DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Zoho; India; Remote; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Part time

Job summary

Zoho is seeking an experienced DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, automate, and scale cloud-native infrastructure pipelines. The role bridges software development and operations, building highly available deployment pipelines, writing infrastructure-as-code, and optimizing cluster scaling to maximize uptime and performance.

You will architect IaC templates, orchestrate containerized production workloads on Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), implement automated monitoring and logging, and

Qualifications

• 5–9 years of core systems engineering or software development experience.
• 4+ dedicated years designing, building, and operating cloud-native production platforms.
• Strong mastery of Kubernetes, Terraform automation, Linux internals, and scripting.
• Experience with DevSecOps controls and security governance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates using Terraform or OpenTofu.
• Orchestrate containerized workloads on Kubernetes across multi-environment clusters.
• Implement automated monitoring, logging, and alerting with observability stacks.
• Drive high availability, DR planning, and self-healing scripts.
• Manage centralized configuration and secret management (e.g., Vault, Secrets Manager).
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident RCA.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux internals

Scripting (Bash/Python/Go)

Cloud architecture

GitOps

Security governance

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)

HashiCorp Vault

AWS Secrets Manager

Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog/ELK

Job description

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

• Employment Type: Contract
• Work Mode: Remote
• Location: Offshore
• Total Experience Required: 5 to 9 years
• Relevant Experience Required: 4+ years of dedicated experience in infrastructure automation, cloud orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, automate, and scale our cloud-native infrastructure pipelines. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between software development and systems operations, building highly available deployment pipelines, writing infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and optimizing cluster scaling to maximize application uptime, system reliability, and performance.

• Architect and manage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates using Terraform or OpenTofu to provision secure, modular, and repeatable multi-environment architectures.
• Orchestrate containerized production workloads, configuring cluster scaling, service meshes, network routing policies, and deployment strategies on Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE).
• Implement automated monitoring, logging, and alerting systems utilizing observability tools (e.g., Prometheus , Grafana , Datadog , ELK stack) to actively track platform performance metrics.
• Drive system high-availability and fault tolerance efforts, designing disaster recovery plans, automated load balancing parameters, and self-healing cluster scripts.
• Manage centralized configuration and secret management systems , securely vaulting database credentials, API tokens, and certificate profiles (e.g., HashiCorp Vault , AWS Secrets Manager ).
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident root-cause analysis (RCA), systematically diagnosing runtime infrastructure failures, performance bottlenecks, and resource leaks.

Requirements

• 5 to 9 years of core systems engineering or software development experience, with 4+ dedicated years actively designing, building, and operating cloud-native production platforms.
• Strong technical mastery of Kubernetes cluster administration, Terraform automation layouts, Linux system internals, shell scripting (Bash, Python, or Go), and network protocols.
• Deep structural understanding of microservices design, caching mechanics, database scaling limits, and cloud provider API governance.
• Prior experience implementing DevSecOps controls (e.g., integrating SAST/DAST tools directly into container build phases).
• Experience with GitOps methodologies and progressive delivery mechanisms (e.g., Canary or Blue/Green deployments using Flagger or Istio).
• 12+ years of total IT software engineering or operational management background, with 6+ dedicated years acting as a CISO, Director of Security, or Principal Enterprise GRC Advisor.
• Strong visionary mastery of modern security trends, zero-trust target states, risk calculation paradigms, and multi-cloud information landscape parameters.
• Deep communication execution skills, with a proven history of negotiating security budgets, steering board panels, and handling high-pressure public communication events.
• Mandatory certification: CISM or CISSP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) or Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) credential.
• Prior experience steering complex post-merger information platform integrations or stabilizing security posture profiles during major corporate equity restructurings.