Lead DevOps Engineer
- Apexon
- 7 - 10 years
- Pune
- 26 days ago
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Job Description
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Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team, responsible for driving the design, implementation, and maintenance of our AWS-based infrastructure and overseeing seamless application deployment to production. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services, including Terraform, ECS, CloudFront, and RDS , alongside strong expertise in CI/CD automation, Kubernetes, API management tools like Apigee and API Gateway, and security integration via Okta.
As a Lead Engineer, you will work closely with the development, operations, and security teams to automate, monitor, and optimize our infrastructure and applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and scaling.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues in a multi-environment (development, testing, staging, production) setup.
- Architect API management solutions using Apigee API Proxy and AWS API Gateway, ensuring security and scalability across the enterprise.
- Implement, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, integrating automated testing, code quality checks, and container orchestration.
- Lead the CI/CD automation process using GitLab, integrating automated testing, security, and performance checks.
- Coordinate with multiple teams, including development, operations, security, and testing teams, to ensure successful and timely production deployments.
- Experience implementing and managing monitoring tools (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Create and manage capabilities and epics in Jira, tracking the development process and ensuring alignment with project timelines.
- Design and implement monitoring and logging solutions using CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and Splunk to ensure real-time visibility into system performance, security, and availability.
- Migrate on-premise applications to AWS, ensuring minimal downtime, optimal performance, and cost-efficiency.
- Drive performance testing and API testing efforts using tools like Postman, identifying bottlenecks and ensuring smooth application performance.
- Utilize Akamai for content delivery optimization, ensuring low-latency, high-availability application access across global user bases.
- Lead efforts for application modernization, refactoring legacy applications for cloud-native deployments with modern microservices architectures.
- Ensure application security integration using Okta for identity and access management, ensuring robust authentication and authorization practices.
- Establish best practices for cloud security and compliance, ensuring encryption, IAM policies, and network security groups are properly configured.
- Coordinate defect fixes during pilot/dark deployments, collaborating with teams to resolve issues before final production cutover.
- Create and manage disaster recovery (DR) strategies to ensure high availability and business continuity in cloud environments.
- Oversee test automation and performance testing using both custom scripts and tools, ensuring the stability of the applications pre- and post-deployment.
- Leverage Linux expertise, Python, and shell scripting for automation, monitoring, and optimization of system processes.
- Ensure compliance with industry regulations and apply vulnerability fixes to maintain a secure infrastructure.
Preferred:
- AWS Certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, etc.).
- Familiarity with Kubernetes or ECS/EKS for container orchestration and management.
- Knowledge of serverless computing using AWS Lambda and microservices architecture.
- Experience with database management (e.g., RDS, DynamoDB)
- Familiarity with other CI/CD tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, etc
Soft Skills:
- Strong leadership and team coordination skills, with experience mentoring and guiding a team of DevOps engineers.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues under pressure.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across multiple teams and ensure alignment on project goals.
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
Education:
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
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Our Perks and Benefits:
Our benefits and rewards program has been thoughtfully designed to recognize your skills and contributions, elevate your learning/upskilling experience and provide care and support for you and your loved ones. As an Apexon Associate, you get continuous skill-based development, opportunities for career advancement, and access to comprehensive health and well-being benefits and assistance.
We also offer:
o Group Health Insurance covering family of 4
o Term Insurance and Accident Insurance
o Paid Holidays & Earned Leaves
o Paid Parental LeaveoLearning & Career Development
o Employee Wellness
Job Location : Pune, India
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & ConsultingFunctional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Technical Architect
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: ApexonLocation(s): Pune
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