Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer We are hiring an experienced DevOps Engineer to drive end-to-end infrastructure automation, scalable deployment pipelines, and platform resiliency for enterprise-grade, AWS-hosted systems. This individual contributor role is ideal for candidates with a deep hands-on background in Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD, Terraform, GitOps, observability, and cloud-native DevOps practices. You will work closely with developers, SREs, and platform teams to ensure infrastructure reliability, performance, and security.Mode : Hybrid (3 days/week from : US-based multinational banking institutionKey Responsibilities : - Architect and manage CI/CD pipelines across Bitbucket, Jenkins, or equivalent tools.- Provision, monitor, and maintain AWS cloud environments, with a focus on automation, tagging standards, IAM roles, VPC networking, and cost controls.- Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS) with Helm, pod autoscaling, ingress configuration, probes, and RBAC.- Implement GitOps workflows using Argo CD or similar tools for deployment automation and rollback strategies.- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, Ansible, and AWS SAM for infrastructure consistency and scalability.- Write and optimize Bash or Python scripts for system tasks, monitoring, and deployment automation.- Ensure systems are secure, observable, and compliant, integrating DevSecOps checks and telemetry pipelines.- Collaborate in incident management, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to post-incident RCAs.- Build monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using CloudWatch, Prometheus, or other observability stacks.- Support datastore integrations (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis) for backend systems including backup and performance tuning.- Coordinate with stakeholders across environments on deployment strategy, environment config, and DR planning.Required Technical Skills : - Strong hands-on experience with EC2, VPC, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECR, IAM, and CloudWatch.- Skilled in deploying and managing workloads on Amazon EKS, Helm chart authoring, resource quotas, health probes, and service discovery.- Expertise with Terraform (modular, stateful), Ansible playbooks, and AWS SAM for serverless.- Experience building and managing YAML-based pipelines in Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, or similar.- Experience configuring GitOps sync policies, access control, and automated deployments.- Proficient in Bash or Python for task automation, system ops, and custom deployment logic.- Strong command of Linux OS administration (Ubuntu/CentOS), NGINX/Apache configuration, performance tuning.- Built and maintained dashboards and alerts using CloudWatch, Prometheus, or similar tools.- Operational understanding of MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis for integration, optimization, and backup.- Familiarity with DR planning, RPO/RTO concepts, and tools like Veeam or Commvault.- Active experience in handling incidents, triaging issues, and conducting RCAs.Nice-to-Have Skills : - Exposure to declarative deployment strategies.- Basic experience with Kafka configuration and integration in distributed systems.- Experience with Datadog for real-time observability and custom dashboards.- Familiarity with fault injection tools or resilience testing.- Integrated security scanning and compliance readiness into CI/CD workflows.- Experience with Maven, Gradle, or NPM in CI environments.- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Developer Associate, or HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate preferred. (ref:hirist.tech)