DevOps Automation - Senior DevOps Engineer
About the job
Summary
As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Paytm, you'll tackle challenging technical problems and drive technical excellence. You'll ensure smooth application operation, possessing deep understanding of server and development levels. Proficiency in Python for automation is crucial, automating tasks from system provisioning to deployment pipelines. You'll leverage cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), CI/CD processes (Jenkins), and tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Packer. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is also beneficial. You'll architect systems and platforms using Linux and AWS, contributing to a large-scale Prometheus management system.
Must have:
- Strong Python scripting skills
- AWS cloud infrastructure expertise
- CI/CD (Jenkins) knowledge
- Automation tools (Ansible, Terraform)
- Immutable infrastructure understanding
Good to have:
- Groovy DSLs
- Docker and Kubernetes experience
- Prometheus management (Thanos, Alert Manager)
- Experience with Flask Framework
- Frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular)
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About Us:
Paytm is India’s leading digital payments and financial services company, which is focused on driving consumers and merchants to its platform by offering them a variety of payment use cases. Paytm provides consumers with services like utility payments and money transfers, while empowering them to pay via Paytm Payment Instruments (PPI) like Paytm UPI. To merchants Paytm offers acquiring devices like Sound box, EDC, QR and Payment Gateway where payment aggregation is done through PPI and also other banks’ financial instruments. To further enhance merchants’ business, Paytm offers merchants commerce services through advertising and Paytm Mini app store. Operating on this platform leverage, the company then offers credit services such as merchant loans, personal loans and BNPL, sourced by its financial partners.
About the role:
The DevOps tackles our organization's toughest technical problems and drives technical excellence at all levels, working with senior management to support the execution of the organization's vision. The Sr. DevOps is a person who cares deeply about the technical side of operations and making sure that everything is running smoothly for our applications. The ideal candidate understands technology deeply at both the server level and at the development level, comprehends the gaps and is excited about filling those gaps and taking proactive steps to prevent application emergencies from ever happening.One of the key strength of the Sr. DevOps Engineer is their proficiency in Python for automation and scripting. By leveraging Python, this individual will drive automation initiatives that simplify and accelerate daily tasks, from system provisioning and configuration management to deployment pipelines and routine operational tasks. Their ability to write clean, efficient scripts not only improves operational efficiency but also reduces human error, allowing the team to focus on higher-level challenges and strategic objectives.Superpowers/ Skills that will help you succeed in this role
• Strong understanding of immutable infrastructure and infrastructure as code concepts (IaS / IaaS). Participate in capacity planning and provisioning of new resources.
• Strong knowledge and experience of cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), systems, network design, and cloud migration projects.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins) is a must. The ability to write groovy DSLs is an added advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Shell, along with one more language (Python, Groovy, or Java). -- for Infra codification job profile
• Strong prior experience using automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, Packer, etc.
• At least one-year exp in Docker and kubernetes (EKS/ AKS) - (For some job profiles)
• Prometheus management at Scale -- Thanos, Alert Manager, -- we handle over a million metric per second .
Architect systems, infrastructure & platforms using Linux and Cloud Services [Amazon Web Services]
Well versed in Python and its various libraries for writing automating scripts to automate manual tasks. Also, knowledge on integrating third party apps apis into the python scripts
Experience of Flask Framework of Python to develop optimised REST API Endpoints.
Experience with Frontend Technologies HTML, CSS, Javascript and Angular to create functional UI components.
Experience with Docker and Docker Compose for containerising application code.
Expectations/ Requirements
• Years of Experience: 3-6 years
• Educational Qualification: BE / B Tech in Computer Science or MCA from a premier institute.
• Strong communication skills.
• Should have demonstrated the ability to collaborate across teams and organizations.
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Compensation:
If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you.
With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants – and we are committed to it.
India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here. It’s your opportunity to be a part of the story!
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