DevOps Engineer

GSSTech Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GSSTech Group in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to build, automate, and maintain scalable, secure tech environments. The role requires hands-on experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and IaC/GitOps.

You will work across development, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to own solutions from inception to production support.

Qualifications

• Experience in DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes/OpenShift and IaC practices.
• Strong scripting and automation abilities in Groovy/Python/Bash.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain DevOps practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Manage Kubernetes/OpenShift deployments, containers, and service meshes.
• Design and manage cloud infrastructure with security, scalability and availability in mind.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and configuration management with Ansible.
• Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and related tooling.
• Enhance monitoring, logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and incident response.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations to improve release processes.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Infrastructure as Code

GitOps

Automation

Monitoring

Security

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Ansible

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Ansible

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Service Mesh

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our technology team and play a key role in building, automating, and maintaining reliable, scalable, and secure technology environments. The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience in DevOps, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, automation, monitoring, and security. The role requires someone who can work across development, infrastructure, security, and operations teams and take ownership of solutions from inception through deployment and ongoing production support. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working in modern cloud-native and microservices environments, with practical experience using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Service Mesh, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.

Key Responsibilities

DevOps & Automation

Implement and maintain DevOps practices across the software development and delivery lifecycle. Automate deployment, infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational processes. Develop reusable automation solutions to improve deployment speed, consistency, reliability, and scalability. Identify manual and repetitive operational activities and convert them into automated workflows. Support continuous improvement of development and operational processes.

CI/CD & Release Management

Design, develop, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines. Build and maintain Jenkins-based Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment pipelines. Develop and maintain Jenkins Shared Libraries and Pipeline-as-Code solutions. Develop automation scripts using Groovy, Python, Bash, or other appropriate scripting technologies. Implement and maintain GitHub Actions workflows for build, testing, deployment, and automation. Support automated application deployments across development, testing, staging, and production environments. Troubleshoot pipeline failures and deployment issues and implement permanent solutions. Improve release processes through automation, standardization, and continuous delivery practices.

Kubernetes & Container Technologies

Deploy, configure, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications. Work extensively with Native Kubernetes and/or OpenShift environments. Support application deployment and management across container platforms. Work with Kubernetes-based workloads, services, configurations, secrets, and deployment mechanisms. Troubleshoot container, networking, deployment, and runtime issues. Support highly available and scalable containerized environments. Work with cloud-native and microservices-based architectures.

Cloud Infrastructure Design, deploy, manage, and support infrastructure across public cloud environments

Design, deploy, manage, and support infrastructure across public cloud environments. Work with at least one major public cloud platform such as: Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services (AWS) Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Implement cloud infrastructure following security, scalability, availability, and performance best practices. Support cloud migration, deployment, configuration, and operational activities. Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and application-related issues.

Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Automate configuration management and application/infrastructure provisioning using Ansible. Create reusable and standardized infrastructure deployment processes. Manage multiple environments using automated and version-controlled infrastructure configurations. Ensure infrastructure changes follow appropriate governance, security, and change-management practices.

GitOps

Implement and support GitOps-based deployment practices. Work with tools such as ArgoCD to automate application deployments and environment synchronization. Maintain deployment configurations and application manifests through version-controlled repositories. Troubleshoot synchronization and deployment issues within GitOps environments.

Service Mesh & Microservices

Provide hands-on support for Service Mesh technologies in cloud-native environments. Understand communication patterns between microservices and troubleshoot service-to-service connectivity issues. Support traffic management, service discovery, security, and observability within microservices environments. Work with authentication and authorization mechanisms for microservices. Support secure communication between distributed services.

Security & Authentication

Apply strong infrastructure and application security practices across DevOps environments. Understand microservice authentication and authorization processes. Demonstrate knowledge of OAuth 2.0 standards and its practical implementation. Support secure API communication and service-to-service authentication. Work closely with security and infrastructure teams to identify and mitigate potential risks. Ensure security considerations are incorporated into CI/CD pip