Onsite Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer

digitalocean98; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

DigitalOcean in Karachi is seeking a senior DevOps engineer to design, build and operate scalable cloud infrastructure, taking ownership from development to production. You will implement CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, manage EKS/Kubernetes clusters, and write IaC with Terraform and Ansible, while prioritizing security and reliability.

Collaborate with software teams to accelerate delivery, monitor systems, resolve incidents, and uphold best practices in a fast-paced onsite

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with DevOps focus.
• Strong knowledge in web development, backed by at least 1 year of hands-on experience.
• Deep understanding of DevOps fundamentals and rapid software delivery practices.
• Strong knowledge of encryption, hashing, and SSL/TLS protocols.
• Proficient in networking concepts and implementing robust security measures.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, Ansible, and Linux system administration.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Knowledge of containerization concepts and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code technologies.
• Proficiency in database management, including MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for configuration management, application deployment, and operational automation across Linux environments.
• Develop custom Ansible modules and plugins in Python to extend automation capabilities for specialized use cases.
• Automate server management and operational tasks using Python and Bash scripting.
• Design infrastructure architecture for new services and platforms, including networking, scalability, high availability, and security considerations.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, including deployment automation for microservices.
• Manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters end to end, cluster provisioning, version upgrades, node group management, RBAC, Helm charts, ingress, autoscaling, and workload optimization.
• Streamline Kubernetes deployments using GitOps practices with ArgoCD and Argo Workflows.
• Write and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, provision and manage infrastructure on AWS and other cloud providers.
• Implement and maintain observability solutions, centralized logging, metrics collection, and monitoring/alerting systems.
• Debug and resolve production issues, participate in root cause analysis and operational reviews.
• Work with security teams to remediate vulnerabilities, manage secrets and certificates, and implement security best practices such as SSL/TLS and mTLS.
• Manage and upgrade databases and caching services including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL.
• Perform OS lifecycle management including Linux server upgrades, patching, and image builds.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps practices and streamline software delivery.

Skills

DevOps

Python

Linux administration

CI/CD

Cloud computing

Networking basics

Security fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Argo Workflows

Linux

Job description

DigitalOcean in Karachi is seeking a senior DevOps engineer to design, build and operate scalable cloud infrastructure, taking ownership from development to production. You will implement CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, manage EKS/Kubernetes clusters, and write IaC with Terraform and Ansible, while prioritizing security and reliability.

Collaborate with software teams to accelerate delivery, monitor systems, resolve incidents, and uphold best practices in a fast-paced onsite