DevOps Engineer

Experience: 3.00 + years

Salary: INR 1500000-1800000 / year (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period: 15 Days

Shift: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type: Remote

Placement Type: Full Time Permanent position(Payroll and Compliance to be managed by: OG)

(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers client - OG)

What do you need for this opportunity

Must have skills required:

AWS certifications, Multi-cloud Exposure, EC2, GitHub Actions, Helm Charts, Kafka/Kinesis, Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog, Cloud Server (Google / AWS), Jenkins, Python

OG is Looking for:

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote, anywhere in India.

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: Competitive aligned to experience and market benchmarks

Role Overview

We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve the cloud infrastructure backbone here. You will architect resilient AWS-based systems, drive full automation, and partner with product and data teams to ensure our platform scales reliably. Meaningful Python backend proficiency is expected as a secondary skill to support service-layer work when needed.

Key Responsibilities

Primary: Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps (AWS)

• Architect and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure (EC2, EKS, RDS/Aurora, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, Route 53) across all environments.
• Design and own CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline) for fast, safe, and repeatable deployments.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and/or AWS CDK enforce IaC best practices across the engineering org.
• Lead container orchestration via Kubernetes (EKS) and Docker: autoscaling, resource optimisation, cost-aware scheduling, and workload isolation.
• Own the observability stack: CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry lead incident response and blameless post-mortems.
• Establish cloud security posture: IAM, VPC design, Secrets Manager/Vault, encryption, and SOC2/ISO 27001 compliance alignment.
• Drive FinOps initiatives: right-sizing, Savings Plans, and cost-per-feature reporting for leadership.
  
  

Secondary: Python Backend Development

• Build and maintain backend microservices and APIs in Python (FastAPI or Django REST Framework).
• Contribute to data pipeline design using Airflow/Prefect and AWS SQS/Kafka for batch and streaming workloads.
• Support data store decisions across PostgreSQL/RDS, Redis, and S3 advise on indexing and partitioning for performance.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience building infrastructure and backend systems in production is mandatory (startups or high-growth product teams preferred).
  
  

AWS & Infrastructure (Primary)

• Deep hands-on with EC2, EKS, RDS/Aurora, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, API Gateway, Route 53.
• IAM, VPC architecture, KMS, Secrets Manager, Security Groups.
• Terraform (modules, remote state, workspaces) and/or AWS CDK / CloudFormation.
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm charts, GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux).
• Observability: CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry / X-Ray.
• FinOps: Cost Explorer, Savings Plans, right-sizing, and cost-per-feature analysis.
  
  

Python Backend (Secondary)

• Python 3.10+, async/await, type hints FastAPI or Django REST Framework.
• PostgreSQL/RDS schema design, Redis caching, Airflow/Prefect pipeline orchestration.
• REST & GraphQL API design, OAuth2/JWT, OpenAPI documentation.
• Pytest: unit, integration, and property-based test suites.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Multi-cloud exposure (GCP or Azure alongside AWS).
• AWS certifications: Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Professional.
• Kafka, Kinesis, or other streaming infrastructure experience.
• ML infrastructure or model-serving pipelines (SageMaker, MLflow).
• Startup or high-growth product environment background preferred.
  
  

Tooling & Stack (Illustrative)

• Runtime: Python / TypeScript / Go
• Data: Postgres/BigQuery + object storage (S3/GCS)
• Pipelines: Airflow/Prefect, Kafka/PubSub
• Infra: AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/Cloud Logging
• Collab: GitHub, Linear/Jira, Notion, Looker/Metabase
  
  

Working Model

• Hybrid-remote within India or UAE limited periodic in-person collaboration.
• Startup velocity with pragmatic processes bias to shipping, measurement, and iteration.
  
  

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

How to apply for this opportunity

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• Step 2: Complete the Screening Form & Upload updated Resume
• Step 3: Increase your chances to get shortlisted & meet the client for the Interview!
  
  

About Uplers:

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