Senior DevOps Engineer On-Premises Automation
Experience: 8+ Years
Location: Chennai / Pune / Hyderabad / Bangalore
Shift: UK Shift
Interview Process: 3 Rounds, including one round aligned with US business hours
Work mode: WFO - 5 Days
Payroll: Team Geek Solutions
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer On-Premises Automation to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and repeatable infrastructure provisioning and automation solutions across on-premises environments and Azure.
The role will focus strongly on Jenkins and Ansible-based on-premises automation, while also integrating cloud automation, security controls, ServiceNow workflows, infrastructure-as-code, and operational governance.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in enterprise on-premises infrastructure automation, excellent communication skills, and the ability to independently troubleshoot and lead complex automation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development of secure and repeatable on-premises infrastructure provisioning pipelines.
Design and manage Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
Develop reusable Jenkins pipeline templates for VM and physical server provisioning, OS deployment, configuration, certification, and rollback.
Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation frameworks for enterprise infrastructure.
Develop PowerShell modules and automation scripts for Windows environments.
Integrate automation workflows with ServiceNow for request intake, approvals, orchestration, change management, and CMDB updates.
Implement security and compliance controls, including hardened-image validation, vulnerability/security scan gates, secrets management, approvals, and audit evidence.
Work with Git-based development practices, code reviews, testing, and version-controlled automation.
Support infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation using Terraform and Azure DevOps where required.
Implement appropriate logging, monitoring, error handling, and troubleshooting mechanisms across automation pipelines.
Perform root-cause analysis for automation and infrastructure failures and drive corrective actions.
Support UAT, production deployment, hypercare, and operational handover.
Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, application, and platform teams to deliver reliable automation solutions.
Provide technical guidance and contribute to automation standards, best practices, and reusable frameworks.
Required Skills & Qualifications
8 10 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Automation, or a similar role.
Strong hands-on experience with Jenkins and CI/CD automation.
Strong hands-on experience with Ansible, including playbooks, roles, inventories, and enterprise automation.
Strong experience working with on-premises infrastructure environments.
Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems.
Strong PowerShell scripting experience.
Good experience with Git and version control.
Working knowledge of Python scripting and automation.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably Terraform.
Exposure to Azure/Azure DevOps and cloud infrastructure automation.
Experience with security scanning, secrets management, compliance controls, and secure automation practices.
Understanding of infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational support.
Experience integrating or working with ServiceNow, CMDB, and change-management workflows is an advantage.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Strong to very strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with global/US stakeholders.
Preferred Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have:
Strong on-premises DevOps/infrastructure automation experience.
Deep hands-on expertise in Jenkins + Ansible.
Experience automating infrastructure provisioning rather than only application deployments.
Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
Experience working in enterprise-scale environments with security, compliance, and change-management requirements.
Ability to take ownership of automation initiatives and work independently.
Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills.
