Principal DevOps Engineer

Key Responsibilities Cloud Architecture DevOps Leadership Design and manage secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure. Define cloud architecture standards, governance, cost optimization, and reliability best practices. Lead cloud modernization and infrastructure transformation initiatives. Establish and enforce DevOps standards, processes, and operational excellence across environments. Mentor and guide DevOps engineers and provide technical leadership across teams. Infrastructure Automation CI/CD Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools. Drive automation across provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and scaling processes. Architect, implement, and optimize enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or equivalent tools. Improve deployment reliability, release management, and rollback strategies. Reliability, Security Observability Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK. Drive SRE practices including incident management, root cause analysis, SLIs, and SLOs. Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Implement security best practices including IAM, KMS, secrets management, and DevSecOps controls. Partner with security teams to ensure compliance and governance requirements are met. Collaboration Technical Advisory Translate business and product requirements into scalable, secure, and reliable technical solutions. Work closely with Engineering, QA, Product, and Infrastructure teams to streamline delivery and deployment processes. Act as a trusted advisor on infrastructure, cloud, and deployment strategies. Influence technology and architecture decisions across the organization. Key Competencies Technical leadership and architecture ownership Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration Mentoring and team development Automation-first and continuous improvement mindset Technical Environment Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, KMS, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch) CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), ECS Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch Operating Systems: RHEL, CentOS, Windows Server Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell Qualifications Required Qualifications 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering. 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, KMS, RDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch. Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred). Proven experience designing and managing large-scale CI/CD pipelines. Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration — Kubernetes/EKS, ECS, or equivalent. Strong Linux administration experience (RHEL/CentOS). Advanced scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell. Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Strong understanding of networking, security, and distributed system architecture. Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Experience in FinTech, Payments, Banking, or other regulated environments. Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures. Experience with artifact repositories such as Nexus or Artifactory. Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimization practices. AWS Professional-level certifications are highly desirable.