Senior DevOps Engineer - CI/CD Specialist

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong emphasis on CI/CD pipelines to join our infrastructure team. You will lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of our DevOps toolchain and play a critical role in automating software delivery and infrastructure provisioning across on-premises and hybrid environments.

This position requires a hands-on engineer with deep experience in continuous integration, continuous delivery, and deployment automation using industry-standard tools. You will work closely with developers, QA, and infrastructure teams to enhance developer productivity and system reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage CI/CD pipelines to support development, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Implement automation strategies for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Integrate and manage DevOps tools including Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Nexus, ArgoCD, SonarQube, and Helm.
• Optimize build/test/release pipelines to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Champion DevOps best practices across teams: version control, automated testing, monitoring, and release management.
• Set up and maintain artifact repositories, secrets management, and secure credential access.
• Monitor pipeline performance, troubleshoot build failures, and resolve deployment issues.
• Implement containerisation strategies using Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Collaborate on release processes, rollback strategies, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Actively participate in architectural discussions and tool selection for CI/CD and automation.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong hands-on expertise with CI/CD tools such as: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, or Bamboo; Nexus or JFrog Artifactory; SonarQube, Checkmarx, or similar tools.
• Proficiency in Scripting languages (eg, Bash, Python, Groovy).
• Proven experience with container technologies (Docker, Podman) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of GitOps, version control workflows, and branching strategies.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, or Helm.
• Working knowledge of monitoring and logging tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack.
• Exposure to hybrid infrastructure (on-prem and cloud, preferably Azure or OCI).
• Familiarity with security best practices for pipelines, secrets, and access control.
• Experience working in regulated environments (eg, finance, healthcare, manufacturing).
• Knowledge of high availability and DR strategies for CI/CD and DevOps tooling.
• Certifications such as: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, GitLab/Jenkins/DevOps-specific certifications.
• Competitive salary and annual bonus structure.
• Flexible hybrid or remote work setup.
• Continuous learning and certification support.
• Collaborative, cross-functional teams with a flat hierarchy.
• Opportunity to shape CI/CD strategy and tooling in a growing tech ecosystem.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience working in regulated environments (eg, finance, healthcare, manufacturing).
• Knowledge of high availability and DR strategies for CI/CD and DevOps tooling.
• Certifications such as: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, GitLab/Jenkins/DevOps-specific certifications.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and annual bonus structure.
• Flexible hybrid or remote work setup.
• Continuous learning and certification support.
• Collaborative, cross-functional teams with a flat hierarchy.
• Opportunity to shape CI/CD strategy and tooling in a growing tech ecosystem.