Devops Engineer

Job Description: DevOps Engineer

Position: DevOps Engineer (5+ Years Experience)

Location: Chennai

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer to join our growing team.

As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining

our cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, with a focus on AWS cloud technologies, big data

solutions, and Jenkins automation. You will work closely with development and operations teams to ensure smooth and efficient software delivery, scalability, and reliability with a strong emphasis on security best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Management:

• Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using services like EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, ECS, EKS, EMR and AWS Backup.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or

Cloud Formation.

• Optimize cloud costs and performance.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery for cloud resources.
• Implement robust backup and recovery strategies using AWS Backup.

CI/CD Pipeline Development:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Integrate various DevOps tools into the pipeline (e.g., code analysis, security scanning, artifact repositories).
• Implement and manage containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

Big Data Solutions:

• Experience working with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Presto, and managing them on AWS EMR.
• Design and implement data pipelines for ingestion, processing, and storage of large datasets using EMR clusters.
• Optimize big data infrastructure for performance and scalability, including tuning EMR clusters and Spark applications.
• Experience with EMR cluster configuration, security, and monitoring.

Security:

• Implement and enforce security best practices across all infrastructure and applications.
• Configure security groups, network ACLs, and IAM roles to control access to resources.
• Implement security monitoring and alerting to detect and respond to threats.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and regulations.
• Integrate security tools and services into the CI/CD pipeline.

Monitoring and Logging:

• Implement monitoring and logging solutions to track system health, performance, and

security.

• Utilize tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
• Analyse logs and metrics to identify and resolve issues proactively.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with development and operations teams to ensure seamless software delivery.
• Participate in agile development processes and sprint planning.
• Communicatee technical solutions and challenges to stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong understanding of AWS cloud services and best practices, including security best practices.
• Hands-on experience with IaC tools like Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• Proficiency in Jenkins pipeline development and automation.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Presto).
• Strong experience with AWS EMR, including cluster management, performance optimization, and security.
• Experience with AWS Backup and implementing backup and recovery strategies.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Good to Have:

• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments.
• Experience with serverless computing.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer is preferable
• Experience in Azure / GCP