SE II – DevOps Developer Productivity

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. Design, implement, and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines for build, test, deployment, and release workflows.

Posted 10/13/2026full-timePune • IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerized platforms, with a strong focus on automation, security, and operational efficiency. Proven ability to analyze complex technical problems and drive improvements in developer productivity and system reliability.

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CI/CD Pipeline DesignKubernetes ManagementInfrastructure as CodeCloud Platform ExperienceAutomation and Scripting

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Hard Skills

CI/CDDockerKubernetesInfrastructure as CodeLinux/UnixCloud PlatformsProgrammingObservabilitySecurity ControlsRoot-Cause Analysis

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationOwnershipAccountabilityProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

AWSJenkinsPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryDatadogArgo CDHelmVSCodeIntelliJ

Industry Keywords

DevOpsPlatform EngineeringSite Reliability EngineeringEngineering ProductivityCloud-Native Architectures

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPrometheusSDLCUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines for build, test, deployment, and release workflows.
Improve pipeline performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
Identify bottlenecks in build and release workflows and drive improvements.
Develop release automation and deployment workflows.
Troubleshoot complex pipeline and release failures.
Design and build tools that improve developer productivity and reduce engineering friction.
Build internal developer tooling, CLI utilities, and workflow automation.
Understand developer workflows and identify opportunities to improve the overall SDLC.
Design and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting CI/CD, development, testing, and engineering platforms.
Build infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
Design scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
Improve infrastructure automation and operational efficiency.
Design and operate containerised platforms used by engineering teams.
Work with Kubernetes-based infrastructure and deployment platforms.
Improve reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency of container platforms.
Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes and container issues.
Design and improve observability for DevX platforms and engineering infrastructure.
Develop metrics, dashboards, alerts, logs, and traces.
Identify reliability and performance bottlenecks using observability data.
Drive improvements to system availability and operational efficiency.
Integrate security into CI/CD and developer workflows.
Design secure pipeline and infrastructure patterns.
Improve container, dependency, code, and infrastructure security.
Work with security teams to address risks and compliance requirements.
Improve build and test infrastructure and scalable development/test environments.
Improve sandbox and environment provisioning through automation.
Partner with engineering teams to solve developer workflow challenges.
Diagnose complex issues across CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, and distributed systems.
Perform root-cause analysis and drive issues through resolution.
Identify systemic problems and contribute to incident response, reliability improvements, and operational practices.
Own complex DevX initiatives and collaborate with engineering teams to improve developer productivity.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4–7 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, platform engineering, SRE, or a related field.
Strong Linux/Unix fundamentals.
Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD and automation.
Experience designing and operating production-grade engineering systems.
Strong understanding of Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management.
Strong programming or scripting experience in at least one language.
Ability to analyse complex technical problems and identify root causes.
Understanding of observability, reliability, security, scalability, and cost considerations.
Ability to independently own projects from problem definition through implementation, rollout, and operational support.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Ability to work with multiple engineering teams and influence technical solutions.
Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
Good to have: experience building internal developer platforms or productivity tooling; Jenkins and large-scale CI/CD systems; AWS/EKS and cloud-native architectures; GitOps using Argo CD or equivalent; Helm and Kubernetes ecosystem tooling; Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, Datadog, or equivalent; security controls in CI/CD pipelines; OPA, Checkov, cdk-nag, Trivy, or equivalent security tooling; build systems, build caching, or distributed build infrastructure; improving engineering productivity through measurable outcomes; VSCode, IntelliJ, or similar developer environments; mentoring engineers or providing technical guidance.