Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer

Position:Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Hyderabad

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Experience Required: 5+ years

Client: Digital Adoption Platform

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture (AWS)
• Architect, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as:
• VPC, Route53, CloudFront, S3, EKS, EC2, ELB/ALB, Lambda, RDS, Elasticache, API Gateway, Kinesis Streams, ClickHouse
• Design and maintain a multi-tenant SaaS architecture supporting millions of active users.
• Optimize and scale high-throughput pipelines for user event tracking and analytics processing.
• DevOps & Automation
• Own and enhance our complete CI/CD ecosystem using GitHub Actions.
• Build automated deployment pipelines for browser extensions, microservices, backend services, and UI applications.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Building Docker images
• Monitoring, Security & Reliability
• Set up end-to-end observability: metrics, logs, traces, and alerting.
• Ensure security best practices across infrastructure, networking, and deployments.
• Maintain high availability, auto-scaling, disaster recovery, and backup strategies.
• Lead security hardening efforts, including CVE remediation, container security, and dependency governance.
• On-Prem Deployments
• Design and deliver on-premises deployments replicating our cloud SaaS architecture.
• Work closely with enterprise customers to customize on-prem setups as needed.
• Build automated scripts/tools for installation, upgrade, and maintenance.
• Collaboration & Leadership
• Work with Engineering, QA, and Product teams to ensure smooth and reliable releases.
• Mentor junior DevOps engineers and guide the engineering team on cloud and deployment best practices.
• Participate in architecture discussions and influence key technical decisions.

Education Qualifications

Strictly Bachelor's / Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

Requirements

• 5+ years of DevOps experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or lead role.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud architecture (mandatory).
• Hands-on experience with:
• VPC
• Kubernetes (EKS)
• EC2, RDS, Elasticache
• S3, CloudFront, Route53
• API Gateway, Lambda, Kinesis Streams
• ClickHouse (or similar columnar DBs)
• Docker
• Helm Chart
• Strong CI/CD experience using GitHub Actions.
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• Proficiency with Terraform.
• Programming / Scripting
• Strong scripting experience in Python, Shell, and NodeJS.
• Development experience is a strong advantage.
• Scalability & Performance
• Experience with scaling distributed systems for millions of users.
• Deep understanding of caching, load balancing, and high-throughput event pipelines.
• On-Prem Setup Experience
• Proven experience building SaaS-to-on-prem replicas.
• Ability to automate containerized and non-containerized deployments.
• Other Requirements
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ownership mindset — capable of independently driving end-to-end solutions.
• Excellent communication and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Digital Adoption Platforms (DAPs) or browser-based products.
• Knowledge of Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog or similar monitoring tools.
• Exposure to SOC2, ISO compliance environments.

Benefits

• An opportunity to work with a fast-growing SaaS company impacting millions of users globally.
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and skill development.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.