DevOps Engineer

#### **Key Responsibilities** * Design, implement, and manage **CI/CD pipelines**. * Automate infrastructure provisioning using **Infrastructure as Code (IaC)**. * Deploy and maintain applications across cloud and on\-premises environments. * Manage containerized workloads using **Docker and Kubernetes**. * Monitor system availability, performance, security, and capacity. * Identify and resolve infrastructure, application, and deployment issues. * Implement logging, alerting, backup, and disaster\-recovery solutions. * Apply security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle. * Manage source\-control strategies, release processes, and environment configurations. * Improve platform reliability, scalability, and deployment frequency. * Develop scripts and tools to reduce manual operational tasks. * Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams. * Participate in incident response, root\-cause analysis, and on\-call rotations. * Collaborate with cross\-functional teams to promote DevOps practices and continuous improvement. * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. * Proven experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or systems administration. * Experience with at least one major cloud platform: **AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud**. * Strong knowledge of Linux administration and networking fundamentals. * Experience with CI/CD tools such as **GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps**. * Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as **Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi**. * Experience with configuration\-management tools such as **Ansible, Puppet, or Chef**. * Hands\-on knowledge of Docker and container\-orchestration platforms. * Scripting experience using **Python, Bash, or PowerShell**. * Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as **Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, or the ELK Stack**. * Understanding of secrets management, identity and access management, and cloud security principles. * Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills. #### **Preferred Qualifications** * Relevant cloud or Kubernetes certifications. * Experience managing production Kubernetes environments. * Familiarity with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux. * Knowledge of service meshes, serverless platforms, and microservices architecture. * Experience with database operations, performance tuning, and disaster recovery. * Understanding of SRE concepts, including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and incident management. * Experience supporting high\-availability and large\-scale distributed systems. #### **Key Performance Indicators** * Deployment frequency and lead time for changes * Application and infrastructure availability * Mean time to detect and recover from incidents * Change\-failure rate * Percentage of infrastructure managed through automation * Security and compliance findings * Reduction in manual operational work