Devops Engineer

Simbian™, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous early‑stage equity

Annual performance bonuses

Job summary

A cybersecurity tech firm in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to manage Kubernetes clusters and automate deployments. Candidates should have strong AWS knowledge, experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions and an understanding of infrastructure as code. This role offers competitive salary and early-stage equity with significant potential. Join a passionate team dedicated to leveraging AI in security operations.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of hands‑on experience in managing Kubernetes clusters.
• Passionate about automation and cloud technologies, especially AWS.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, networking, and cloud fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers.
• Deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot workloads in Kubernetes.
• Manage and maintain SQL databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Proficient in Helm for managing Helm charts.
• Comfortable interacting with customers and taking ownership of deployments.

Skills

AWS expertise

Helm

Terraform

Ansible

Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

Job description

Bengaluru, India (Remote), India | Posted on 12/04/2025

Simbian® is building Agentic AI platform for cybersecurity. Founded by repeat successful security founders, we have gathered an excellent cohort of employees, partners, and customers.

Our mission is to solve security using AI and our core values are excellence, replication, and intellectual honesty.

Our promise is to make Simbian the best workplace of your career and we believe a small group of thoughtful passionate people can make all the positive difference in the world.

To fuel our fast growth, we are seeking an exceptional candidate who shares our core values of excellence (being the world's best at our craft), replication (share your best ideas with others), and intellectual honesty (tell the truth even if it's bitter).

Our AI Agents automate security operations and provide our customers 10x leverage. Our customers include some of the world's largest companies. Our initial use cases include:

• SOC alert triage and investigation
• Prioritization and classification of vulnerabilities
• AI based threat hunting

Job Description

About the Role We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with 3–6 years of hands‑on experience in managing Kubernetes clusters, automating deployments, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate is passionate about automation, cloud technologies (especially AWS), and thrives in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. 1. Kubernetes Management (Primary Responsibility)
   • Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure; GCP optional).
   • Deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot workloads in Kubernetes (stateful and stateless).
   • Handle deployments of tools and applications such as NGINX, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenCTI, OpenSearch, Kafka, Hadoop, Fluentd, etc.
   • Exposure to Azure; GCP knowledge is a plus.
   • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (or equivalent in Azure) is a plus.
2. 3. Database Management
   • Manage and maintain SQL databases, preferably PostgreSQL, on Kubernetes or virtual machines.
   • Perform regular backups, tuning, and monitoring for database performance and availability.
3. 4. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
   • Proficient in Helm – create, install, upgrade, and manage Helm charts.
   • Familiar with Terraform and Ansible for provisioning and configuration management.
   • Understanding of using Ansible with AWS/Azure is advantageous.
   • Set up and manage monitoring and logging solutions.
   • Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos for metrics.
   • Experience with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch for logging (or equivalent open‑source tools).
4. 6. Programming & Scripting
   • Proficiency in Node.js or Python for automation and scripting tasks (basic scripting knowledge sufficient).
   • Strong in Bash scripting – able to write automation scripts using loops, conditionals, etc.
5. 7. Customer Deployment & Ownership
   • Strong knowledge of Linux, networking, and cloud fundamentals.
   • Comfortable interacting with customers, understanding requirements, and taking full ownership of deployments.
6. 8. CI/CD Implementation
   • Experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation preferred.
   • Alternatively, hands‑on experience with Jenkins or similar tools required.
7. 9. Containerization & Orchestration
   • Solid understanding of Docker/Podman – creating and managing containers, images, volumes, and docker‑compose files.

Requirements

Required Skills

• AWS expertise (Azure or GCP exposure a plus).
• Helm, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch).
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).

Preferred / Nice to Have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (or equivalent).
• Hands‑on experience with customer on‑prem deployments.
• Familiarity with open‑source observability stacks and multi‑cloud management.

Why Join Simbian?

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Generous early‑stage equity with significant upside potential.
• Annual performance bonuses tied to company and individual goal.