DevOps Engineer (Cloud, CI/CD, Automation, Containerization)

Job Summary

Synechron is seeking a knowledgeable and proactive DevOps Engineer to optimize our infrastructure, deployment processes, and operational workflows. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in designing, managing, and automating CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, and infrastructure as code to ensure reliable, scalable, and secure software delivery. This role is vital in fostering continuous integration and delivery, enhancing system performance, and enabling rapid deployment cycles.

Purpose:
To implement and oversee infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, and cloud services, ensuring high availability, security, and efficiency of our technology stack.

Value:
This role accelerates our digital transformation by improving deployment velocity, maintaining system stability, and reducing manual operational efforts, ultimately supporting business growth and operational resilience.

Software Requirements

Required Skills:

• Strong proficiency with CI/CD automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or equivalent.
• Extensive experience managing cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their services.
• Hands-on expertise in scripting languages including Bash, Python, and PowerShell.
• Practical knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Datadog.
• Understanding of security best practices in cloud and container environments.
• Proven troubleshooting skills and ability to optimize infrastructure.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with cloud security frameworks, compliance, and cost optimization.
• Knowledge of hybrid or multi-cloud management strategies.

Overall Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated deployment pipelines to enable continuous delivery.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code solutions for rapid and consistent environment provisioning.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to automate workflows and improve efficiency.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement solutions to maximize operational reliability.
• Document infrastructure architecture, deployment processes, and best practices.
• Ensure security and compliance of all systems and deployments, including backup and disaster recovery strategies.
• Stay current with emerging DevOps tools, trends, and industry best practices.

Strategic objectives:

• Propel organizational agility through automation, standardization, and scalable infrastructure management.
• Reduce manual intervention, deployment errors, and downtime through process improvements.
• Enable rapid and secure delivery of high-quality software products.

Performance outcomes:

• Deployment pipelines with high reliability, speed, and security.
• Infrastructure with maximum uptime and optimized costs.
• Clear documentation supporting operational excellence and knowledge sharing.

Technical Skills (By Category)

Programming & Scripting Languages:

• Essential: Bash, Python, PowerShell for automation scripting.
• Preferred: Knowledge of additional scripting languages depending on environment.

Tools & Platforms:

• Essential: Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI for automation and pipeline management.
• Preferred: Azure DevOps, Argo CD, Spinnaker.

Cloud Technologies:

• Essential: AWS, Azure, or GCP services such as EC2, S3, VPC, Azure VM, Azure Resource Manager.
• Preferred: Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud deployment experience.

Containerization & Orchestration:

• Essential: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift.
• Preferred: Experience with container security and management tools.

Infrastructure as Code:

• Essential: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.
• Preferred: Other IAC tools like Pulumi.

Monitoring & Logging:

• Essential: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog.
• Preferred: Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools.

Security & Compliance:

• Knowledge of security frameworks in cloud environments, access controls, encryption, and compliance requirements.

Experience Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps engineering or related roles.
• Proven experience building, managing, and automating cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on deployment experience in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud platforms.
• Experience with containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure as code.
• Previous experience working in Agile environments and cross-functional teams.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Build and optimize automated deployment and integration pipelines.
• Manage and scale cloud infrastructure to support development and production environments.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to embed automation into build and deployment workflows.
• Monitor system health, troubleshoot issues, and perform optimizations.
• Implement security best practices, conduct audits, and ensure compliance standards are upheld.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to improve deployment speed and consistency.
• Keep documentation and operational procedures up to date.
• Research and evaluate emerging DevOps tools and practices to continuously improve current processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related fields.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Expert, or similar are desirable.
• Proven ability to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure platforms in cloud environments.

Professional Competencies

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Effective communication enable clear stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Adaptability to new tools, platforms, and evolving industry standards.
• Strategic thinking aligned with organizational goals.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

S​YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
 

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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