DevOps Engineer

Uplers; Surat; Remote; INR 2,000,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech recruitment agency is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to work remotely for their client. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Kubernetes and AWS, alongside practical CI/CD pipeline deployment. You'll be responsible for managing cloud-native services, enhancing security, and optimizing performance. This role offers full-time permanent employment with a competitive salary package and remote work flexibility. Ideal for candidates looking to thrive in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years relevant DevOps/SRE/Platform experience.
• Production exposure to operate and support live systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes and ECS for deploying applications.

Responsibilities

• Operate and scale production Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure.
• Manage PostgreSQL operations and ensure performance tuning.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration.

Skills

AI Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Scripting

Observability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Datadog

Job description

Experience: 3.00 + years

Salary: INR 2000000-2500000 / year (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period: 15 Days

Shift: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type: Remote

Placement Type: Full Time Permanent position(Payroll and Compliance to be managed by: Winmore)

Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Winmore

What do you need for this opportunity?

Must have skills required:

AI Tools, Ai/ml Understanding, Security, Kubernetes, production, AWS, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scripting, Observability

Winmore is Looking for:

Own and improve the reliability, security, and delivery speed of cloud-native services on AWS. You’ll run production systems across Kubernetes/ECS, build CI/CD, automate infrastructure, and drive incident response. We prefer candidates comfortable in fast-moving, startup-style environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and scale production Kubernetes (EKS) and ECS workloads and AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda).
• Manage PostgreSQL operations: access controls, backups/restore, replication, performance tuning, and upgrades.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or CircleCI (safe releases, rollbacks, environment promotion).
• Automate infrastructure and operational workflows using Terraform / CloudFormation plus Python/Bash.
• Implement monitoring/alerting using Datadog, CloudWatch, Grafana, SigNoz; troubleshoot incidents and lead RCA/postmortems.
• Enforce security best practices across infra and delivery: least privilege IAM, secrets management, private networking, vulnerability management, compliance-aligned controls.

Requirements (Must Have)

• 3–5 years relevant DevOps/SRE/Platform experience.
• Production exposure (required): hands‑on operating and supporting live systems, on‑call/incident response, debugging under pressure.
• Kubernetes + ECS: deploy/operate containerized apps on EKS and ECS; Helm charts; resource tuning; production debugging.
• AWS: EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda; strong AWS CLI automation. PostgreSQL: admin fundamentals (roles/permissions, backups, replication, query optimisation).
• CI/CD: Jenkins or CircleCI; artifact/versioning; deployment strategies and rollback.
• IaC + Scripting: Terraform/CloudFormation; Python/Bash automation. Observability: metrics/logs/traces; alert hygiene; operational troubleshooting.
• Security exposure (required): IAM least privilege, secrets handling, secure networking, vulnerability management basics, working with compliance/security requirements.

Preferred

• Experience in startup/dynamic teams: high ownership, ambiguity, fast iteration, pragmatic trade‑offs.
• MLOps / LLM flows: model serving patterns, vector DB basics, prompt/guardrail concepts, CI/CD for ML artifacts.
• SOC2-style operational controls / audit readiness exposure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering (preferred).

Soft Skills

• Strong problem‑solving and clear communication during incidents.
• Ownership mindset; proactive learner; able to operate independently.
• Collaborative across engineering, product, and security stakeholders.

Interview Process

• Technical Discussion
• HR/Offer Call

How to apply for this opportunity?

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• Step 2: Complete the Screening Form & Upload updated Resume
• Step 3: Increase your chances to get shortlisted & meet the client for the Interview!

About Uplers:

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