Staff DevOps Engineer (Client - Velotic)(Immediate joiners preferred)

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff DevOps Engineer to join our Smart Factory Cloud Team. This role requires deep expertise in AWS, cloud infrastructure, automation and CI/CD practices to support and enhance our enterprise SaaS platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong hands-on background in building and managing scalable, secure and resilient cloud environments, with a strong passion for process optimization and automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain highly scalable and secure cloud environments on AWS.
• Manage and optimize AWS services including VPC, EC2, EKS, RDS, AppStream and other key cloud components.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD and GitOps methodologies.
• Define and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform/OpenTofu, Crossplane or CloudFormation.
• Establish and improve monitoring and alerting solutions using OpenTelemetry (Otel), SignalFX, CloudWatch and Splunk.
• Develop automation scripts and tools using GitHub Actions, Jenkins or other scripting languages.
• Basic troubleshooting and optimize PostgreSQL, SQL and RDS databases for performance and reliability.
• Enforce security best practices in cloud environments and advocate for secure SDLC processes.
• Drive adoption of ITIL and Agile methodologies to ensure efficient operations and incident management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a geographically distributed environment.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership to the DevOps team.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of strong hands-on experience in DevOps, CloudOps or SaaS Ops, managing large-scale enterprise SaaS applications in public cloud (preferably AWS).
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud services, networking, security and cost optimization.
• Deep understanding of containerized application deployments using EKS and ArgoCD.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins and GitOps methodologies.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Crossplane or CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of database management with PostgreSQL, MS SQL or AWS RDS.
• Experience in setting up monitoring and logging solutions using OpenTelemetry, SignalFX and Splunk.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or other scripting tools.
• Excellent understanding of ITIL, Agile methodologies and DevOps best practices.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across global teams.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and drive initiatives independently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience setting up enterprise SaaS environments from scratch.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and best practices in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with compliance standards such as SOC2, ISO 27001 and GDPR.