DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes) — Thales · Noida

Cloud Soft Solutions; Dadri; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid 3 days office

Medical insurance

Certifications support

Meal subsidies

26+ days leave

Job summary

Thales Group is seeking a mid/senior DevOps Engineer in Noida to build and operate AWS-based environments, design CI/CD pipelines, and lead DevSecOps initiatives. The role spans SRE practices, IaC, monitoring, and cost optimisation across product lines in defence, aerospace, and cybersecurity.

Requires 4-9 years in DevOps, strong AWS and Kubernetes experience, and cloud/DevSecOps fluency. Hybrid work arrangement with focus on secure, scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 4-9 years of DevOps/Platform Engineering experience.
• 2+ years on AWS and 2+ years on production Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Production CI/CD in GitLab CI or Jenkins with security gating.
• Hands-on Linux administration, Bash and Python at automation-quality level.
• Fluency in DevSecOps — SAST/DAST/SCA/IaC scanning etc.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate AWS-based development and integration environments for Thales's product lines.
• Design and run CI/CD pipelines on GitLab CI and Jenkins with reusable templates.
• Operate production EKS clusters with hardened baselines and IAM controls.
• Lead DevSecOps adoption: SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, image scanning.
• Define and monitor observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic/OpenSearch.
• Drive cost-efficiency: rightsizing, Savings Plans, and cleaning up images.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes (EKS)

Terraform

GitLab CI

DevSecOps

Linux

Python

Bash

Education

B.Tech / B.E. / M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

Cosign

CycloneDX

Checkov

tfsec

Trivy

Grype

Prometheus

Grafana

Elastic/OpenSearch

Job description

Mid / senior DevOps engineer for Thales's defence, aerospace and cybersecurity engineering hub in Noida — AWS, EKS, Terraform, GitLab CI, full DevSecOps. 4-9 years, hybrid, INR 18-32 LPA band.

About this role and the team at Thales Group. Mid / senior DevOps engineer for Thales's defence, aerospace and cybersecurity engineering hub in Noida — AWS, EKS, Terraform, GitLab CI, full DevSecOps. 4-9 years, hybrid, INR 18-32 LPA band. This listing on cloudsoftsol.com is curated for engineers in India who are actively interviewing for senior cloud and DevOps roles. The role is permanent / full-time, hybrid, and the salary band reflects market rates in Noida as of mid-2026. If you are seeking a multi-year career platform rather than a stop-gap, this listing rewards depth — read the responsibilities and requirements below carefully and tailor your application to the specifics.

Responsibilities

Build and operate AWS-based development and integration environments for Thales's defence, aerospace and cybersecurity product lines — VPC, EKS, S3, KMS, IAM, RDS Aurora and Step Functions, all provisioned through Terraform modules in a Thales-internal registry.Design and run CI/CD pipelines on GitLab CI and (legacy) Jenkins, with reusable templates, image-signing via cosign, SBOM generation (CycloneDX) and signed-artefact promotion through environments.Operate production EKS clusters with hardened baselines: Pod Security standards, NetworkPolicy, OPA / Kyverno admission policies, IRSA for workload IAM, and AWS GuardDuty + Security Hub centralised in a delegated administrator account.Lead DevSecOps adoption: SAST (SonarQube), DAST (OWASP ZAP), software composition analysis, IaC scanning (Checkov, tfsec), secret-scanning, and image scanning (Trivy / Grype) — all gating in pipelines for higher environments.Provision and maintain observability via Prometheus + Grafana for metrics, Elastic Stack for logs, and Jaeger / Tempo for distributed tracing. Define SLOs jointly with product teams and review them quarterly.Drive operational excellence: capacity planning, runbook automation via Ansible, blameless post-incident reviews, and a rolling chaos-engineering programme on the integration environments.Support the Indian engineering teams' contribution into global Thales product lines through clean documentation, structured handovers and active participation in cross-site architecture review boards.Continuously improve cost-efficiency: instance rightsizing, Spot adoption for non-production, Savings Plans for production, and image / volume cleanup automation.

Requirements

4-9 years of DevOps / Platform Engineering experience, including 2+ years on AWS and 2+ years on production Kubernetes (EKS preferred).Strong Terraform; comfortable across at least two AWS accounts with separate state and remote backends.Production CI/CD in GitLab CI or Jenkins; reusable templates and security-gating in pipelines.Hands-on Linux administration, Bash and Python at automation-quality level.DevSecOps fluency — at least one of SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, image scanning, or secret-scanning practitioner-level experience.Working knowledge of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic / OpenSearch).Familiarity with regulated or security-sensitive industries (defence, aerospace, BFSI, healthcare) is a strong plus.B.Tech / B.E. / M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent. Cloud certifications (AWS, CKA / CKAD) preferred.

Why this role in 2026

Thales operates one of the most respected engineering organisations in defence and cybersecurity globally. The Noida engineering centre contributes to flagship product lines used by governments and Fortune-5 enterprises — meaning the engineering rigor (security review, change-control, testing depth) is genuinely higher than the typical Indian services shop.

Company & benefits

• INR 18-32 LPA fixed plus 10-15% bonus.
• Thales group medical for self + family + parents.
• Sponsored cloud and security certifications.
• Hybrid 3 days office.
• 26+ days leave.
• Group personal accident, life and disability cover.
• Subsidised meals on-campus.