Blue Ripples Technologies is a dynamic technology company that develops impactful software across multiple platforms. Established in 2012, we have a strong foundation in Digital Transformation with special focus on Legacy System upgrades. From enterprises to visionary new start-ups, we have been part of some powerful digital solutions that have transformed lives. Now, it’s your turn.
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and operate a Kafka-centric IoT platform supporting 50,000+ devices, real-time MQTT ingestion, and low-latency data pipelines. The platform will run in hybrid environments (AWS and on-premises) and will be fully automated using Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
Responsibilities:
Design and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for:
- AWS (VPC, EKS, EC2, ALB/NLB, IAM, storage)
- On-prem infrastructure (VMs, networking, load balancers)
- Deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters on AWS and on-prem
- Deploy and manage Kafka-centric event streaming platforms
- Operate core platform components:
o Kafka
o MQTT brokers (VerneMQ)
o Keycloak (IAM)
o APISIX (API Gateway)
o Redis, PostgreSQL / TimescaleDB, MinIO
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI / Jenkins / Argo CD)
- Use Helm for application and platform deployments
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana,
ELK/OpenSearch)
- Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and disaster recovery
- Secure infrastructure using TLS, certificates, RBAC, secrets management
(Vault/OpenBao)
- Collaborate with backend (.NET) and frontend (Angular) teams
Requirements
- Terraform – strong experience with reusable modules and environments
- Kubernetes (EKS + on-prem clusters)
- Apache Kafka operations and tuning
- CI/CD tools: GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD
- Helm for Kubernetes deployments
- Linux system administration & networking
- Managing stateful workloads on Kubernetes
- TLS, certificates, secrets management
- Bash/Shell scripting (Python is a plus)
Good to Have
- Hybrid AWS + on-prem architecture experience
- VerneMQ operations
- Keycloak deployment & scaling
- MinIO / S3-compatible object storage
- OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing
- Experience with high-throughput IoT or streaming systems
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- Opportunities for high-speed professional growth and development.
- Collaborative and supportive work environment.
- Medical insurance
- OP Allowance
- Statutory Benefits like PF, ESI, LWF, Gratuity
- Training (Technical & Soft skills)