Senior DevOps Engineer (GitHub Platform & Automation Specialist)

PwC India; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC India is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead our enterprise developer platform focused on GitHub administration, CI/CD pipeline optimization, and infrastructure automation. You will scale, secure, and maintain our GitHub ecosystem to support hundreds of developers and drive automation initiatives using Ansible and robust scripting languages.

This role requires hands-on experience in GitHub Enterprise, 100+ self-hosted runners, and advanced automation.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years in a DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering role.
• GitHub Enterprise administration: hands-on, orgs, permissions, GHAS.
• Runner & Actions: scale 100+ self-hosted runners and workflows.
• Automation: Ansible for config management and infrastructure state.
• Scripting: Python, Bash, Shell for automation and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Manage GitHub Enterprise across our environment with access controls and security policies.
• Architect, deploy, and scale 100+ self-hosted runners (Docker, Kubernetes, VMs).
• Design and optimize CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions.
• Automate configuration and provisioning with Ansible across hybrid environments.
• Write scripts in Python, Bash, and Shell for platform integrations and tooling.
• Mentor team members and establish best practices for source control and automation.

Skills

GitHub administration

Runners & Actions

Automation & config mgmt

Scripting

OS & containers

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• GitHub Enterprise Administration: Manage organizations, teams, access controls, Single Sign-On (SSO/SAML), auditing, security policies, and compliance across our GitHub Enterprise environment.
• Runner Fleet Management: Architect, deploy, and scale 100+ self-hosted GitHub Actions runners (Docker, Kubernetes, or virtual machine-based), ensuring high availability, security hardening, and optimal resource utilization.
• CI/CD Pipeline Engineering: Design, build, and optimize complex CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions to streamline software delivery, testing, and deployment.
• Infrastructure Automation: Utilize Ansible to automate configuration management, server provisioning, and routine operational tasks across hybrid environments.
• Scripting & Tooling: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable scripts using Bash, Shell, and Python to build custom automations, platform integrations, and developer productivity tools.
• Collaboration & Support: Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for developer tooling, troubleshooting pipeline failures, mentoring team members, and establishing best practices for source control and automation.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience: 5+ years in a DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering role.
• GitHub Administration: Deep hands-on experience administering GitHub Enterprise, managing organizations, permissions, branch protection rules, and GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS).
• Runner & Actions Expertise: Proven experience scaling and maintaining 100+ self-hosted runners and authoring advanced GitHub Actions workflows.
• Automation & Configuration Management: Strong production experience with Ansible for configuration management and infrastructure state enforcement.
• Strong Scripting Skills: Advanced proficiency in Python, Bash, and Shell scripting for automation and API integration (e.g., GitHub REST/GraphQL APIs).
• Operating Systems: Solid understanding of Linux/Unix administration, networking fundamentals, and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Preferred candidate profile

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to take ownership of our enterprise developer platform, with a core focus on GitHub administration, CI/CD pipeline optimization, and infrastructure automation. In this role, you will scale, secure, and maintain our GitHub ecosystem supporting hundreds of developers, manage a large fleet of self-hosted GitHub Actions runners, and drive automation initiatives using Ansible and robust scripting languages.