We are seeking a DevOps Associate – Technical Architect with strong hands-on expertise across AWS and Azure cloud platforms. The role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable, secure, and highly available DevOps solutions while enabling continuous delivery and infrastructure automation across multi-cloud environments. The candidate will collaborate closely with development, security, and operations teams and guide DevOps best practices across programs. Ability to execute and work independently on DevOps Solutions.
Key Responsibilities
DevOps & Cloud Architecture
- Design and implement end-to-end DevOps architectures for AWS and Azure environments.
- Define CI/CD strategies, cloud-native architectures, and automation standards aligned with organizational goals.
- Architect highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud solutions using best practices from AWS Well-Architected Framework and Azure Architecture Framework.
- Drive multi-cloud and hybrid cloud designs, ensuring interoperability and cost optimization.
CI/CD & Automation
- Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure Bicep/ARM templates.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployments across environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod).
Cloud Platforms
AWS
- Design and manage VPCs, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, S3, IAM, CloudWatch.
- Implement security controls, monitoring, logging, and backup strategies.
Azure
- Architect and manage VNets, Azure VMs, AKS, Azure Functions, App Services, Azure SQL, Storage Accounts, Azure AD.
- Implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and cost management strategies.
Containers & Orchestration
- Design container-based solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Manage and optimize EKS and AKS clusters.
- Implement Helm charts, Kubernetes security, scaling, and observability.
DevSecOps & Reliability
- Embed DevSecOps practices across pipelines including SAST, DAST, secrets management, and compliance checks.
- Implement SRE practices: SLIs, SLOs, monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Ensure high system availability and performance through proactive monitoring and automation.
Collaboration & Technical Leadership
- Work closely with application architects, developers, and security teams.
- Review solution designs, conduct architecture walkthroughs, and provide technical guidance.
- Mentor DevOps Engineers and contribute to DevOps standards, reusable frameworks, and accelerators.
- Participate in cloud governance and cost optimization initiatives.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Azure (both mandatory).
- Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
- Strong experience with Terraform (preferred) and cloud-native IaC tools.
- CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab.
- Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS & AKS).
- Configuration management tools such as Ansible (preferred).
- Monitoring tools: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor.
- Strong understanding of networking, security, IAM, encryption, and compliance.
Programming / Scripting
- Experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Ability to write reusable automation scripts and pipeline templates.
Certifications (Preferred)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Terraform Associate (HashiCorp)
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Experience working in Agile / SAFe delivery models.
Nice to Have
- Experience with FinOps and cost optimization.
- Exposure to multi-region DR architectures.
- Experience with compliance frameworks such as ISO, SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS (as applicable).
- Knowledge of service mesh (Istio/Linkerd) and advanced Kubernetes networking.