Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS & Kubernetes)

UST; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UST in Bengaluru is seeking a hands-on DevOps / AWS Engineer to design, automate, and manage our cloud infrastructure for an AWS-native, event-driven platform.

The role requires strong expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, security, monitoring, and production operations, with experience in insurance or financial services preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps / Cloud / SRE experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on AWS experience.
• Strong expertise in AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD.
• Experience with EKS/ECS, Lambda, S3, Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, EventBridge, SQS, and SNS.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, monitoring, and reliability engineering.
• Excellent troubleshooting, automation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage scalable, secure AWS infrastructure.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Build CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, or AWS DevOps services.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, ECS, EKS, and Kubernetes.
• Support event-driven architectures using EventBridge, SQS, SNS, and Step Functions.
• Implement cloud security using IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, and Security Hub.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and observability using CloudWatch, X-Ray, OpenTelemetry, and OpenSearch.
• Support disaster recovery, backup, high availability, incident management, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, QA, data, security, and product teams.
• Automate operational processes and maintain deployment, monitoring, and recovery runbooks.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Docker

EKS

ECS

Lambda

S3

Aurora PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

EventBridge

SQS

SNS

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Cloud security

Networking

Observability

Troubleshooting

Automation

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

AWS DevOps services

CloudFormation

OpenTelemetry

OpenSearch

Datadog

Job description

Role Description

Position Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps / AWS Engineer to design, automate, and manage cloud infrastructure for an AWS-native, event-driven Annuity Reinsurance Platform.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in AWS, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, security, monitoring, and production operations, preferably within insurance, reinsurance, or financial services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage scalable, secure, and highly available AWS infrastructure.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, or AWS DevOps services.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, ECS, EKS, and Kubernetes.
• Support event-driven architectures using EventBridge, SQS, SNS, and Step Functions.
• Implement cloud security using IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, and Security Hub.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and observability using CloudWatch, X-Ray, OpenTelemetry, and OpenSearch.
• Support disaster recovery, backup, high availability, incident management, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, QA, data, security, and product teams.
• Automate operational processes and maintain deployment, monitoring, and recovery runbooks.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of DevOps / Cloud / SRE experience.
• 3+ years of hands‑on AWS experience.
• Strong expertise in AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD.
• Experience with EKS/ECS, Lambda, S3, Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, EventBridge, SQS, and SNS.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, monitoring, and reliability engineering.
• Excellent troubleshooting, automation, and communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Insurance / Reinsurance / Life Insurance / Annuity platforms
• Financial services and regulated production environments
• Kafka, Datadog, Splunk, OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry
• FinOps and AWS cost optimization
• Multi-account AWS and SaaS architectures

Ideal Candidate

A hands‑on DevOps / AWS Engineer who can build and operate secure, scalable, highly available cloud platforms and contribute effectively from MVP development through enterprise‑scale production.

Shift

2:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Skills

AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes