Requirements

Technical Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3-5 years of professional DevOps experience with demonstrated progression.
• Advanced Linux administration and shell scripting expertise.
• Comprehensive Git workflow knowledge, including advanced branching and collaboration strategies.
• Deep Kubernetes knowledge including Helm, StatefulSets, Horizontal Pod Autoscalers, and Network Policies.
• Advanced Terraform skills with module development, remote backend, and workspace management.
• Extensive experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch).
• Advanced Docker and Kubernetes container optimization and deployment strategies.
• Expertise in writing and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
• Advanced secrets management using AWS SSM, HashiCorp Vault.
• Comprehensive logging and alerting system setup (ELK stack, Prometheus, Alertmanager).
• Advanced cloud security implementation (IAM roles, Key Management Service, Web Application Firewall).
• GitOps implementation experience with tools like ArgoCD and Flux.
• Performance tuning skills for infrastructure and containerized environments.
• Advanced observability practices covering metrics, logs, and distributed tracing.

Soft Skills

• Cross-functional communication excellence with ability to lead technical discussions.
• Strong mentorship capabilities for junior and mid-level team members.
• Advanced strategic thinking and ability to propose innovative solutions.
• Excellent knowledge transfer skills through documentation and training.
• Ability to understand and align technical solutions with broader business strategy.
• Proactive problem-solving approach with focus on continuous improvement.
• Strong leadership skills in guiding team performance and technical direction.
• Effective collaboration across development, QA, and business teams.
• Ability to make complex technical decisions with minimal supervision.
• Strategic approach to risk management and mitigation.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Exposure to incident management and on-call responsibilities.
• Advanced scripting skills in Groovy, Python, or Go for CI/CD.
• Experience with infrastructure testing tools like Terratest or Inspec.
• Advanced cost analysis and cloud cost optimization skills.
• Contributions to open-source projects or advanced technical certifications.