Junior DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer 

Reporting relationship: Senior Project Manager

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer with strong experience in Kubernetes, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and infrastructure automation. The candidate will be responsible for designing, deploying, managing, and optimizing scalable and secure containerized environments while ensuring high availability and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage Kubernetes clusters for development, testing, and production environments.


• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.


• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.


• Monitor cluster health, application performance, and infrastructure availability.


• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or Ansible.


• Configure and manage logging, monitoring, and alerting tools.


• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, networking, and performance-related issues.


• Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to streamline release processes.


• Ensure platform security, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery processes are in place.


• Optimize resource utilization, scalability, and system reliability.


• Support production releases and provide operational support when required.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps engineering or cloud infrastructure management.


• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration and orchestration.


• Experience with Docker and containerization technologies.


• Good knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.


• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.


• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Helm, or Ansible.


• Experience with Linux system administration and shell scripting.


• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Splunk.


• Understanding of networking, load balancing, ingress controllers, and security best practices.


• Experience with version control systems such as Git.

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS.


• Experience with microservices architecture.


• Knowledge of service mesh technologies like Istio.


• Exposure to DevSecOps practices and security automation.


• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Good to Have

• Experience with multi-cluster Kubernetes management.


• Knowledge of ArgoCD, FluxCD, or other GitOps tools.


• Experience in production support and incident management.

Headquartered in Japan, NEC is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies. With over 123 years of expertise in providing solutions for empowering people, businesses, and society, NEC stands tall as a champion in enabling change and transformation across the globe. Present in India since 1950, NEC has been instrumental in burgeoning India’s digitization journey continually for the past 70 years.

NEC India has proved its commitment to orchestrating a bright future through its diverse businesses from Telecommunications to Public Safety, Logistics, Transportation, Retail, Finance, Unified Communication and IT platforms, serving across the public and private sectors. NEC India, through the deployment of cutting-edge technology, has been powering India in seminal ways, making lives easier, safer, and more productive for all.

With its Centre of Excellence for verticals like Analytics platform solutions, Big Data, Biometrics, Mobile and Retail, NEC India brings to the table, innovative, seamless solutions for India and across the world.

NEC India is headquartered in New Delhi and has its offices panned across the country. It has branches in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Noida and Surat.

Specialties:

IT & Networking Solutions, Unified Communication Solutions, Safety and Security Solutions, Integrated Retail Solutions, Data Centre Solutions, Safe and Smart City Solutions, Transportation Solutions, SDN Solutions, Carrier Telecom Solutions, and Solutions for Society.

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