Sr. DevOps Engineer / DevOps Lead – AWS Cloud Infrastructure
About this role
Experience: 7+ Years
Location: WFH / Remote (India)
Open Positions: Multiple
Qualification: B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA orequivalent
Work Timings: 1:30 PM IST – 10:30 PM IST
Functional Area: DevOps Engineering
About the Role
Weare seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer /DevOps Lead – AWS Cloud Infrastructure to design,implement, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms onAmazon Web Services (AWS).
The idealcandidate will have strong hands-on expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure,networking, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation,monitoring and observability, cloud security, and governance. The candidateshould be capable of designing end-to-end cloud architectures, creatinginfrastructure and network diagrams, automating deployments, managingcontainerized workloads, and ensuring operational excellence across productionenvironments.
This rolerequires a technically strong professional who can drive cloud modernizationinitiatives, implement best practices, improve platform reliability, andcollaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure and resilient cloudsolutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Define and enforce cloud architecture standards, governance frameworks, security controls, and operational best practices.
- Design and maintain infrastructure architecture diagrams, network topology diagrams, deployment diagrams, and technical documentation.
- Design and manage AWS networking solutions, including VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53, Security Groups, Network ACLs, and Load Balancers (ALB/NLB).
- Implement hybrid cloud and on-premises connectivity solutions.
- Drive cloud governance, cost optimization, and infrastructure reliability initiatives.
- Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, ArgoCD, or similar tools.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
- Design, deploy, manage, and optimize containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS.
- Implement Kubernetes best practices, including cluster administration, scaling, upgrades, networking, ingress management, and workload security.
- Implement AWS security best practices, IAM governance, secrets management, encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance controls.
- Design and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Datadog, New Relic, or similar platforms.
- Build operational dashboards, define monitoring standards, and establish proactive alerting mechanisms.
- Lead incident management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to deliver cloud-native and platform engineering solutions.
- Mentor team members and promote DevOps best practices across projects and teams.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or related roles.
- Strong hands-on expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and services.
- Experience designing and documenting infrastructure architecture, cloud solutions, and network topology diagrams using tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, Draw.io, or equivalent.
- Deep experience designing and managing AWS networking solutions, including Amazon VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53, Security Groups, Network ACLs, and Application/Network Load Balancers (ALB/NLB).
- Strong hands-on experience managing production-grade Kubernetes environments, preferably Amazon EKS.
- Hands-on expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Ingress Controllers, and container orchestration technologies.
- Strong experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, AWS CodePipeline, or similar technologies.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
- Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK/OpenSearch, Datadog, Splunk, or New Relic.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, networking fundamentals, governance, and cloud cost optimization.
- Good understanding of Microsoft Azure cloud services and cloud architecture principles.
- Strong Linux administration, scripting, automation, troubleshooting, and networking skills.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.
- Experience supporting global customers, including US and/or European clients.
Certification Requirements
Mandatory
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
Preferred
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
- AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty
This jobdescription is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of allresponsibilities, duties, or activities that are required. Responsibilities,duties, and/or activities may change, or new ones may be added at any time withor without notice.
If you are amotivated professional with a passion for delivering impactful solutions, we'dlove to hear from you. Apply today to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinkingteam at NextGen Invent.
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