Devops And Automation Engineer

Cloudxtreme; Pune District, Chennai District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudxtreme in Pune, India, seeks an Automation Engineer with strong GitHub Actions and Python scripting to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-scale automation pipelines. The role focuses on automating CI/CD, governance, and operational processes to boost engineering productivity and quality.

The candidate will build reusable workflows, implement monitoring, and collaborate with DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Security teams to ensure security, compliance, and reliability of automation

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining GitHub Actions workflows.
• Proficiency in Python scripting for automation and tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and governance of repositories.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain reusable GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD and automation.
• Build automation frameworks and Python libraries for operational tasks.
• Automate repository provisioning, branch policies, and governance controls.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and self-healing for workflow failures.
• Collaborate with Development, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Security teams.

Skills

GitHub Actions

Python

CI/CD

DevOps

Docker

GitHub

Tools

Terraform

Azure

AWS

Job description

Job Description Automation Engineer (GitHub Actions & Python)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated Automation Engineer with strong expertise in GitHub Actions, GitHub Workflows, and Python scripting to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-scale automation solutions. The ideal candidate will be responsible for automating, CI/CD pipelines, repository governance, and operational processes to improve engineering productivity, consistency, and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain reusable GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD, testing, deployment, security, and compliance automation.
• Build and maintain automation frameworks and tools using Python.
• Automate repository provisioning, configuration management, branch policies, and governance controls.
• Implement workflow automation for build, release, deployment, and operational activities.
• Troubleshoot and optimize GitHub Actions workflows to improve execution reliability and performance.
• Create reusable Python libraries, utility scripts, and automation modules.
• Implement automated monitoring, notifications, and self-healing mechanisms for workflow failures.
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and DevSecOps standards in automation solutions.
• Collaborate with Development, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Security teams to streamline engineering processes.
• Create technical documentation, user guides, and operational runbooks for automation solutions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying manual activities that can be automated.

Required Skills

GitHub Platform

• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub repositories.
• Expertise in GitHub Actions, reusable workflows, composite actions, and workflow optimization.
• Experience with GitHub repository administration, branch protection rules, approvals, and governance.
• Knowledge of GitHub APIs

Programming & Automation

• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Experience developing automation scripts, CLI tools, and reusable modules.
• Knowledge of Python libraries for API integrations, automation, and data processing.
• Experience with error handling, logging, testing, and code quality practices.

CI/CD & DevOps

• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Understanding of DevOps and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.

Source Control & Collaboration

• Advanced understanding of Git workflows, branching strategies, and pull request processes.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.