DevOps Engineer

We are actively seeking a highly skilled and proactive DevOps Engineer to join our client, Airavana, through Acme Services. This pivotal role is essential for understanding, automating, and scaling Airavana's cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on Developer Experience, Core Infrastructure (Scalability, Performance & Optimization), Security & Compliance, and Engineering Processes. The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps or System Administration, possessing in-depth knowledge of UNIX-like operating systems, strong scripting skills (Python, Shell, Perl), and expertise in cloud computing platforms like AWS. You will be instrumental in ensuring high availability, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and troubleshooting production issues for a massive-scale infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Automation & Scaling: Understand, automate, and scale Airavana cloud infrastructure. This involves learning and working with various cloud technologies, scripting languages, and Configuration Management (CM) tools.
• Production Ownership & Monitoring: Own Airavana production services, ensuring complete monitoring coverage, proactive troubleshooting, and timely resolution of production issues.
• Efficiency & Automation Projects: Architect and implement projects specifically designed to reduce or eliminate repetitive and administrative tasks, driving operational efficiency.
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery: Ensure all services and infrastructure are Highly Available, with robust Disaster Recovery mechanisms in place.
• Performance Engineering: Conduct Performance Engineering for backend services and stores such as EFK (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana), Kafka, and API Gateways.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Design, develop, and maintain a robust CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) pipeline.
• Collaborative Team Work: Work effectively in a lean team, with a focus on getting things done efficiently and collaboratively.

Must Have Skills

• 2-5 years of hands-on experience with DevOps or System Administration teams.
• In-depth knowledge of running/managing UNIX-like operating systems (experience with Ubuntu is a plus).
• Good programming skills with a focus on scripting (Python, Shell, Perl).
• Experience in various open-source tools for monitoring, graphing, capacity planning, and logging.
• Experience with Cloud Computing platforms like Amazon AWS.
• Possess an automation mindset and the ability to reason and work with complex systems.
• Experience with managing NoSQL and RDBMS (PostgreSQL).
• Ability to analyze bottlenecks in architecture and quickly debug to reach a resolution for issues.
• Experience automating the management of Kubernetes clusters and applications (experience with KOPS is a plus).
• Must have built and deployed a CI/CD infrastructure (experience with Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitOps is a plus).
• Experience working in fast-paced agile teams.
• Excellent team player with good communication, interpersonal skills, self-starter, and positive attitude.

Good to Have Skills

• Good fundamental knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, firewalls, routing).
• Experience with automation tools like Ansible.
• Experience with queuing systems (Kafka, AWS SQS) and Big Data platforms (Spark, Flink).
• Experience with performance engineering is a plus.
• Ability to work with multiple competing demands on your time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in CS/IT from a premier institute.

Why You Should Consider Airavana

• Permanent Remote work: Enjoy working remotely from your favorite destinations.
• Unlimited Leaves round the year: We call it the TRUST Policy.
• NO PROBATION PERIOD: You are a confirmed employee from DAY 1.
• Health Policy that covers You, your Spouse, Kids, and your Parents as well. You will not be charged a single penny for it.
• A work culture that offers not just professional growth but personal growth as well.
• A supportive and fun team to work with.
• Have direct access to our management team. We have an open-door policy with no power gaps defined.