Hiring For Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Job Description -

Senior DevOps Engineer (Cloud & Delivery Focus)

Toppan Merrill is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing team and play a pivotal role in designing, optimizing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure for a new product. This role is key to shaping the development, deployment, and operational efficiencies of our platform. If you thrive in an automation-driven, high-velocity environment and are passionate about DevOps methodologies, wed love to hear from you

At Toppan Merrill, we embrace a DevOps culture that fosters autonomy, continuous improvement, and developer empowerment. We believe in breaking down silos, removing bottlenecks, and driving technical excellence to accelerate both software delivery and business outcomes.

What Were Looking For

- A hands-on professional with a strong passion for DevOps principles and modern software delivery.
- A problem solver who thrives on automation, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
- A collaborative team player who enjoys working closely with developers, testers, and other engineers.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure to support scalable and reliable applications.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and operational workflows to enhance efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
- Setup, optimize, and enhance CI/CD pipelines to enable faster, more reliable software delivery.
- Implement security best practices in DevOps workflows, including vulnerability scanning and compliance monitoring.
- Monitor and optimize system performance, availability, and cost efficiency, ensuring a seamless user experience.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve delivery speed, system reliability, and security.
- Define and track key metrics related to software delivery effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Critical Experience & Tooling

- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform
- CI/CD Pipelines & Automation: Jenkins, Octopus Deploy
- Source Code & Repo Management: Bitbucket (or similar Git-based systems)
- Cloud Platforms: Azure (or comparable cloud experience)
- Monitoring & Observability: Datadog, Splunk, Azure App Insights, or similar tools
- Security & Compliance: Snyk, SonarCloud
- Containerization & Orchestration: Kubernetes (preferably AKS), Helm

Additional Skills (Nice-to-Have)

- Experience with Ansible or other configuration management tools.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), HashiCorp Terraform Associate, Azure Certifications like AZ900 or AZ400) are a plus.
- Exposure to NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).
- Experience with build tools like Maven, Gradle, npm, NuGet.
- Familiarity with Wiz.io or similar cloud security tools.
- Exposure to RDBMS (e.g., MySQL, SQL Server).
- Experience with Databricks or similar big data platforms.
- Familiarity with Lean and DevOps best practices.
- Experience with high-traffic, scalable applications.
- Proficiency in scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Bash, PowerShell, Groovy).
- Experience using Jira, Confluence, Ardoq or similar tools would be an added advantage.

Qualifications

- 8+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps or SRE role.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to overcoming challenges.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.