DevOps Engineer

Inchcape Shipping Services; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement savings plan

Life assurance

Holiday

Competitive salary

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development

Job summary

Inchcape Shipping Services in Chennai (Guindy) seeks an experienced AWS DevOps engineer to push shift-left QA, scale AWS environments with IaC, define CI/CD processes, and mentor the team. The role emphasizes site reliability, automation, and cross-functional collaboration across product stakeholders.

The candidate should bring strong AWS, DevOps tooling, and observability expertise, with a proven track record in delivering reliable infrastructure and software deployments in a complex enterprise

Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect professional certification.
• Agile practitioner with experience using Jira and Confluence.
• Expert with DevOps tools: Bitbucket/GitHub, SonarQube, CAST, TeamCity, Jenkins.
• Telemetry/observability with ELK stack, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch.
• Database tech: RDS Postgres SQL.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• XML/JSON/YAML in projects.
• Pipeline as code and messaging with RabbitMQ/AWS MQ.
• AWS cloud native development (EC2, Lambda, S3, SQS).
• Languages: C#, .NET, Node.js; Scripting: Python, PowerShell.
• Kubernetes and Docker; Linux/Windows OS.
• SDLC/ITIL familiarity.
• 6+ years AWS/DevOps experience.
• Configuration management: Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet.
• Shell scripting: bash, Python, PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Review and understand ISS enterprise IT and applications architecture, product management and product delivery frameworks.
• Implement and scale AWS environments with IaC and Terraform.
• Review and understand product architecture, define and set up development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operations.
• Implement best practices across environments and CI process.
• Configure DevOps tools and monitoring for automation and observability monitoring.
• Site Reliability Engineering, implement processes for analysis and troubleshooting; monitor performance and availability.
• Strive for continuous improvement and build CI/CD pipelines.
• Incident, Problem and Change management with root cause analysis.
• Coordination and communication within the team and with product stakeholders.
• Mentoring and guiding the team members.
• Monitoring and measuring user experience and product KPIs.

Skills

Agile practitioner

DevOps experience

Mentoring

Communication

Linux/Windows

SDLC/ITIL

Education

AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

GitHub

SonarCube

CAST

TeamCity

Jenkins

ELK stack

Grafana

CloudWatch

RDS Postgres

Terraform

XML

JSON

YAML

RabbitMQ

AWS MQ

EC2

Lambda

S3

SQS

C#

.NET

NodeJS

Web API

Python

PowerShell

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Job Description:

Who are Inchcape?

At Inchcape, our vision is to have a connected world in which our customers trade successfully and make better decisions in every port, everywhere. We use technology and our global network to help our partners connect to a smoother, smarter ocean.

Inchcape combines its worldwide infrastructure with local expertise through our global network of over 250 proprietary offices across 70 countries and a team of more than 3,000 committed professionals. Our diverse global customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container and bulk commodity sectors as well as naval, government and intergovernmental organisations.

We have an ambitious growth model, and a career here is certainly going to be a rewarding one that will allow you to bring your skills & experience. We embrace change and are open to new thinking and pushing for positive change in our industry.

Contract Type : Permanent

Location : Chennai - Guindy

Job Purpose:

To ensure continuous quality is in built into the software development process to minimize defect leakage by strictly adhering to shift-left QA principles and shift-right production testing

What you’ll do:

• Review and understand ISS enterprise IT and applications architecture, product management and product delivery frameworks
• Implement and scale AWS environments with IAC and terraform.
• Review and understand product specific architecture, design, and technology stack, define and setup development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operations
• Implement best practices across environments and CI process.
• Configure DevOps tools and monitoring for automation and observability monitoring.
• Site Reliability Engineering, implement processes for analysis and troubleshooting, monitor environments focusing on performance and availability.
• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline
• Incident, Problem and Change management and root cause analysis
• Coordination and communication within the team and with product stakeholders
• Mentoring and guiding the team members
• Monitoring and measuring user experience and product KPIs

Experience:

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

• AWS Solutions Architect professional certification
• A strict Agile practitioner with master level experience in using tools like Jira, Confluence
• Expert level knowledge of DevOps tools like Bitbucket/GitHub, Sonar Cube, CAST, Team City, Jenkins
• Expert level knowledge of telemetry and observability platforms like ELK stack, Grafana, AWS Cloud Watch etc.
• Database technologies preferably RDS Postgres SQL
• Infrastructure as code (terraform)
• Expertise in one or more technologies: XML, JSON, YAML
• Pipeline as code
• Rabbit MQ or AWS MQ.
• AWS cloud native development using EC2, Lambda, S3, Simple Que Service etc.,
• C#, .NET, NodeJS, Web API.
• Scripting languages preferably python, PowerShell

Understanding of SDLC, ITIL processes beneficial

• 6+ year of experience in AWS and DevOps tools for CI/CD pipeline and all the DevOps phases
• Experience in configuration management tools such as Ansible, Saltstack, and Puppet, etc
• Experience in coding and scripting solutions such as bash, python and power shell, etc
• Experience in building VM's and containerization using Kubernetes and Docker etc
• Excellent knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems.

Why Inchcape Shipping Services?

We believe in building a diverse andhigh-performing workforce that works together to provide our customers with the exceptional service they deserve. To reach the highest standards, we depend on our people, their welfare, training and expertise. We realise the value of our staff and know that your unique experiences, skills and passions will help you to build a rich and rewarding career in our dynamic industry.

Our values are at the centre of everything we do, and the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and fully adopt these:

Global Perspective - we connect the world and see the bigger picture.

The Power of People - we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships.

Progress - we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry.

In return, we will offer you:

A diverse range of benefits, depending on your geographical location. Globally, as a minimum, you will receive:

• A retirement savings plan
• Life assurance
• Holiday
• Competitive salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Values Award celebration events

Plus, much more!

#ISSthebiggerpicture

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work documentation depending upon your geographical location.

Inchcape is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and equality, diversity and inclusion are at the centre of everything we do. We recognise that our customers, colleagues, contractors and other partners are central to our success and that we work in a diverse society. We acknowledge not only our legal, but also our moral responsibility to ensure all groups have equality of opportunity.