Lead DevOps Engineer

Opstree Global; Gurgaon; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Opstree Global is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to own the design, implementation, and operation of scalable, highly available systems. The role emphasizes on-premises environments with AWS exposure, Kubernetes (RKE), Docker, and strong observability practices.

The candidate will mentor engineers, drive platform reliability, and advance CI/CD, incident response, and IaC-based workflows to ensure resilient production systems. On-site in Gurugram, India.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience, with emphasis on RKE (Rancher Kubernetes Engine).
• Proven ability to manage on-premises infrastructure with exposure to AWS.
• Experience with Docker and containerized environments.
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and related tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and management of DevOps/SRE across on-prem and AWS environments.
• Own reliability, availability, and performance of production platforms.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters (RKE).
• Mange containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliable deployments.
• Design observability with OpenTelemetry (OTel) and Loki.

Skills

RKE

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux

CI/CD

OpenTelemetry

Loki

Kafka

Kong API Gateway

Terraform

Ansible

IaC

Networking

Security

SRE

Tools

RKE

Docker

Kong API Gateway

OpenTelemetry

Loki

Kafka

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Job description

Experience: 8+ Years
Location: Gurugram (On-site)
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of experience to lead the design, implementation, and operations of highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure across primarily on-premises environments with exposure to AWS Cloud. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE), Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, observability, production operations, and incident management.

As a technical leader, you will drive platform reliability, automation, observability, and operational excellence while mentoring engineers and collaborating closely with development teams to ensure resilient and efficient production systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of DevOps and SRE practices across on-premises and AWS environments.

• Own the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of production platforms.

• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters, with strong expertise in RKE (Rancher Kubernetes Engine).

• Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable application deployments.

• Design and implement observability solutions using OpenTelemetry (OTel), Loki, and other monitoring tools.

• Administer and troubleshoot Apache Kafka clusters to ensure reliable event streaming.

• Configure and manage Kong API Gateway for API traffic management and security.

• Perform Linux system administration, capacity planning, patching, and performance tuning.

• Lead incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident reviews to improve platform stability.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and operational workflows using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Collaborate with development teams to improve application reliability, deployment strategies, and operational readiness.

• Mentor junior engineers and establish DevOps/SRE best practices.

• Ensure platform security, backup, disaster recovery, and compliance standards are met.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering.

• Strong expertise in Linux administration and troubleshooting.

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, particularly RKE (Rancher Kubernetes Engine).

• Strong experience with Docker and containerized environments.

• Experience managing on-premises infrastructure (mandatory) with exposure to AWS Cloud.

• Strong operational knowledge of Apache Kafka.

• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel) and Loki for observability.

• Experience configuring and managing Kong API Gateway.

• Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, and distributed systems.

• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar.

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Ansible).

• Good understanding of networking concepts, load balancers, DNS, SSL/TLS, and security best practices.

• Experience in production support, incident management, and SRE methodologies.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana.

• Knowledge of GitOps tools such as Argo CD.

• Experience working in hybrid cloud environments.

• Scripting experience using Bash or Python.

• Kubernetes certification (CKA/CKAD) or AWS certification is a plus.