Devops Engineer

Comviva Technology; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Comviva Technology in India is seeking an experienced Technical Lead DevOps to steer enterprise-grade DevOps platforms, automation, and platform engineering. The role demands hands-on expertise across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, and security.

You will own end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, mentor a DevOps team, design scalable cloud infrastructure, and drive incident response and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of IT experience, strong leadership, and a proven ability to

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in IT with DevOps/Cloud experience.
• Hands-on with AWS and Kubernetes/EKS in production.
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end DevOps lifecycle including CI/CD, testing, release and monitoring.
• Design and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
• Build reusable automation for multiple apps and environments.
• Implement CI/CD best practices: test gates, artifact mgmt, rollbacks.
• Integrate Jenkins, GitLab, Git, SonarQube, Fortify, Trivy and registries.
• Troubleshoot pipeline, build, and release issues; enforce deployment standards.
• Lead DevOps practices and deployment methodologies.
• Architect AWS/EKS infra with IAM, VPC, networking, monitoring.
• Define IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation and manage remote state.
• Implement security into CI/CD and ensure container/Kubernetes security.
• Provide production incident leadership and RCA, automate remediation.
• Drive automation to reduce manual toil.

Skills

DevOps

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Security

Monitoring

Incident response

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Git

SonarQube

Fortify

Trivy

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead DevOps to lead and drive DevOps engineering, automation, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and platform engineering initiatives. The candidate should have strong hands‑on experience across the complete DevOps lifecycle and be capable of designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and optimizing enterprise‑grade DevOps platforms.

The role requires advanced expertise in AWS Cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, automation, monitoring, security, and release management, AWS expertise along with the ability to provide technical leadership to the DevOps team.

Key Responsibilities

1. DevOps & CI/CD:

• Own and drive the complete DevOps lifecycle, from source‑code management through build, testing, security scanning, deployment, monitoring, and release.
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise‑grade CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop reusable pipeline frameworks and automation for multiple applications and environments.
• Implement CI/CD best practices including automated testing, quality gates, artifact management, approvals, rollback, and release strategies.
• Integrate tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, Git, SonarQube, Fortify, Trivy and artifact repositories.
• Troubleshoot complex pipeline, build, deployment, and release issues.
• Establish DevOps standards, processes, branching strategies, and deployment methodologies.

2. AWS Cloud – Advanced:

• VPC – subnets, route tables, NAT Gateway, Internet Gateway, VPC peering, Transit Gateway, security groups, NACLs and VPC endpoints.
• EKS – cluster architecture, node groups, networking, IAM/RBAC, autoscaling, ingress, upgrades, troubleshooting and production operations.
• EC2 – instance sizing, AMIs, autoscaling, lifecycle management and troubleshooting.
• IAM – roles, policies, permissions, least‑privilege access and service accounts.
• CloudWatch – metrics, logs, dashboards, alarms, monitoring and alerting.
• ELB/ALB/NLB – load balancing, target groups, health checks and integrations with Kubernetes.
• S3 – storage, lifecycle policies, encryption and access control.
• Route 53 – DNS management, routing policies and health checks.
• EBS/EFS – storage provisioning, performance and lifecycle management.
• CloudFormation/Terraform – infrastructure provisioning and automation.
• AWS security, networking, monitoring, cost optimization and high‑availability architecture.

3. Kubernetes & Containerization:

• Design, deploy, and manage production‑grade Kubernetes/EKS clusters.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, networking, storage, RBAC, scheduling, autoscaling and security.

Hands‑on experience with:

• Deployments and StatefulSets
• Services and Ingress
• ConfigMaps and Secrets
• Persistent Volumes/PVCs
• HPA/VPA
• PodDisruptionBudgets
• Affinity/anti‑affinity
• Taints and tolerations
• Network policies
• Helm
• Containerization using Docker/OCI standards.

• Troubleshoot application, networking, resource, storage, and cluster‑level issues.
• Plan and execute Kubernetes version upgrades with minimal production impact.

4. Ansible & Automation:

• Advanced hands‑on experience with Ansible.
• Develop reusable Ansible roles, playbooks, inventories, templates, and automation frameworks.

5. Infrastructure as Code:

• Strong experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Design reusable infrastructure modules.
• Manage infrastructure lifecycle through version‑controlled IaC.
• Implement remote state management, state locking, workspaces, variables, modules, and environment‑specific configurations.
• Establish Infrastructure‑as‑Code standards across development, QA, staging, and production environments.

6. Monitoring & Observability:

• Design and implement enterprise monitoring and observability solutions.

Strong knowledge of:

• AWS CloudWatch
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK/EFK
• Fluent Bit/Fluentd

• Define application and infrastructure KPIs, dashboards, alerts, and operational thresholds.
• Implement proactive monitoring and automated alerting.
• Analyze logs, metrics, and performance trends to identify bottlenecks and production issues.

7. DevSecOps & Security:

• Integrate security into the CI/CD lifecycle.
• Implement SAST, DAST, container scanning, dependency scanning, and vulnerability management.
• Experience with tools such as Trivy, SonarQube, Fortify, Snyk, or equivalent.
• Implement secure secrets management and IAM best practices.
• Ensure container, Kubernetes, AWS, and pipeline security best practices.
• Promote shift‑left security practices across development and DevOps teams.

8. Production Operations & Troubleshooting:

• Provide technical leadership for critical production incidents.
• Perform root‑cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across: AWS, kubernetes, networking
• Participate in incident management, problem management, capacity planning, and disaster recovery activities.
• Drive automation to eliminate repetitive operational activities.

Mandatory Technical Skills:

| Area | Required Expertise |

| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| DevOps | Advanced |

| CI/CD | Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD |

| Cloud | AWS – Advanced |

| AWS Networking | VPC, Subnets, Route Tables, NAT, IGW, TGW, Security Groups, NACL |

| Kubernetes | Advanced / EKS |

| Configuration Management | Ansible – Advanced |

| IaC | Terraform |

| Containers | Docker / Kubernetes |

| Monitoring | CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana |

| SCM | Git / GitLab |

| Security | Trivy, SonarQube, Fortify/Snyk |

| OS | Linux / RHEL |

| Scripting | Shell/Bash, Python |

| Packaging | Helm |

| Networking | TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, Load Balancing |

| Observability | Logs, Metrics, Alerts, Dashboards |

| Miscelleneous | kafka, hashicorp, secretmanager, vault, clickhouse, mongoDB |

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of overall IT experience, with significant experience in DevOps/Cloud/Platform Engineering.
• Strong production experience with AWS and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Jenkins and Ansible.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise‑scale CI/CD platforms.
• Experience working with distributed systems and production environments.
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.

Key Competencies:

• Strong technical ownership and accountability
• Architecture and solution‑design capability
• Automation‑first mindset
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills
• Production‑focused engineering approach
• Security‑conscious engineering practices
• Ability to work across Development, QA, Security, Architecture, and Operations
• Ability to mentor and technically guide engineers
• Strong documentation and communication skills

Preferred Certifications (Good to Have):

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)