DevOps Engineer

Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership of a growing AWS estate

Cloud migration exposure

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd in Mumbai seeks an experienced DevOps/Cloud Engineer to design and operate scalable AWS-based pipelines and infrastructure. You will automate deployments, manage containerized workloads, and implement security and observability across environments.

The role requires strong scripting, Terraform/CloudFormation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure rapid, reliable releases in a regulated BFSI setting.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years in a DevOps / Cloud / SRE role, with AWS as the primary platform.
• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD toolchains: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Containers and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Linux administration, networking fundamentals, shell scripting.
• Scripting/automation in Python or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, deployment, release and rollback across UAT and production.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure as code within a Landing Zone construct.
• Operate core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS/ECS, Lambda, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Containerize applications and manage Kubernetes clusters, including Helm charts and upgrades.
• Embed security into the pipeline with secrets management, least-privilege IAM, vulnerability scanning, and SOC/SIEM integration.
• Support DR, backup, and resiliency drills; participate in failover testing.
• Track and optimize cloud spend with tagging discipline and monthly cost reporting.
• Follow change management, runbooks, SOPs; document and audit trails.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, infra, and information security to improve deployment velocity while maintaining stability.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Python/Bash scripting

Git

Monitoring/observability

Cloud security

Education

B.E./B.Tech./MCA in CS/IT

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Helm

Prometheus/Grafana

CloudWatch

Job description

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, deployment, release and rollback across UAT and production.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure as code (Terraform / CloudFormation) within a Landing Zone construct - accounts, VPCs, subnets, security groups, IAM roles and guardrails.
• Operate core AWS services: EC2, S3, RDS, EKS/ECS, Lambda, ELB, Route 53, CloudFront, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, Secrets Manager and KMS.
• Containerize applications and manage Kubernetes clusters, including deployments, scaling, Helm charts and cluster upgrades.
• Implement observability - metrics, logs, traces, dashboards and alerting - and drive reduction in MTTD/MTTR.
• Embed security into the pipeline: secrets management, least-privilege IAM, vulnerability and image scanning, patching, and integration of logs with the SOC/SIEM.
• Support DR, backup and business-continuity design, and participate in resiliency drills and failover testing.
• Track and optimize cloud spend - right-sizing, reserved/savings plans, tagging discipline and monthly cost reporting.
• Follow a defined change management, approval and documentation processes; maintain runbooks, SOPs and audit trails.
• Work with developers, QA, infrastructure, and information security teams to improve deployment velocity without compromising stability.
• Support regulatory and audit requirements (SEBI / exchange cyber security guidelines, DPDPA), including evidence and log retention.

Must-Have Skills

• 4-5 years in a DevOps / Cloud / SRE role, with AWS as the primary platform.
• Strong hands-on experience with at least one CI/CD toolchain: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Containers and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Linux administration, networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, VPN), and shell scripting.
• Scripting/automation in Python or Bash.
• Git-based source control and branching strategies.
• Monitoring and logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch or Datadog.

Good to Have

• AWS certification (Solutions Architect Associate or DevOps Engineer Professional).
• Exposure to broking, capital markets or BFSI environments, including low-latency or co-location setups.
• Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud (Azure) environments and on-premises to cloud migration.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps tooling (SAST/DAST, SCA, image scanning) and policy-as-code.
• Exposure to AI/ML workload enablement on cloud (e.g., AWS Bedrock) and associated guardrails.

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech/MCA in Computer Science, IT or related discipline.
• Candidates with 2-3 years of experience from premier institutes (IITs/NITs/BITS/IIITs) with strong fundamentals in Linux, networking, scripting and cloud will be considered at a Junior Cloud Engineer level with a structured mentoring plan.
• Ownership mindset with the ability to work in a regulated, high-availability environment.
• Strong documentation and communication skills; comfortable working with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Willingness to participate in on-call, weekend release windows and drills as required.

What We Offer

• Ownership of a growing AWS estate and modern DevOps practices in a fast-paced capital markets environment.
• Exposure cloud migration, AI adoption, and cyber resilience initiatives.
• A collaborative culture where technology directly drives business growth.