Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Role Summary

The Senior DevOps Engineer is a hands‑on engineer responsible for building, operating, and improving DevOps and CI/CD capabilities that enable product teams to deliver software reliably and at speed. This role focuses on implementation excellence, working closely with Development, QA, and Platform teams to automate delivery, improve reliability, strengthen security, and adopt AI‑assisted DevOps practices where they provide practical value.

Key Responsibilities

DevOps & CI/CD Implementation

• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines aligned to team and organisational standards
• Apply automation‑first engineering practices across build, test, deploy, and release
• Act as a senior contributor supporting DevOps best practices within squads

CI/CD & Infrastructure Engineering

• Implement YAML‑based CI/CD pipelines and reusable pipeline components
• Apply Infrastructure as Code to provision and manage environments
• Support adoption of trunk‑based development and modern deployment patterns (Blue/Green, Canary)

Release & Operational Reliability

• Support deployment execution, release readiness, and rollback procedures
• Ensure services are observable and supportable in production
• Investigate release and operational issues and contribute to post‑release improvements

AI‑Assisted DevOps (Applied)

• Use AI‑assisted DevOps tools to improve productivity and troubleshooting, including:  Pipeline failure analysis and remediation suggestions, AI‑assisted reviews for pipelines, infrastructure, and configuration, Log and metric‑based issue investigation
• Contribute to automation and scripting that integrates AI capabilities into DevOps workflows

Cloud & DevSecOps

• Build and operate infrastructure on Azure (primary) and AWS
• Implement basic DevSecOps practices, including secrets management and policy controls
• Apply sound understanding of cloud security, networking, and enterprise environments

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Collaborate effectively with engineers, testers, and platform teams
• Support and mentor junior DevOps and software engineers
• Contribute to documentation, standards, and shared tooling

Technologies & Frameworks

• CI/CD: Azure DevOps (YAML & Classic), Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Cloud & IaC: Azure, AWS, Terraform, ARM/Bicep
• Containers & Platform: Docker, Microservices, Kubernetes (desirable)
• Automation: PowerShell, Bash
• AI / AIOps: AI‑assisted DevOps and observability tools
• Security & Data: DevSecOps basics, networking, MS SQL, Windows/.NET

Qualifications

Engineering Graduate/ MCA
Experience: 6+ years (Product / SaaS engineering preferred)

Experience & Expectations

• 6+ years in software engineering or DevOps roles
• Strong hands‑on experience with CI/CD, automation, and cloud platforms
• Ability to troubleshoot deployment and operational issues end‑to‑end
• Growing systems thinking across delivery speed, reliability, and security
• Influences through technical delivery and collaboration

Success Measures

• Reliable CI/CD pipelines with minimal manual intervention
• Smooth, repeatable deployments across environments
• Faster issue detection and resolution
• Consistent adoption of DevOps practices within squads

Additional Information

Candidate should be based in Bangalore and must be available to work from the client’s Electronic City office for 2 days a week

At Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.