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Job Summary
Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS) using Terraform and Terragrunt
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- Manage deployment of containerized applications to Cloud Infrastructure
- Implement monitoring and observability using open-source tools
- Configure alerting systems for existing applications
- Configuration management via IaC
- Patching of existing infrastructure using internal tools
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum setting
Must-Have Technical Skills
- Familiarity with AWS or equivalent (GCP, Azure)
- IaC tools (Terraform, Terragrunt)
- CI/CD pipeline automation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Rancher)
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (Loki, Mimir, Prometheus, CloudWatch, Grafana)
- Familiarity with alerting systems (AlertManager, MSTeams Webhooks, CloudWatch alarms)
- Scripting languages (Bash, Python)
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
Nice-to-Have Technical Skills
- Experience with Big Data tools (Spark, Hadoop)
- MLOps and AI pipeline deployment
- DevSecOps tooling (SonarQube, OWASP)
- Familiarity with SAFe Agile framework
- Exposure to enterprise banking environments
Must-Have Soft Skills
- Strong communication and documentation
- Team collaboration and cross-functional coordination
- Analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Adaptability and continuous learning
- Ownership and accountability
Nice-to-Have Soft Skills
- Mentorship and leadership experience
- Strategic thinking and architectural input
- Empathy for internal users and stakeholders
- Experience in multicultural, distributed teams
- Attention to detail and documentation discipline
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
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