Senior Devops Engineer

About the Company

We are an AI and Data Consulting Startup transforming how businesses leverage technology through four core service lines :

Consulting Services : AI Strategy, Automation, and Digital Transformation for enterprises.

SaaS Platform Development : Building a business application suite similar to Odoo and Zoho that is AI-native and user friendly.

Data Lakehouse Solutions : Unified data pipelines for aggregation, cleaning, governance, and advanced analytics.

Government Contracting : Developing secure, compliant AI solutions for the public sector.

Our tech stack includes Python, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Go, Rust, Azure, Kubernetes, Spark, MLflow, Postgres, graph databases, and vector stores.

We're a small, fast-moving team delivering enterprise-grade solutions with startup agility.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer to design, scale, and optimize our cloud infrastructure. You'll directly influence our system reliability, deployment velocity, and security posture.

Roles & Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Cloud Management

Design and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters for production workloads.

Configure Azure networking components – VNets, Application Gateway, NSG, Load Balancing.

Build and maintain Dockerized microservices and Helm chart deployments.

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for modular, reusable infrastructure.

CI / CD Pipeline & Deployment Automation

Build GitHub Actions workflows for automated testing, building, and deployment.

Implement blue-green and canary deployments for zero-downtime releases.

Create automated rollback mechanisms and optimize build & deployment pipelines.

Monitoring, Observability & Reliability

Implement Prometheus, Grafana, ELK / Datadog for system monitoring.

Define alerting thresholds and dashboards for uptime and performance metrics.

Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortem documentation.

Performance, Scalability & Cost Optimization

Architect solutions for real-time WebSocket scalability across thousands of users.

Implement auto-scaling policies (Kubernetes HPA, cluster autoscaler).

Optimize infrastructure to reduce cloud costs by 20–30%.

Security & Compliance

Implement secrets management with Azure Key Vault or HashiCorp Vault.

Enforce container security, network segmentation, and access control.

Support SOC 2, HIPAA, and CMMC L2 compliance initiatives.

Collaboration & Mentorship

Work closely with the Solutions Architect and developers to ensure release reliability.

Mentor junior team members and document DevOps best practices.

Participate in on-call rotations and improve operational excellence.

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster management

Docker, Helm, Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

CI / CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI / CD)

Prometheus / Grafana / ELK Stack

Azure Networking (NSG, VNet, Load Balancer, App Gateway)

Secrets Management (Azure Key Vault / HashiCorp Vault)

SQL / WebSocket scalability knowledge

Good-to-Have Skills

ArgoCD / Flux (GitOps)

KEDA (Event-Driven Autoscaling)

OpenTelemetry (Distributed Tracing)

Istio / Linkerd (Service Mesh)

Python or Go scripting

FinOps and Azure Cost Management

Education

UG : B.Tech / B.E. – Computer Science / Information Technology

PG : M.Tech / M.E. / Any Postgraduate (preferred)

Why Join Us

Impact : You'll have significant influence on the overall architecture and scalability of our products and the solutions we provide to a diverse set of clients.

Growth : Opportunities to lead team(s) as our organization expands.

Learning : Work with the latest in Azure, Kubernetes, and AI infrastructure.

Culture : Flat hierarchy, collaborative, and outcome-driven team.