Infra/DevOps Engineer

Experience: 4.00 + years

Salary: USD 2222 / month (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period: 7 Days

Shift: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type: Remote

Placement Type: Full Time Contract for 6 Months(40 hrs a week/160 hrs a month)

(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Hybrid AI)

What do you need for this opportunity?

Must have skills required:

air-gapped Kubernetes, Linkerd), OpenSCAP, service mesh architectures (Istio, Api Security, CI/CD, Kubernetes Cluster API, observability and monitoring tools, OpenShift Kubernetes, Red Hat Linux, Terraform, VMware vCenter API

Hybrid AI is Looking for:

About The Job

About HybridAI Company and SaaS product:

At HybridAI, a dynamic startup, we are revolutionising the AI resources are

consumed optimally with our innovative SaaS B2B platform. Our mission is to

simplify decision-making for CIOs by providing tailored recommendations that

balances cost, power consumption, and compatibility with existing IT

environments. We take the complexity out of choosing the right infrastructure,

optimizing both cost and power consumption while delivering high-performance AI

and IT workloads.

Our platform, designed by esteemed professors in AI/ML, industry CIOs, and

brought to market by experienced software industry executives, addresses the

critical challenges CIOs face in navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape. By

offering real-time, tailored recommendations, HybridAI enables CIOs to make

informed decisions quickly, reducing complexity and driving immediate benefits.

Join us at HybridAI and be part of a team that is shaping the future of AI

infrastructure with innovation, expertise, and a commitment to excellence.

Location: Remote

📅 Experience: 4-5 years

🔗 Type: 6-month contract

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer to create, harden,

and maintain development, UAT, and production environments across bare metal

and Red Hat Linux systems.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in server security hardening, CI/CD

pipelines, Kubernetes (OpenShift), VMware, and cloud infrastructure. This role also

involves supporting the observability, alerting, and deployment processes for

HybridAI’s SaaS platform and customer on-prem installations.This role will report into the Head of Software Engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and manage development (Dev), UAT, and production (Prod)
  
  
  

environments on bare metal and Red Hat Linux-based servers.

• Harden Linux servers for security compliance, ensuring systems pass VAPT
  
  
  

(Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing).

• Develop CI/CD pipelines from GitHub to Linux-based VMs running OpenShift
  
  
  

Kubernetes clusters.

• Ensure high availability, observability, and proactive alerting for the HybridAI
  
  
  

SaaS platform.

• Automate deployment of the HybridAI InfraMetrics Collector in customer on
  
  
  

prem environments.

• Work with VMware vCenter/ESXI/vRealize(Aria) API’s and Kubernetes Cluster
  
  
  

APIs to manage infrastructure resources and automate deployments.

• Monitor infrastructure performance and implement proactive scaling solutions.
• Collaborate with Head of Software Engineering to enforce API security, access
  
  
  

control, and compliance policies.

• Work in Agile development cycles, participate in sprint planning, code reviews,
  
  
  

and incident response handling.

Experience:

• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps and infrastructure engineering experience
  
  
  

managing enterprise-grade environments.

• Strong experience with Red Hat Linux and bare metal infrastructure
  
  
  

management.

• Expertise in Linux security hardening (firewall configuration, SELinux, system
  
  
  

patching).

• Deep knowledge of OpenShift Kubernetes (OCP) and container orchestration.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD) for
  
  
  

OpenShift & Linux-based deployments.

• Hands-on experience with VMware vCenter API and Kubernetes Cluster API for
  
  
  

infrastructure automation.

• Cloud and on-prem experience, with exposure to AWS, GCP, Azure, and private
  
  
  

cloud platforms.

• Scripting and automation expertise (Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi).
• Strong security background, including API security, authentication (OAuth, JWT,
  
  
  

mTLS), and compliance with CIS benchmarks.

• Experience with observability and monitoring tools, including:
• Prometheus & Grafana
• ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• DataDog, Splunk, or AppDynamics
  
  
  

Must-Have Skills

• Red Hat Linux administration and server hardening for security compliance.
• CI/CD pipeline automation from GitHub to OpenShift & Linux VMs.
• Deep knowledge of OpenShift Kubernetes (deployment, scaling, monitoring,
  
  
  

RBAC, network policies).

• Experience with VMware vCenter API and Kubernetes Cluster API for infra
  
  
  

management.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi).
  
  
  

Experience with observability and alerting tools (Prometheus, ELK Stack,

DataDog, Splunk).

• Security compliance knowledge (VAPT testing, CIS benchmarks, API security
  
  
  

hardening).

• Proven experience in maintaining high-availability infrastructure for SaaS
  
  
  

platforms.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with service mesh architectures (Istio, Linkerd).
• Familiarity with Zero Trust security models.
• Exposure to air-gapped Kubernetes deployments for security-sensitive
  
  
  

environments.

• Experience with automated compliance enforcement tools (OpenSCAP, Falco,
  
  
  

Aqua Security).

• Knowledge of hybrid cloud networking (VPCs, VPNs, private links between on
  
  
  

prem and cloud).

• Hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management.
  
  
  

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