DXC - Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure (10-15 yrs)

Project Description :

Our Client is one of the largest in UK grocery and general merchandise retailers is in the middle of transformation to a technology Company in retail.

As part of this exercise renovation of the technology landscape taking place across Company.

As a partner, we support our client in this journey and help to develop from scratch new applications for various departments (Supply Chain, Product Lifecycle Management, Finance, HR etc.

Our teams are responsible for the development of platform components in Agile environment together with client, based on event-based Microservices architecture.

As a developer you will work in team of professionals in your Country and collaborate with experts from all over the world to develop modern high-loaded applications in a Cloud environment.

Our ideal candidate is a passioned smart individual with a strong engineering background, who is ready to work in a self-managed team, accept challenges, and take an active role in their resolutions.

The successor will not only solve engineering tasks but also take responsibility for the resolution of the technology company's business goals together with the product owner and business stakeholders.

Your effort will help our client to meet their passion to satisfy the most demanded client and to become the number one technology company in retail.

In return, you will have the ability to grow your technical skills, extend your network and share knowledge with experts all over the world.

Responsibilities :

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation processes.

You will work closely with development teams, system administrators, and other engineers to improve the overall development lifecycle and optimize system reliability, performance, and security.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) and automation tools to streamline deployment processes.

- Collaborate with development teams to build and improve Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

- Automate system configurations, deployment, monitoring, and scaling using tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Terraform.

- Maintain and improve monitoring and alerting systems to ensure high availability and quick issue resolution.

- Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, networking, and application layers.

- Ensure security best practices are followed in both infrastructure and code development, including implementing automated security scans and patches.

- Perform system updates, patches, and backups to maintain the integrity and reliability of infrastructure.

- Optimize resource utilization and cost efficiency across cloud platforms.

- Lead efforts in the design, development, and implementation of disaster recovery strategies.

- Mentor junior engineers and help improve team skills and productivity through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and training.

- Stay updated with emerging technologies, best practices, and industry trends related to DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD.

- Work from the client's office in Bangalore 3 days per week.

- Participate in on-call support shifts once every three months.

Mandatory Skills :

- Overall experience in the role of at least 10 years.

- More than 6 years of hands-on experience with the following tools and technologies: Azure Cloud, Ansible, Terraform scripting.

- At least 4 years of hands-on experience with deploying, managing, and upgrading Kubernetes.

- In-depth experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).

- Familiarity with cloud services like EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Kubernetes, VPC, IAM, etc.

- Expertise in cloud networking, security, and cost optimization strategies.

- Strong experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or Travis CI.

- Ability to implement and maintain end-to-end automation for build, test, and deployment pipelines.

- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e., Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager).

- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift).

- Advanced proficiency in Git and Git workflows (e., branching, pull requests, rebasing).

- Experience with scripting languages like Python, Bash, Ruby, or PowerShell.

- Ability to write modular, reusable scripts to automate tasks.

- Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Datadog, or New Relic.

- Knowledge of log aggregation tools (e., ELK stack, Splunk, Fluentd).

- Strong understanding of setting up alerting and proactive issue detection.

- Expertise in Docker containerization and managing containerized applications.

- Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms (e., OpenShift, ECS, EKS).

- Familiarity with Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments.

- Proficient in tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack, or similar configuration management tools.

- Experience with managing servers, clusters, and networking configurations.

Soft Skills :

- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

- Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks effectively.

Nice-to-Have Skills :

Other clouds experience, Support experience, Python, React, Strong experience in Agile and Scrum.