Job SummaryDevOps Engineer (GCP) - & Skill Matrix Location: Chennai/Hyderabad/Bengaluru

Customer Grade: D & E

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with 5-10 years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in GitHub, Jenkins, Harness, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and Dynatrace. The candidate will be responsible for automating software delivery, managing cloud infrastructure, improving platform reliability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure and scalable applications.

Roles and Responsibilities

- Design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Harness.
- Manage source code repositories and branching strategies using GitHub.
- Build, package, and deploy containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Provision and manage cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Terraform.
- Deploy and manage Kubernetes workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Develop, maintain, and customize Helm charts for application deployments.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
- Monitor application and infrastructure health using Dynatrace and proactively resolve performance issues.
- Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to ensure reliable software delivery.
- Troubleshoot build failures, deployment issues,



Kubernetes cluster problems, and production incidents.
- Implement high availability, scalability, disaster recovery, and security best practices.
- Optimize CI/CD pipelines for faster and more reliable software releases.
- Manage Kubernetes namespaces, ingress, services, secrets, ConfigMaps, and storage resources.
- Support production releases, change management, and incident resolution activities.

Primary Skills

- Strong hands-on experience with GitHub.
- Experience designing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Harness.
- Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
- Hands-on experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Experience provisioning infrastructure using Terraform.
- Strong knowledge of Helm charts and Kubernetes package management.
- Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Monitoring and performance analysis using Dynatrace.
- Solid Linux administration skills.
- Bash or Shell scripting.
- Git branching and release management.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Troubleshooting production environments.
- Understanding of networking concepts (DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, Load Balancers, SSL/TLS).
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Good-to-Have Skills





- Artifact repositories (Nexus or Artifactory).
- SonarQube.
- HashiCorp Vault or secret management solutions.
- Google Cloud Build.
- ArgoCD or GitOps.
- Prometheus and Grafana.
- Service Mesh (Istio).
- Kubernetes security and policy management.
- Multi-cloud exposure (Azure or AWS).

Skill Matrix | Skill Category | Technology | Priority | Proficiency | |----------------------|--------------------------------|---------------|------------------| | Source Control | GitHub | Primary | Advanced | | CI/CD | Jenkins, Harness | Primary | Advanced | | Containers | Docker | Primary | Advanced | | Orchestration | Kubernetes, GKE | Primary | Advanced | | Cloud | Google Cloud Platform | Primary | Advanced | | IaC | Terraform | Primary | Advanced | | Deployment | Helm | Primary | Advanced | | Monitoring | Dynatrace | Primary | Advanced | | OS/Scripting | Linux, Bash | Primary | Intermediate-Advanced | | Networking | DNS, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, LB | Primary | Intermediate | | Artifact Mgmt | Nexus/Artifactory | Good to Have | Intermediate | | Security | Vault | Good to Have | Intermediate | | GitOps | ArgoCD | Good to Have | Intermediate | | Observability | Prometheus, Grafana | Good to Have | Intermediate | | Cloud Platforms | Azure/AWS | Good to Have | Intermediate |

Key Responsibilities

- DevOps Engineer (GCP) - & Skill Matrix
- Location: Chennai/Hyderabad/Bengaluru
- Customer Grade: D & E

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