DevOps Engineer - II

Keywords Studios; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios is looking for an experienced DevSecOps Engineer in Maharashtra, India. You will design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines while ensuring the monitoring of production services. Collaborating with cross-functional teams is essential to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of relevant experience and in-depth knowledge of UNIX-like operating systems. You will also mentor junior team members while automating security processes and enhancing overall DevSecOps capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• In-depth knowledge of UNIX-like operating systems (we use Ubuntu).
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols and security architectures.
• Experience with containerization technologies and securing environments.
• Experience in designing scalable, fault-tolerant solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines.
• Own Helpshift production services and ensure monitoring coverage.
• Build a seamless zero-downtime process for infrastructure upgrades.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate security into the development lifecycle.
• Conduct security assessments and identify risks.

Skills

UNIX-like operating systems

Networking protocols

Security architectures

Containerisation technologies

Automation mindset

Scripting (Python, Shell, Perl)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Puppet

Terraform

Amazon AWS

Google Cloud Platform

ScyllaDB

Elasticsearch

Kafka

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for automating deployment, configuration, and testing processes.
• Own Helpshift production services and ensure complete monitoring coverage, troubleshoot and fix production issues.
• Build a seamless zero‑downtime process to upgrade our core infrastructure (ScyllaDB, Elasticsearch, Kafka, MongoDB, Redis) and move us to a region with no downtime. Build a cloud infrastructure that'll be easy to move to a different cloud service provider.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct regular security assessments, vulnerability scans, and penetration testing to identify and mitigate security risks.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates for provisioning and configuring cloud resources securely.
• Monitor and respond to production incidents, including investigation, containment, and remediation activities.
• Stay up‑to‑date with the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices, and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the security, scalability, and reliability of our infrastructure and applications.
• You will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to implement security best practices throughout the development lifecycle, automate security processes, and enhance our overall DevSecOps capabilities.
• Mentor Junior Team members

Requirements

• Relevant experience of 5+ years and above.
• In‑depth knowledge of running/managing UNIX‑like operating systems (we use Ubuntu).
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols, security architectures, and identity and access management (IAM) principles.
• Experience with containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and securing containerised environments.
• Experience in designing and building solutions that are highly scalable, fault tolerant and cost‑effective.
• Experience with various FOSS tools for monitoring, graphing, capacity planning, and logging.
• Experience with IaC tools like Ansible, Puppet, Terraform.
• Experience with Cloud Computing platforms like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Heroku.
• Experience with managing NoSQL and RDBMS.
• Experience with queuing systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and Big data platforms (Hadoop).
• Good programming skills with focus on scripting (Python, Shell, Perl).
• Ability to analyse bottlenecks in architecture and quickly debug to reach resolution for issues.
• Have an automation mindset and ability to reason and work with complex systems.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Quick learner and good mentor for junior team members.