Lead DevOps Engineer

Swaas Systems; Chennai District; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Swaas Systems in Chennai (Guindy) seeks a DevOps Lead with 6+ years of experience to drive cloud, DevOps, and infra initiatives. You will design scalable architectures, implement serverless solutions with AWS Lambda, containerize with Docker, and orchestrate with ECS/Kubernetes, while securing and automating deployments.

The role requires strong scripting in Python/Shell, IaC with Terraform, CI/CD expertise, and mentoring of engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of DevOps, cloud, and infra engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise with AWS cloud services.
• Experience designing scalable, highly available cloud architectures.
• Expertise in serverless computing using AWS Lambda.
• Strong experience with containerization using Docker.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration using ECS and Kubernetes.
• Experience with container registries like ECR.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Strong configuration management with Ansible.
• Proven ability to design and implement CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with AWS API Gateway.
• Experience with messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, SNS.
• Strong microservices, event-driven, and cloud-native architectures.
• Deep understanding of AWS networking, VPC, IAM, Load Balancers, security.
• Experience monitoring with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Splunk.
• Experience in DevSecOps, cloud security, compliance and governance.
• Strong scripting in Python, Shell, or Bash.
• Exposure to AI-assisted coding tools like GitHub Copilot, CodeWhisperer, or ChatGPT.
• Proven ability to lead architecture discussions and mentor teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps, cloud, and infra architecture efforts and mentoring.
• Design scalable, highly available cloud architectures.
• Develop serverless solutions using AWS Lambda.
• Implement containerization with Docker and orchestrate with ECS/Kubernetes.
• Manage container registries with AWS ECR.
• Apply IaC practices using Terraform.
• Maintain configuration management with Ansible.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines across projects.
• Work with AWS API Gateway to expose services.
• Handle messaging with Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, and SNS.
• Develop microservices and cloud-native architectures.
• Ensure deep AWS networking and security knowledge is applied.
• Set up monitoring with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Splunk.
• Follow DevSecOps practices, security, and governance.
• Script in Python, Shell, or Bash.
• Familiarize with AI coding tools like Copilot/CodeWhisperer.
• Lead architecture discussions and mentor engineering teams.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Skills

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Python

Shell/Bash

AWS Lambda

ECS

ECR

API Gateway

Kafka / MQ

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Grafana

Cloud security / IAM

GitHub Copilot

CodeWhisperer

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD tooling

AWS Lambda

Job description

Greetings from SwaaS!

Role: DevOps Lead

Experience: 6+ years

Location: Guindy, Chennai

Roles & Responsibilities:

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud, and Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience designing and managing scalable, highly available cloud architectures.
• Expertise in serverless computing using AWS Lambda.
• Strong experience with containerization using Docker.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration using Amazon ECS and Kubernetes.
• Experience with container registry services like Amazon ECR.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Strong configuration management experience using Ansible.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AWS API Gateway.
• Experience with messaging systems like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Amazon SQS, and Amazon SNS.
• Strong experience in microservices, event-driven, and cloud-native architectures.
• Deep understanding of AWS services including VPC, IAM, Load Balancers, networking, and security.
• Experience implementing monitoring and logging using Amazon CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, or Splunk.
• Experience in DevSecOps practices, cloud security, compliance, and governance.
• Strong scripting skills using Python, Shell, or Bash.
• Exposure to AI-assisted coding tools like GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer, or ChatGPT.
• Proven ability to lead architecture discussions and mentor engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.