Lead DevOps Engineer

Humyn Labs; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 4,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Humyn Labs is seeking a seasoned DevOps/Platform Engineer to design and operate scalable cloud infrastructure. The role focuses on AWS as the primary cloud, with GCP as a secondary option, and requires IaC proficiency with Terraform or CloudFormation.

You will own CI/CD pipelines for backend services and AI workflows, automate deployments, and implement robust monitoring and security practices. Collaboration with AI/ML teams and product squads will be essential.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of hands-on DevOps / Platform Engineering experience.
• Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS/ECS, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch).
• Working knowledge of GCP (Compute, GKE, networking, IAM).
• Strong Python scripting skills with automation focus.
• Solid understanding of cloud security principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS (mandatory) and GCP (secondary).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/CloudFormation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for backend services, AI workflows, and internal tools.
• Automate deployments, rollbacks, environment provisioning, and operational workflows.
• Write Python scripts for automation, tooling, and operations tasks.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of production systems.
• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Drive incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortems.
• Implement cloud security best practices (IAM, secrets management, network security).
• Collaborate with backend, AI/ML, and product teams for smooth releases.

Skills

AWS expertise

Python scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes knowledge

IaC (Terraform)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Vault

Job description

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Cloud and Infrastructure:

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS (mandatory) and GCP (secondary).


• Manage compute, networking, storage, IAM, and managed services for production workloads.


• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform / CloudFormation.

CI/CD and Automation:

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for backend services, AI workflows, and internal tools.


• Automate deployments, rollbacks, environment provisioning, and operational workflows.


• Write Python scripts for automation, tooling, and operational tasks.

Reliability and Observability:

• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of production systems.


• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting (e. g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).


• Drive incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortems.

Security and Compliance:

• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices (IAM, secrets management, and network security).


• Work on vulnerability management, secure CI/CD, and least-privilege access.


• Support compliance and security reviews for customer and partner integrations.

Collaboration:

• Partner with backend, AI/ML, and product teams to enable smooth releases.


• Contribute to platform architecture decisions and technical standards.

Requirements:

• 6-10 years of hands-on DevOps / Platform Engineering experience.


• Strong experience with AWS (EC2, EKS/ECS, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, etc. )


• Working knowledge of GCP (Compute, GKE, networking, IAM).


• Strong Python scripting skills with an automation-first mindset.


• Solid understanding of cloud security principles and best practices.


• Experience with Linux, containers (Docker), and container orchestration (Kubernetes).

Good to Have:

• Experience with Terraform or similar IaC tools.


• Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud setups.


• Experience supporting AI/ML or data-heavy workloads.


• Familiarity with secrets management tools (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager).


• Knowledge of cost optimization and cloud FinOps practices.