DevOps Manager

Dear Connections!

Greetings from People Prime Worldwide

We have an excellent job opportunity with one of our top client.

Role: DevOps Lead

Experience: 12+ Years

Location: Chennai

Notice: Immediate to 15 Days

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced DevOps Manager with strong expertise in AWS and Azure, deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Gitops, Terraform, and modern CI/CD practices. This role requires hands-on ownership of infrastructure, automation, security compliance (SOC 2), and platform reliability, with basic application-level troubleshooting across Java, .NET, and Ruby to support infrastructure and platform operations.

Experience Requirements

12+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps / Cloudops / Platform Engineering

Strong background supporting production-grade, highly available systems

Cloud & Infrastructure (Deep Expertise)

Design, deploy, and manage scalable infrastructure on AWS and Azure

Architect and operate multi-account / multi-subscription cloud environments

Implement best practices for networking (VPC/VNet, routing, security groups, NSGs), IAM/RBAC, cost optimization, and governance

Own the infrastructure lifecycle from provisioning to decommissioning

Kubernetes & Container Platform (Deep Knowledge)

Design, deploy, and operate production-grade Kubernetes clusters

Hands-on experience with cluster architecture and upgrades, workload scheduling and autoscaling, networking (Ingress, Services, CNI), and security (RBAC, Pod Security, Secrets)

Strong troubleshooting skills for cluster-level and application-level issues

Experience with managed Kubernetes services (EKS)

Gitops & Continuous Deployment (Deep Expertise)

Strong hands-on experience with Gitops principles

Deep operational knowledge of FluxCD or ArgoCD and multi-environment Gitops workflows (dev, staging, prod)

Design and manage centralized Git repositories for infrastructure, Kubernetes manifests, and Helm/Kustomize

Implement drift detection, reconciliation, and automated rollbacks

CI/CD & Workflow Orchestration

Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines

Deep experience with container build processes, image lifecycle management, and secure artifact handling

Hands-on experience with Argo Workflows for batch jobs, data pipelines, and automation workflows

Infrastructure as Code (Deep Expertise)

Strong expertise in Terraform

Design and manage modular Terraform codebases with reusable modules and environments

Hands-on experience with Terraform Cloud including workspaces, remote state, and policy enforcement (Sentinel preferred)

Enforce IaC best practices, versioning, and code reviews

Containers & Runtime

Deep understanding of Docker

Optimize Docker files for security, performance, and minimal image size

Manage container registries and image lifecycle

Reliability & SRE (Basic to Intermediate)

Apply basic SRE practices including monitoring and alerting, incident response and RCA, and understanding of SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets

Support platform reliability and availability targets

Security & Compliance (SOC 2)

Hands-on experience supporting SOC 2 compliance

Implement and manage access controls, audit logging, and change management evidence

Collaborate with security and compliance teams during audits

Ensure infrastructure aligns with security best practices

Application-Level Troubleshooting (Basic Support)

Basic troubleshooting skills in Java, .NET, and Ruby

Ability to read logs, debug startup and configuration issues, and support infrastructure-related application failures

No feature development required; platform-level support only

Required Technical Skills

Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, S3, RDS, CloudWatch) and Azure (VMs, Azure AD, VNets, Storage, Monitor)

DevOps & Platform: Kubernetes, GitOps (FluxCD / ArgoCD), Terraform & Terraform Cloud, Docker, Argo Workflows

Programming & Scripting: Basic troubleshooting knowledge of Java, .NET, Ruby, strong scripting skills in Bash or Python

Soft Skills

Strong problem-solving and debugging mindset

Ownership-driven and proactive

Ability to work with cross-functional teams (Dev, Security, Compliance)

Excellent documentation and communication skills

Nice to Have

Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid environments

Exposure to policy-as-code and security automation

Experience mentoring junior DevOps engineers