Associate - DevOps Engineer ( Consumer Products AI)

Associate - DevOps Engineer

About us

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world's most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.

In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. BCN is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services.

About you

/ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
/ 2–5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform engineering roles.
/ Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure.
/ Proficiency in CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps) for automated build, test, and deployment pipelines.
/ Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
/ Strong scripting/programming skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
/ Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or CloudFormation.
/ Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, CloudWatch).
/ Understanding of networking fundamentals, system architecture, and security best practices.
/ Experience with version control systems (Git) and collaborative development workflows.

Who you will work with

The Consumer Products Center of Expertise collaborates with Bain's global Consumer Products Practice leadership, client-facing Bain leadership and teams, and with end clients on development and delivery of Bain's proprietary CP products and solutions. These solutions aim to answer strategic questions of Bain's CP clients relating to brand strategy (consumer needs, assortment, pricing, distribution), revenue growth management (pricing strategy, promotions, profit pools, trade terms), negotiation strategy with key retailers, optimization of COGS etc.

You will work as part of the team in CP CoE comprising of a mix of Director, Managers, Projects Leads, Associates and Analysts working to implement cloud-based end-to-end advanced analytics solutions. Delivery models on projects vary from working as part of a CP Center of Expertise, broader global Bain case team within the CP ringfence, or within other industry CoEs such as FS / Retail / TMT / Energy / CME / etc with BCN on need basis.

What you'll do

/ Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and automated deployment of applications and data platforms.
/ Build and manage cloud infrastructure (Azure/ AWS) to support scalable, secure, and high-availability systems.
/ Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provision and manage infrastructure in a consistent and repeatable manner.
/ Containerize applications and manage deployments using Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
/ Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure system reliability and uptime.
/ Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and performance issues across environments (dev, staging, production).
/ Collaborate with engineering and data teams to streamline development workflows and improve system performance.
/ Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and best practices across infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
/ Optimize cloud resource utilization for performance and cost efficiency.
/ Support release management and environment management across multiple projects and teams.

What you'll do

/ The AS is expected to have a knack for seeking out challenging problems and producing their own ideas, which they will be encouraged to brainstorm with their peers and managers. They should be willing to learn new techniques and be open to solving problems with an interdisciplinary approach. They must have excellent coding skills and should demonstrate a willingness to write modular, reusable, and functional code.

Skills Required
Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Bash, Terraform, Cloudwatch, Grafana, Cloudformation, Elk Stack, Prometheus, Azure, Aws, Azure Devops, Python, ARM Templates