Lead Devops Engineer

About ALLEN Digital:

At ALLEN Digital, we spearhead a technology-driven approach to education, leveraging top-tier tech talent from leading technology firms. Through our strategic collaboration with Bodhi Tree Systems, a prominent venture capital firm known for building & scaling tech-first brands, we are revolutionizing education with a tech-first approach.

We address two critical challenges in the current education landscape: the need for more emphasis on holistic learning and adopting a one-size-fits-all approach. We are leveraging AI to develop an innovative ed-tech platform to provide students with a compelling end-to-end learning experience. Our goal is to transform education by providing personalized learning experiences that transcend traditional classrooms by catering to individual learning needs and to drive significant improvements in learning outcomes.

Work Arrangement : Work from Office

Role Overview:

As a Lead DevOps Engineer at ALLEN Digital, you will design, build, and manage cloud-native infrastructure that powers our digital education platform. You'll lead CI/CD automation, enforce infrastructure-as-code, and ensure platform reliability, security, and scalability. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight as you mentor the DevOps team and collaborate closely with engineering and product teams.

Job Responsibilities:

● Plan, design, implement, and maintain CI/CD solutions across all environments.

● Implement and manage different environments as required for different products.

● Provide subject matter expertise on DevOps best practices.

● Develop and maintain IaaC

● Setup and manage stateful clusters using K8s for MongoDB, Redis, etc

● Setup and manage best-in-class security posture across the environments.

What we are looking for:

● Hands-on experience with cloud environments - AWS and good knowledge of GCP, Azure

● Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts, platforms and practices (Jenkins/Gitlab/Github Actions/CircleCI)

● Deep understanding of virtualisation, containers and orchestration tools - Docker KVM, k8s etc.

● Hands-on experience with the Linux operating system and a good understanding of Firewalls,

VPNs, Load balancers etc.

● Hands-on experience using Terraform, Ansible, AWS Cloud Formation etc.

● Good experience in infrastructure and application security

● Experience and understanding of stateful (DB clusters like MongoDB, Redis, etc) and stateless

cluster management

● Experience with setting up K8s clusters, configuring service mesh and service-to-service AuthZ and AuthN

● Experience with setting up APIGateways - Kong / AWS API Gateway

● Expertise in setting up, configuring and managing monitoring, telemetry and logging platforms like OpenTelemtry/Prometheus/ELK

● Ability to do costing analysis across different tools and technologies and present trade-off decisions

● Experience working on development and production infrastructure.

● Experience with complex, high-performance distributed systems in production

● Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.

● Strong sense of ownership and track record of quality work.

● Complete capacity planning and management and Design load balancing and clustering solutions according to architecture standards

● Prepare architectural design documentation, including diagrams and inventories.

● Analyse emerging technologies and make recommendations for adaptation.

● Continuous Automated Testing tools, Bug tracking tools, Log aggregation tools.

● Strong operational experience with effective problem-solving expertise.

Why Join us:

Join us in shaping the future of learning. Be part of a team that's driven by innovation, focused on

outcomes, and passionate about empowering students across the country. At ALLEN Digital, your work will make a measurable impact on millions of lives.