Job Title:
Junior DevOps Engineer - AI startup
Company: Founding Teams
Location: Hosur, Tamil nadu
Created: 2026-01-11
Job Type: Full Time
Job Description:
About the is an AI pre accelerator and talent platform. We help Founders hire engineers, designers and marketing talent for their AI startup. About the RoleAs our Lead DevOps Engineer, you’ll design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You’ll mentor a team of DevOps engineers, partner closely with development teams, and drive best practices around automation, monitoring, and incident response.Key ResponsibilitiesInfrastructure Architecture:Lead design of cloud-native (AWS/Azure/GCP) microservices and data-platform architectures.Define Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) standards using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.CI/CD & Automation:Build and optimize end-to-end pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).Automate testing, packaging, and deployments for containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes).Monitoring & Observability:Implement logging, metrics, tracing (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack, Datadog, New Relic).Establish SLOs/SLIs, alerting, and runbooks for on-call rotations.Security & Compliance:Integrate security scanning (SAST/DAST) into pipelines (e.g. SonarQube, Snyk).Enforce IAM best practices, secrets management (Vault, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault).Performance & Cost Optimization:Right-size cloud resources, optimize autoscaling, and manage reserved instances.Conduct regular architecture reviews to identify bottlenecks.Leadership & Mentorship:Coach and grow a team of DevOps/SRE engineers.Drive cross-functional training on DevOps tooling and practices.Incident Management:Lead post-mortem analyses and continuous improvement of incident response processes.Required Skills & Experience5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering rolesCloud Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)IaC & Configuration Management:Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or PulumiAnsible, Chef, or PuppetCI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or CircleCIContainerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS)Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog, New Relic, or equivalentScripting & Automation: Python, Go, Bash, or similarSecurity Tools: Familiarity with Vault, AWS IAM, security scanners (Snyk, Trivy)Networking Fundamentals: VPCs, load balancers, DNS, CDN, firewallsSoft Skills:Strong communication and collaboration across teamsProven leadership: mentoring, code reviews, and guiding best practicesNice-to-HavesDatabase Operations: Experience with managed databases (RDS, Cloud SQL, Cosmos DB) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB)Serverless & Edge: Lambda/FaaS, CloudFront, Akamai, or FastlyObservability Platforms: OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, SplunkCost-Management: AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost ManagementCertifications: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or equivalent