Devops SRE Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for distributed databases and to drive automation across build, deploy, and monitoring processes. You will implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible to provision environments and manage configurations.

The role focuses on reliability, scalability, and strong incident management, with hands-on work on Kafka, YugabyteDB, Cassandra, and other distributed platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible for IaC in large environments.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for database operations, deployments, and system integrations
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to provision and manage environments
• Drive automation across build, deployment, and monitoring processes to improve efficiency and reliability
• Configure and maintain monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to track system health and performance
• Lead incident management efforts, including troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing preventive measures
• Evaluate and benchmark distributed platforms like Kafka, YugabyteDB, Cassandra
• Design, deploy, and manage highly available and scalable distributed database clusters
• Optimize data models and queries to ensure performance in distributed environments
• Develop and execute backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies
• Implement resilience and high-availability practices to ensure data integrity and system reliability
• Establish observability frameworks with end-to-end dashboards and alerting mechanisms
• Ensure replication and consistency strategies align with business and application requirements

Skills

Distributed Databases

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD Automation

Observability & Monitoring

Cloud Platforms

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Splunk

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Must-Have

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for database operations, deployments, and system integrations
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible to provision and manage environments
• Drive automation across build, deployment, and monitoring processes to improve efficiency and reliability
• Configure and maintain monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to track system health and performance
• Lead incident management efforts, including troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing preventive measures
• Evaluate and benchmark distributes platforms like Kafka, YugabyteDB, Cassandra)
• Design, deploy, and manage highly available and scalable distributed database clusters
• Optimize data models and queries to ensure performance in distributed environments
• Develop and execute backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies
• Implement resilience and high-availability practices to ensure data integrity and system reliability
• Establish observability frameworks with end-to-end dashboards and alerting mechanisms
• Ensure replication and consistency strategies align with business and application requirements

Core Competencies

• Distributed Databases: YugabyteDB, Cassandra, Kafka
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
• CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
• Observability & Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, OpenTelemetry
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Reliability Engineering: High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), Resilience Engineering
• Incident Management: RCA, Problem Management, Production Support
• Database Operations: Replication, Backup/Restore, Performance Tuning, Capacity Planning
• DevOps Practices: Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Automation Frameworks

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 815+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Database Operations.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience managing Kafka, Cassandra, YugabyteDB, or similar distributed database platforms.
• Deep understanding of HA/DR architectures, replication, consistency models, and observability frameworks.
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines, production support, and large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and cloud platform experience.