Location: Bengaluru
Department: Cloudways
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the strategy, design, and implementation of our large-scale cloud infrastructure projects. In this role, you will tackle the challenges of modernizing IT operations, focusing on security, automation, and high efficiency to keep our platform on the cutting edge of cloud computing.
What You'll Do:
- Partner closely with development teams to embed robust DevOps practices and raise the overall operational bar.
- Design, build, and maintain high-throughput CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
- Architect and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform to provision scalable environments on AWS and other cloud providers.
- Automate complex Linux server management and configuration workflows using Ansible, Python, and Bash.
- Build and support REST APIs using Python (Flask) and Ansible to drive internal automation tooling.
- Deploy, manage, and orchestrate containerized workloads across Kubernetes clusters utilizing Helm charts and ArgoCD.
- Enforce and streamline platform security by implementing robust networking, encryption, hashing, and SSL/TLS protocols.
- Drive continuous improvement across database environments, supporting MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL performance and maintenance.
- Eliminate operational toil by introducing emerging cloud-native technologies and automated configuration management solutions.
What You'll Bring:
Required
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a primary focus on DevOps and modern cloud operations
- Deep expertise in cloud-native infrastructure, particularly AWS, with a proven track record of managing large-scale environments
- Production-level experience using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Hands-on proficiency with container orchestration tools, specifically Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD
- Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, and Linux system administration
- 1+ years of practical software development experience, including experience building backend REST APIs (Python/Flask)
- Solid understanding of core networking, security measures, and cryptographic protocols (SSL/TLS, encryption, hashing)
- Experience with relational database management systems, including MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
Bonus
- Experience designing GitOps-driven deployment workflows at scale
- Advanced knowledge of multi-cloud architectures or hybrid cloud migrations
- Familiarity with enterprise-grade observability and monitoring ecosystems
- Prior experience managing high-availability infrastructure within fast-paced software or cloud delivery companies
*This job is located in Bengaluru, India
JR: 2026-8083
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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean
- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
