Lead DevOps Engineer

Solinas is an award-winning deep-tech start-up founded by IIT Madras alumni. We are passionate about developing technologies that solve problems in the water and sanitation industry, making our cities better.

We create products that inspect and digitize water pipelines, sewers, and clean septic tanks. Our team has received numerous awards, including one from Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Honourable Chief Minister of TN, Thiru MK Stalin.

We need a "Team of Heroes" who share the same vision, passion, and mission to make our vision real and succeed in impacting people's lives. We are looking for heroes who dream big, solve challenging problems through technology, and create a long-lasting impact.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced DevOps Lead to spearhead our DevOps initiatives and drive the efficiency and reliability of our software delivery pipelines. You will lead a team of DevOps engineers, champion best practices, and play a key role in our cloud migration strategy, specifically from GCP to AWS.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to bring innovative and high-quality products to market. Your expertise will contribute to the success of our organization and ensure we meet the evolving needs of our customers.

• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment.
• Design, implement, and manage robust and scalable CI/CD pipelines using industry-standard tools.
• Drive the migration of our infrastructure and applications from GCP to AWS, ensuring a seamless and efficient transition.
• Architect, deploy, and manage API Gateways (e.g., Kong, API Gateway) to securely expose and manage our APIs.
• Configure and maintain secure and highly available Kubernetes clusters across multiple AWS regions.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Establish and enforce best practices for infrastructure automation, security, and monitoring.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Collaborate closely with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth and efficient software delivery.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and application deployment issues.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest DevOps trends, tools, and technologies, and recommend their adoption where appropriate.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of comprehensive documentation.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in DevOps engineering role.
• Strong working experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including services like EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, etc.
• Proven experience in migrating infrastructure and applications from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to AWS.
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with API Gateway technologies (e.g., Kong, AWS API Gateway, Apigee).
• Extensive experience in deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters, including multi-region configurations for high availability and disaster recovery.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or CloudWatch.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with security best practices in cloud environments.

An enthusiastic and detail-oriented Lead DevOps Engineer who is eager to learn and contribute to our team.

• Ability to thrive in a fun, fast-paced, dynamic, start-up space.
• Take accountability for process and principles implementation.
• The ability to communicate technical information clearly and succinctly to both technical and non-technical teams.
• Critical thinker and good problem-solver.