Sr. DevOps Engineer / DevOps Lead – AWS… at Nextgen… · Location…

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: WFH / Remote (India)

Open Positions: Multiple

Qualification: B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA or equivalent

Work Timings: 1:30 PM IST – 10:30 PM IST

Functional Area: DevOps Engineering

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer / DevOps Lead – AWS Cloud Infrastructure to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The ideal candidate 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 candidate should be capable of designing end-to-end cloud architectures, creating infrastructure and network diagrams, automating deployments, managing containerized workloads, and ensuring operational excellence across production environments.

This role requires a technically strong professional who can drive cloud modernization initiatives, implement best practices, improve platform reliability, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure and resilient cloud solutions.

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 job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities, duties, or activities that are required. Responsibilities, duties, and/or activities may change, or new ones may be added at any time with or without notice.

If you are a motivated professional with a passion for delivering impactful solutions, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team at NextGen Invent.