DevOps Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 2200000 - Rs 3500000 (ie INR 22- 35 LPA)

Min Experience: 3+ years

Location: Bengaluru JobType: full-time

We are looking for a skilled and proactive DevOps Engineer to join our engineering team and help build, automate, and optimize modern cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud orchestration, CI/CD automation, and cloud cost optimization. You will work closely with software engineers, platform teams, and security stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure that supports high-performance applications.

As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in improving deployment efficiency, ensuring infrastructure reliability, automating operational workflows, and driving best practices across the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure.

• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for automated infrastructure provisioning.
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized workloads using modern orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Create, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and automated software delivery.
• Monitor infrastructure health, troubleshoot production issues, and improve overall system reliability.
• Implement cloud governance standards, security best practices, and compliance controls across environments.
• Continuously analyze cloud resource utilization and implement cost optimization strategies to improve infrastructure efficiency.
• Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripting and configuration management tools.
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline deployments and improve developer productivity.
• Maintain system documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support production environments when required.
• Evaluate emerging DevOps tools and technologies to improve operational efficiency.

Required SkillsMust-have Skills• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

• Experience working with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Proven expertise in cloud cost optimization, including resource rightsizing, monitoring, budgeting, and infrastructure efficiency.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of Docker and containerization technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Linux system administration.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Cloud-native monitoring solutions.
• Proficiency in scripting using Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Good to Have• Experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.

• Familiarity with configuration management tools like Ansible.
• Knowledge of networking, DNS, load balancing, and cloud security best practices.
• Experience working in microservices-based architectures.
• Exposure to DevSecOps practices and security automation.
• Cloud certification on AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus.

Qualifications• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• 3–8 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering, or Platform Engineering.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Passion for automation, infrastructure reliability, and continuous improvement.