DevOps Engineer

TymblHub; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Litmus7 Systems Consulting is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, implement and manage Kubernetes-based environments on Azure (AKS). You will work with Istio service mesh, implement GitOps practices with Helm, ArgoCD, and Terraform, and automate CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Opsera, and GitLab CI.

Strong scripting and monitoring skills with Dynatrace, Prometheus and Grafana are essential. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize deployments, support microservices, and drive

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in designing, managing and building microservices for large enterprise web apps.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes and Istio for container orchestration and service mesh.
• Proficiency with Azure AKS and cloud infra management.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage Kubernetes environments for microservices on Azure.
• Set up and manage Istio service mesh for secure, observable communication.
• Automate deployment pipelines with Jenkins, Opsera, GitLab CI.
• Operate GitOps workflows using Helm, ArgoCD and Terraform.
• Monitor and troubleshoot with Dynatrace, Prometheus and Grafana.

Skills

Kubernetes

AKS

Istio

OpenTelemetry

Python

Bash scripting

Linux

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitOps

ArgoCD

Terraform

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

Dynatrace

Tools

GitLab CI

Bitbucket

Ansible

Nexus

JFrog

Helm

Job description

# DevOps EngineerLitmus7 Systems ConsultingPosted on October 10, 2026---Job LocationCochin / Kochi / Ernakulam, IndiaVacancy1DesignationDevops EngineerJob TypeONSITE---## Job Description## Key Responsibilities* Design, implement, and manage **Kubernetes** based environments for microservices on public cloud platform **Azure**.## Tech Stack* Expert knowledge in **Kubernetes** distributions **AKS** and **Azure**.* Implement and manage service mesh architecture for microservices using **Istio** for enhanced communication, security, and observability, **OpenTelemetry**.* Good knowledge and experience in **CI/CD** tools such as **Jenkins**, **Opsera**, **GitLab CI**.* Version control tools like **GitLab**, **Bitbucket**, **Ansible**.* Packaging tools like **Docker**, **Gradle/Maven**, **Nexus**, **JFrog**.* Expert knowledge of **GitOps** principles to manage infrastructure as code, utilizing tools like **Helm**, **ArgoCD**, and **Terraform**.* Hands on experience in **Linux** server management and **shell scripting**.* Good understanding of the client architecture and application integrations to help in designing of solutions and processes.* Utilize **Python**, **Groovy**, and **Bash scripting** for automation and integration tasks.* Set up and manage monitoring and alerting using **Dynatrace**, **Prometheus** and **Grafana** to ensure system performance and reliability.* Designing and provisioning of new microservices as requested by project team.* Good knowledge of Vendor support model for designing microservice environment on **Kubernetes**.* Prepare cost and effort estimation for any infrastructure/microservice provisioning or enhancement.* Good knowledge about the requirements of the project team so as to work with the vendors on provisioning.* Good knowledge of the project specific application installations such as **Azure Kubernetes Service**, **ArgoCD**, **JDK**, **Istio**, **Prometheus**, **Grafana**, **Loki**, **Dynatrace** etc.* Prepare runbooks and review with application teams and all stake holders before each release.* Support and troubleshoot any **Kubernetes** cluster, **Microservices** and **CI/CD** platform related issues in production and other instances.* Understanding of the external third-party integrations including **Akamai**, **Azure**, **Apigee**, **Kafka**, **MySQL**, **Redis**, **Palo Alto firewall**, etc., and work with production support team and vendors on identifying and fixing the issues.* Continuous monitoring of the **Microservices** even after an incident to ensure the complete recovery.* Support **QA** and Development teams for deploying the applications and if applications are functioning correctly in their environments.* Automate the build and deployment processes so as to provide **QA** team and Dev teams with button clicks for these activities.* Add/remove/modify the existing **CI/CD** jobs to satisfy the requests from **QA**/Dev teams.* Provide solutions to the build/deployment issues faced by **QA**/Dev teams.* Manage all lower environment clusters and **CI/CD** systems.* Support **QA** team to data refresh the lower environments with latest production data for the next sprint cycle.* Support the Platform team/vendors with application restarts for patching and maintenance activities.* Continuous research and improve the build and deployment process using latest frameworks, methodologies, solutions available in market.* Prepare cost and effort estimation for any new enhancement by following different **FinOps** principles.* POC with the latest frameworks/solutions to automate the existing process.* Eg: **Helm charts** are introduced for better packaging, versioning and managing of **Kubernetes** manifests for different microservices.* Performance analysis and fine tuning for all application/web server instances of the applications deployed.* Support the performance testing of production site and be adept at queries, reporting and presenting findings.* Work with the performance team in analysing **DevOps** related tunings needed in the microservice **APIs** and implementing them from POC to production as needed.* Implementations of various performance testing tools/methodologies for microservices.* Monitor the timely closing of all work requests raised through **Jira**/**ServiceNow** to the satisfaction of the requester.* This includes requests from other teams regarding access to the tools that **DevOps** hold Admin access.* All requests from **QA** and Development teams, including the stories needed for a release, come into **Jira** and are worked on in the mentioned sprint.* In case of clarifications, we need to work with the respective teams and finalize the story/request.* People management, interaction with offshore team.* Responsible for the commerce **agile** squad and drive the team.* Provide updates to the management on a regular basis about the tasks.* Planning and executing communication plans to stakeholders.* Coordinating the **DevOps** projects and their interdependencies.* Daily team management throughout the project life cycle.* New technologies and implementations need to be passed on to other teams.* Cross skilling among the team with various latest technologies.* Grooming of the new members to the team.* Writing of wiki pages, blogs and **PowerPoint** presentations for better understanding of new technologies/tools.## Required Skills* Extensive expertise in designing, managing, supporting and building **microservices** for large enterprise-level web applications consisting of hundreds of **API**.* Strong experience with **Kubernetes** and **Istio** for container orchestration and service mesh implementation.* Proficiency in **Azure** services and **AKS** for cloud infrastructure management.* Hands-on experience with **GitOps** practices and related tools like **Helm**, **Customize** and **ArgoCD**.* Proficiency in scripting with **Python** and **Bash** for automation and tooling.* Familiarity with **Prometheus**, **Grafana**, **Kiali** and **Dynatrace** for monitoring and observability.* Experience with **CI/CD** tools like **Jenkins**, **Opsera**, **GitLab CI** for automated deployment.* Knowledge of **infrastructure-as-code** principles and tools such as **Terraform**.* Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.