DevOps Engineer - II

Keywords Intl1; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Intl1 is seeking a seasoned DevSecOps/SRE professional in Pune, India to design secure CI/CD pipelines, own production services, and drive cloud infrastructure upgrades with zero downtime.

You will implement security into the SDLC, perform vulnerability assessments, and mentor junior team members while collaborating across engineering and operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in security-focused DevSecOps, SRE or similar.
• Strong knowledge of UNIX-like systems (Ubuntu) and networking/security architectures.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and secure containerized environments.
• Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant, cost-efficient solutions.
• Proficiency with IaC tools like Ansible, Puppet, Terraform.
• Experience with Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Heroku) and NoSQL/RDBMS.
• Familiarity with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and big data (Hadoop).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Shell, Perl) and automation mindset.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to mentor juniors.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for automation.
• Own production services, ensure monitoring coverage and troubleshoot issues.
• Upgrade core infrastructure with zero downtime; plan migrations across clouds.
• Collaborate to integrate security into SDLC and perform regular assessments.
• Develop IaC templates for provisioning cloud resources securely.
• Monitor production, investigate incidents, and drive remediation.
• Stay updated on threats and best practices; advocate continuous improvement.
• Mentor junior team members and promote DevSecOps capabilities.

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Puppet

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Heroku

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Hadoop

ScyllaDB/Elasticsearch

Python

Shell

Perl

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)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 of various FOSS tools for monitoring, graphing, capacity planning, and logging.
• Experience with IaaC 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