Lead DevOps Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain highly available and scalable AWS and Azure infrastructure
• Maintain infrastructure using Terraform and deployment pipelines
• Collaborate with product development and operations teams to ensure smooth integration of applications into the Kubernetes (EKS) environment
• Monitor (Grafana/Prometheus/Graylog) the health and performance of Vendavo Cloud services and Kubernetes clusters, implementing proactive measures to prevent issues
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents
• Optimize resource allocation and utilization
• Automate deployment, configuration, and monitoring of Kubernetes clusters using infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools
• Implement and maintain CI/CD (Azure) pipelines for deploying applications
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance and implement best practices for securing infrastructure
• Be an SME within the Cloud handling requests, issues and escalations as needed
• Participate in capacity planning and performance tuning of the AWS and Azure infrastructure
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystem

Requirements

• 8+ years proven experience managing Azure/AWS infrastructure and Production Grade Kubernetes clusters
• Strong experience in designing, deploying, and managing Azure or AWS infrastructure in a Production environment
• Ability to work independently and as a team and multi-task to a high degree
• In-depth knowledge of AWS, Azure/Kubernetes architecture, components, and best practices
• Proficient in core Cloud services, including VPC, VNET, RG's, IAM, App Services
• Experience with AWS/Azure backup, recovery and replication
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools Prometheus, Grafana, and Graylog
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and protocols in the context of Kubernetes
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Bash, Python)
• Excellent experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure Pipelines
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

• AWS/Azure certified Terraform certification (HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate)
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies like Istio
• Understanding of DevOps principles and practices
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible and Chef

Benefits & Perks

• Professional growth and Development opportunities
• Working within a team of friendly, skilled people where help is always within reach
• Flexible working hours
• 4 recharge days, where the entire company goes on a brief pause in all geographies for 1 day each quarter
• High-end laptop (Dell or Mac)
• Competitive pay and bonus
• 18 vacation days in a year in addition to 15 days Sick Leave/ Casual leave per calendar year
• 16 hours of paid volunteer time off per year
• 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and one week of paid paternity leave
• Health Insurance of up to 7 lacs for self, spouse, 4 dependent children, and parents
• Group Term Insurance coverage up to three times of their Annual CTC
• Group Personal Accident coverage up to three times of Annual CTC
• Provident fund contributions