi-year, multi-release product roadmap.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

CI/CD Pipeline Engineering

• Design, build, and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for all microservices with independent deployment cycles
• Implement multi-stage pipelines: build → test → security scan → package → deploy across all environments
• Integrate automated unit, integration, and system-level tests; manage all pipeline configuration as code
• Configure branch-based promotion strategies (dev → staging → production)

Container Orchestration & Infrastructure

• Manage containerized deployments via Docker and Kubernetes on Linux and Windows Server
• Provision and manage Kubernetes clusters (dev, staging, production) with horizontal pod autoscaling
• Configure service mesh (Istio/Linkerd) for inter-service mTLS; manage container image registry lifecycle
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Ansible for cloud and on-premises resources

Multi-Deployment Operations

• Build on-premises Docker/Kubernetes deployment automation for Linux and Windows Server targets
• Develop cloud-native automation for AWS, GCP, and Azure (EKS/GKE/AKS) including multi-region config
• Engineer hybrid edge-cloud pipelines; package air-gapped artefact bundles for offline/classified environments
• Implement zero-downtime rolling updates, blue-green deployments, and automated rollback strategies

Release Management

• Orchestrate software releases across the multi-release product roadmap; coordinate cross-functional readiness
• Manage versioning, release tagging, changelog generation, and artefact storage across all microservices
• Produce deployment runbooks, release notes, and rollback procedures for each release milestone

Security & Compliance Automation

• Integrate SAST, DAST, container image scanning (Trivy/Snyk/Clair), and dependency vulnerability checks
• Automate SBOM generation, open-source license compliance, and software supply chain tracking
• Configure secrets management (HashiCorp Vault), TLS certificate automation, and PKI for microservices
• Implement pipeline controls for SOC 2, EU Cyber Resilience Act, and FedRAMP readiness

Monitoring, Observability & Reliability

• Deploy centralized logging (ELK/Loki), metrics (Prometheus/Grafana), and distributed tracing (Jaeger)
• Configure Kubernetes cluster monitoring, pod health dashboards, and alerting/on-call integration
• Drive proactive reliability engineering to meet high-availability platform SLA targets

Automation & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Create Bash/Python automation for infrastructure operations, environment provisioning, and self-healing
• Interface with software architects, developers, QA, and product management on delivery and planning
• Guide development teams on DevOps best practices, containerization patterns, and pipeline design

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS

Infrastructure & Platform: Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS) production admin (5+ yrs)

• Docker & Kubernetes (Helm, RBAC, autoscaling)
• Service mesh: Istio/Linkerd
• Windows Server 2019+ for on-premises targets

CI/CD & Version Control: GitLab CI/CD administration & pipeline YAML (5+ yrs)

• Multi-service microservices pipelines
• Artefact management: GitLab, ECR, GCR, ACR
• GitOps with Helm chart management

Cloud & Multi-Deployment: AWS, GCP, or Azure (multi-cloud preferred)

• EKS/GKE/AKS auto-scaling & multi-region
• Hybrid edge-cloud
• Air-gapped offline artefact packaging
• Terraform & Ansible (5+ yrs)

Development & Automation: Advanced Bash & Python scripting

• YAML/JSON for Kubernetes manifests & Helm
• REST API automation
• Go (Golang) familiarity for microservices platform context

Security & Compliance: Container scanning: Trivy, Snyk, or Clair

• SAST/DAST pipeline integration
• SBOM: Syft/CycloneDX
• HashiCorp Vault
• TLS/PKI automation
• SOC 2, EU CRA, FedRAMP pipeline controls

Monitoring & Observability: ELK/EFK, Loki, or Splunk

• Prometheus & Grafana (production-grade)
• Distributed tracing: Jaeger/Zipkin
• Kubernetes cluster monitoring
• SLA reliability metrics

GOOD-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Cloud certifications: AWS DevOps Engineer, Google Professional DevOps, or Azure DevOps Expert
• CKA/CKAD, Kubernetes operator development, and service mesh deep expertise
• GitOps tooling: ArgoCD or Flux for continuous delivery
• SRE practices: error budget management, chaos engineering (LitmusChaos, Chaos Monkey)
• Time-series DB operations: InfluxDB or TimescaleDB backup, scaling, schema migration
• Message broker management: Kafka or NATS cluster operations and monitoring
• Edge node provisioning, remote management, and telemetry collection from distributed agents
• Internal Developer Platform (IDP) tooling and developer self-service workflows

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Minimum 8 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• 5+ years of Linux system administration in production environments (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS)
• 5+ years of Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration in production
• 5+ years of CI/CD pipeline management (GitLab CI preferred)
• 5+ years of cloud platform deployments: AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Proven track record delivering end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for microservices architectures
• Strong background in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent)
• Experience integrating security and compliance tooling into DevOps workflows

SOFT SKILLS & EDUCATION

• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis in complex distributed systems
• Clear written and verbal communication for cross-functional engineering collaboration
• Proactive ownership mindset with a strong bias toward automation over manual operations
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced agile product development environment
• Team collaboration and informal DevOps culture leadership; comfort with ambiguity

Education: B.E. / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech in Computer Science, IT, or related field. Cloud/DevOps certifications (CKA/CKAD, AWS/GCP/Azure) are a plus.