#19246-Sr. DevOps Engineer

About Us:

Qualitest is the world’s leading managed services provider of AI-led quality engineering solutions. It helps brands transition through the digital assurance journey and make the move from conventional functional testing to adopt innovations such as automation, AI, blockchain, and XR.

Qualitest’s core mission is to mitigate business risks associated with digital adoption. It fulfills this through customized quality engineering solutions that leverage Qualitest’s deep, industry-specific knowledge for various sectors, including technology, telecommunications, finance, healthcare, media, utilities, retail, manufacturing, and defense. These scalable solutions protect brands through end-to-end value demonstration with a focus on customer experience and release velocity.

Qualitest has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Romania, India, Mexico, Portugal, Switzerland, and Argentina. It employs more than 7,000 engineers who serve over 400 customers worldwide

Job Description 

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer

Experience Range: 6–10 Years

Job Location: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Noida or any location with Hybrid 

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in containerization, Kubernetes orchestration (EKS, AKS, GKE), and CI/CD automation using GitLab. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performance DevOps pipelines across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and GCP).

Key Responsibilities:

• Containerization & Orchestration
• Design, build, and optimize Dockerfiles for microservices and multi-stage builds.
• Deploy, manage, and monitor workloads on Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, GKE).
• Implement auto-scaling, rolling updates, and high availability configurations.
• CI/CD & Automation
• Develop and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build, test, deploy, and release workflows.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Helm, or Ansible.
• Manage environment configurations, secrets, and security policies across multiple clouds.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, performance issues, and infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Perform root-cause analysis and optimize pipeline efficiency and reliability.
• Research & Development
• Evaluate emerging DevOps tools, technologies, and best practices.
• Conduct R&D and PoCs for process improvements and new automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance scalability, cost-efficiency, and resilience.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience in building and running Dockerfiles.
• Expertise in handling containers/pods.
• Expertise in Kubernetes — preferably across AWS EKS, Azure AKS, and GCP GKE.
• Proven experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and YAML-based automation.
• Knowledge of Helm charts, Terraform, and infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts.
• Experience with Linux administration, shell scripting, and system performance tuning.
• Familiarity with cloud networking, IAM roles, VPC design, and load balancers.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities in distributed environments.
• Demonstrated ability for independent R&D and proactive problem-solving.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-cloud architecture and DevSecOps principles.
• Familiarity with container security, image scanning, and runtime protection.
• AWS/Azure/GCP certification in DevOps or Cloud Administration.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently or in teams.
• Passion for automation, innovation, and continuous improvement.