DevOps Engineer

Job Description: Senior DevOps Engineer (On-Prem & Hybrid Infrastructure) Experience Required: 3–6 Years Location - Gurugram, 5 days Work from office We are looking for a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in on-premise infrastructure, Linux systems, automation, CI/CD, container platforms, observability, and platform engineering. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of enterprise grade DevOps tools and practices, especially in hybrid/on-prem environments. Key Responsibilities 1. Core Infrastructure & Operating Systems • Manage and administer Linux environments: RHEL/CentOS 7–9, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04, Oracle Linux, SUSE . • Handle enterprise storage systems: NAS, NetApp, HPE 3PAR/Nimble . • Work with SAN/NAS protocols : FC, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS/SMB, including multipathing. • Perform bare-metal provisioning for servers and appliances. 2. Container Platforms (On-Prem Kubernetes) • Strong hands-on expertise in Red Hat OpenShift (4.12–4.16) . • Good understanding of core Kubernetes concepts. • Manage container runtimes like containerd or CRI-O . • Work on cluster upgrades, operators, networking, storage classes, monitoring, and security hardening. 3. CI/CD & Automation • Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (Pipeline-as-Code, shared libraries, distributed agents). • Work with GitLab CE/EE , including runners and self-hosted workflow automation. • Manage GitOps deployments via ArgoCD , Flux v2 , or similar. • Strong proficiency in Ansible (AWX/Tower). • Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform/OpenTofu . • Build standard VM/bare-metal images using Packer (good-to-have). 4. Configuration Management • Maintain automation using Ansible as the primary tool. • Manage OS fleets through Red Hat Satellite or SUSE Manager . • Exposure to Puppet or Chef (legacy systems support). 5. Monitoring, Logging & Observability • Manage observability stack with Prometheus + Thanos/Cortex/Mimir for metrics. • Build dashboards and alerts in Grafana / Grafana Enterprise . • Experience with Loki + Promtail/Alloy for logs. • Optional exposure: Elastic Stack (ELK/EFK) , OpenSearch , Zabbix , Nagios . • Deploy and maintain OpenTelemetry collectors . • Experience with VictoriaMetrics is a plus. 6. Security, Compliance & Secrets Management • Manage enterprise secrets using HashiCorp Vault (on-prem). • Perform vulnerability and compliance scanning using OpenSCAP , Anchore , Trivy , Clair . • Work with SELinux/AppArmor in enforcing mode. • Handle certificate lifecycle with Venafi , internal CA, or cert-manager. • Support VA scans using tools like Nessus . 7. Networking (Enterprise-Grade On-Prem & Hybrid) • Good understanding of cloud-style concepts: Security Groups, NACLs, NAT, IGW, Route Tables . • Exposure to pfSense, FortiGate, Cisco firewalls. • Experience with load balancers: F5 BIG-IP, NGINX, HAProxy, XAMPP . • Understanding of BGP/EVPN, VLANs, VXLAN , firewalls, and enterprise network segmentation. 8. Backup, Disaster Recovery & High Availability • Manage backups for DBs, VMs, and applications . • Understanding of stretched clusters, metro clusters , and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) . • Practical knowledge of designing and supporting HA vs DR for servers, databases, and applications. 9. Databases & Middleware (DevOps-Managed Environments) • Hands-on experience managing: o PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL Server o Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka clusters • Experience with operators like: o CrunchyData (Postgres) o Percona (MySQL/Mongo) o StackGres (Postgres) o Strimzi (Kafka) 10. Scripting & Platform Engineering • Strong scripting using Python , Go (for internal tooling), and advanced Bash . • In-depth understanding of Linux internals : cgroups, namespaces, kernel tuning. • Work with Git workflows: GitOps, trunk-based development, monorepos . • Capacity planning, infrastructure right-sizing, and on-prem cost optimization. • Familiarity with: o Redis, Kafka o Jupyter, Airflow o Jenkins (deep expertise) o Zenduty, SonarQube o Docker RBAC, Teleport, SSO • Strong platform engineering mindset to build internal automation platforms. Required Qualifications • 3–6 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Platform Engineering. • Strong hands-on experience with Linux and enterprise on-prem infrastructure. • Experience managing HA production systems at scale. • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in complex environments. Good to Have • Certifications in RHEL, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, or security tools. • Experience in regulated industries (BFSI, fintech, telco). Why Join Us • Opportunity to work on enterprise-grade infrastructure in an advanced hybrid environment. • Exposure to full-stack DevOps, including OS, platform, containers, networking, and automation. • High ownership role with modern tooling and platform engineering responsibilities. Apply -