Job Role: Senior DevOps Engineer
Job Location: Trivandrum
Experience Required: 8+ years
Mandatory Skills: DevOps, GitLab, GitOps, CI/CD

Who we are:
At UST, we help the world’s best organizations grow and succeed through transformation. Bringing together the right talent, tools, and ideas, we work with our client to co-create lasting change. Together, with over 30,000 employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at UST.com

Summary:
We are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in GitLab CI/CD, GitOps practices, and Release on Demand processes. The ideal candidate will design and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines, manage infrastructure through GitOps principles, and ensure observability using tools like Datadog.

The Chance:
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment workflows
Implement and manage GitOps practices including:
Infrastructure and application manifests




Repository structuring and version control strategies
Pipeline orchestration and scheduling
Secure handling of secrets and configurations
Drive Release on Demand (RoD) processes to enable faster and controlled production releases
Manage pipeline orchestration, triggers, and scheduling mechanisms
Implement logging, monitoring, and ing using Datadog dashboards and pipeline logs
Ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability of CI/CD platforms
Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps best practices
Improve deployment frequency and reduce failure rates through automation
Troubleshoot pipeline failures and optimize performance
Ensure adherence to security and compliance standards in CI/CD and GitOps setup

Mandatory Skills:
Strong hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD (pipelines, runners, YAML configurations)
Expertise in GitOps practices with experience in:
Manifest management (K8s preferred)
Repository structuring

📌 DevOps Specialist (Thiruvananthapuram)
🏢 UST
📍 Thiruvananthapuram