About the role

Edstem Technologies is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, automate and run reliable, secure and scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. You'll own CI/CD, Kubernetes platforms and infrastructure as code, and work closely with development teams to speed up delivery. AI-assisted engineering with Claude is part of how we work every day, so you'll be expected to use it as a core part of your workflow.

Key responsibilities

Design, build and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure, following best practices for availability, security and cost

Write and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, including reusable modules, state management and workplace strategies

Design, deploy and run production Kubernetes clusters (EKS / AKS / self-managed), including networking, storage, RBAC, scaling and upgrades

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar

Use Claude (Claude Code or the Claude app) to speed up writing Terraform, Helm charts, pipeline definitions and scripts, and to help with troubleshooting and documentation, while staying responsible for correctness and security

Set up monitoring, logging, alerting and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor)

Drive DevSecOps practices, including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, IAM / access policies and compliance

Lead incident response and root-cause analysis, and improve system reliability over time

Optimize cloud costs and resource usage

Mentor junior engineers,



review infrastructure code and set DevOps standards across teams

Keep up with emerging cloud-native technologies and AI-assisted engineering practices

Required skills and experience

8+ years in DevOps, cloud infrastructure or site reliability engineering

Strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure

Strong production experience with Kubernetes, Docker and Helm

Advanced Terraform skills

Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and other CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)

Hands-on experience using Claude for infrastructure and automation work, such as generating and refactoring IaC, writing scripts, debugging and reviewing output critically

Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python or PowerShell

Solid understanding of Linux, networking (VPC/VNet, DNS, load balancing, TLS) and cloud security

Experience with GitOps tools (Argo CD or Flux)

Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills

Good to have

AWS Certified Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer – Professional, or Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Experience with service meshes (Istio, Linkerd)

Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible)

Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud setups

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Location and language

Candidates from Kerala are strongly preferred

Must be able to work from our Trivandrum office

Strong English communication skills, along with fluency in Malayalam (spoken) is preferred

📌 Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS / Azure) (Thiruvananthapuram)
🏢 Edstem Technologies
📍 Thiruvananthapuram