Senior Engineer QA-Automation, API

NeST Digital

Kochi, INonsitePosted Jul 5, 2026
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Skills

azure devopskubernetesprometheusterraformmongoansiblegrafanadockergithubgitlabpythonazureistiokafkahelmcicdgooglecloudaws

About the role

Minimum Required Experience : 8 years

Full Time

Skills

Implementing Devops Development

Azure Devops

Azure Cloud Administration With Devops Technologies

Certified Devops Professional

Azure Devos

Description

DevOps Lead

Experience: 8–12+ Years

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated DevOps Lead to drive DevOps strategy, platform engineering, CI/CD architecture, cloud infrastructure, and deployment automation for enterprise-scale cloud-native applications. The role involves defining engineering standards, mentoring teams, and enabling secure, scalable, and automated software delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the DevOps practice by defining engineering standards, deployment strategies, and CI/CD best practices.

Design, implement, and manage enterprise CI/CD platforms and YAML-based CI/CD pipelines.

Design cloud-native deployment platforms for Kubernetes-based applications.

Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).

Develop reusable Helm charts, deployment frameworks, and automation libraries.

Manage Kubernetes clusters, containers, and cloud-native infrastructure.

Drive GitOps, release automation, and zero-downtime deployment strategies.

Integrate third-party platform components and deployment tooling.

Collaborate with Development, QA, Security, Infrastructure, and Architecture teams.

Implement DevSecOps, release governance, monitoring, and observability.

Mentor DevOps engineers and drive engineering excellence.

Engage with customers and stakeholders.

Mandatory Skills

CI/CD Platform Architecture & Management: Azure DevOps (Primary), GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD

YAML-based CI/CD Pipeline Development & Automation

Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure (Primary), AWS, GCP

Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS preferred), Helm, Kubernetes Operators

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

Cloud-Native Technologies: Microservices, API Gateway, Service Mesh (Istio), Container Registry, External Secrets, Certificate Management

Linux Administration, Bash/Shell, Python & PowerShell Scripting

Git, Azure Repos, GitHub, GitLab, Branching Strategies

Monitoring & Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk

Cloud & On-Premises Infrastructure

DevOps, DevSecOps & Agile Practices

Technical Leadership, Team Mentoring, Stakeholder Management

Preferred Skills

Experience with Kafka, MongoDB and RabbitMQ

Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Certification

CKA/CKAD Certification

Client-facing solution or POC experience

Banking / Financial Services domain

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