Senior DevOps Engineer

Job description

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior DevOps Engineer with a proven track record in architecting, securing, and optimizing complex cloud-based environments.The ideal candidate will demonstrate mastery in Kubernetes (EKS), microservices architectures, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevSecOps practices driving scalability, resilience, and compliance for mission-critical applications. You will lead cloud infrastructure strategy, automation initiatives, and security integration across CI/CD pipelines to deliver enterprise-grade solutions at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Solid expertise in Kubernetes (EKS), including cluster architecture, orchestration, scaling, and security hardening in production environments.
• Design, deploy, and manage microservices-based architectures for mission-critical applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance.
• Architect and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation to provision, configure, and maintain secure, repeatable cloud infrastructure.
• DevSecOps integrations by embedding security controls, SonarQube analysis, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks directly into CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrate solid experience in managing AWS Aurora (MySQL and PostgreSQL), including database provisioning, replication, backup strategies, and high availability configurations.
• Capability to design and implement active/active disaster recovery (DR) environments, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless failover for high-availability production systems.
• Build and maintain multi-stage CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline for zero-downtime deployments.
• Implement observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, and ELK stacks for proactive monitoring and incident response.
• Implement zero-trust security models, IAM best practices, secrets management, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA).
• Collaborate with architecture, development, and security teams to align infrastructure strategies with business goals.
• Automate operational workflows to reduce manual effort, enhance repeatability, and ensure rapid recovery from failures.
• Manage advanced networking components (VPC, Transit Gateway, API Gateway, Route53, Load Balancers and Auto-Scaling) for secure, high-performance connectivity.
• Conduct post-incident forensics and root cause analysis, implementing preventative measures to ensure system resilience.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Expert-level proficiency in Kubernetes (EKS), container orchestration, and microservices management at scale.
• Deep expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and immutable infrastructure patterns.
• Strong experience in DevSecOps, integrating security testing with tools like SonarQube, Burp Suite, and similar, along with compliance checks and automated security enforcement into CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Advanced AWS skills across EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS (Aurora), DynamoDB, S3, EFS, Secrets Manager, KMS, Cognito, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, and Step Functions.
• scripting/programming abilities in Python and Bash,
• Proven expertise in cloud security, compliance frameworks, and best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and optimization skills across distributed systems.
• Exceptional collaboration, leadership, ethical conduct, and documentation capabilities.

Certifications (Preferred):

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional / AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Job Type: Full-time

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lahore: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Location:

• Lahore (Preferred)

Work Location: In person