Sobre este puesto de DevOps Engineer – AWS/Azure/GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker & CI/CD en Synechron
Job Summary
Synechron is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience in cloud computing, virtualization, infrastructure automation, database management, and DevOps practices. The role focuses on designing, implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and supporting cloud infrastructure and applications across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).The successful candidate will work with cross-functional teams to implement cloud-based solutions, manage CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure and configuration processes, and support reliable, secure, and scalable technology environments. This position contributes to business objectives by improving cloud availability, operational efficiency, deployment consistency, application performance, and customer support outcomes.
Software Requirements
Required
5+ years of experience in cloud computing, virtualization, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or related technology roles.
Proficiency with cloud computing platforms, including:
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipeline implementation.
Experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code and infrastructure provisioning.
Experience with Docker for application containerization.
Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
Experience with Jenkins or comparable CI/CD automation tools.
Familiarity with automation and configuration management tools, including Chef and Puppet.
Knowledge of database management systems, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
Experience with virtualization technologies, including VMware and Hyper-V.
Strong technical skills in cloud computing, virtualization, database management, automation, and infrastructure operations.
Ability to design, implement, monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain cloud infrastructure and applications.
Ability to work with current, supported versions of cloud platforms, infrastructure tools, operating systems, databases, containers, orchestration platforms, and CI/CD tools.
Preferred
Experience managing multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.
Experience implementing automated infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, and recovery processes.
Familiarity with cloud security, identity and access management, networking, backup, disaster recovery, and compliance controls.
Experience with cloud-native application deployment and operational support.
Exposure to logging, monitoring, observability, alerting, and performance-management tools.
Experience optimizing cloud resource usage, infrastructure cost, application performance, and energy efficiency.
Certifications in cloud computing platforms, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
Experience in a relevant industry, such as technology or finance.
Overall Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure and applications across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
Build, manage, and improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and comparable automation tools.
Containerize applications using Docker and support deployments through Kubernetes.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, deployment, monitoring, and operational activities.
Use configuration management tools such as Chef and Puppet to maintain consistent and reliable environments.
Manage and support virtualized infrastructure using VMware and Hyper-V.
Support database environments involving MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
Monitor and manage cloud environments to ensure optimal performance, availability, scalability, security, and resource utilization.
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, deployment, networking, virtualization, database, container, and application issues.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement cloud-based solutions for clients.
Provide technical support to clients in the use, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of cloud-based solutions.
Contribute to infrastructure design, technical documentation, implementation plans, operational procedures, and support guidelines.
Apply DevOps practices to improve delivery speed, deployment consistency, reliability, automation, and service quality.
Stay current with industry trends, cloud capabilities, DevOps practices, automation methods, security controls, and infrastructure standards.
Promote sustainable technology practices through efficient resource utilization, automation, right-sized infrastructure, reusable configurations, and reduced manual processing.
Strategic Objectives
Deliver reliable, scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud infrastructure and applications.
Improve deployment consistency and operational efficiency through CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automation, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Support effective use of AWS, Azure, and GCP based on solution requirements, operational needs, security considerations, and cost objectives.
Strengthen infrastructure monitoring, availability, performance, troubleshooting, and recovery capabilities.
Provide responsive and technically accurate support for client cloud-based solutions.
Improve cloud resource efficiency and support sustainable infrastructure operations.
Performance Outcomes
Cloud infrastructure and applications meet agreed requirements for availability, performance, scalability, security, and maintainability.
CI/CD pipelines support repeatable, controlled, and reliable build, test, and deployment processes.
Terraform configurations and automation scripts are documented, version-controlled, reusable, and maintainable.
Infrastructure issues are identified, investigated, communicated, and resolved within agreed service expectations.
Virtualized, containerized, database, and cloud environments are monitored and maintained effectively.
Clients and internal stakeholders receive timely technical support, clear updates, and practical recommendations.
Technical Skills (By Category)
Programming Languages and Scripting
Essential
Ability to use scripting for infrastructure automation, deployment, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Ability to interpret configuration files, deployment scripts, pipeline definitions, and infrastructure code.
Understanding of scripting practices that support repeatability, error handling, logging, and maintainability.
Preferred
Experience with scripting or programming languages used for cloud automation and DevOps operations.
Familiarity with reusable automation modules, script testing, version control, and secure handling of configuration data.
Databases/Data Management
Essential
Knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle database management systems.
Understanding of database availability, connectivity, backup, recovery, monitoring, access, and performance considerations.
Ability to support database environments used by cloud-based applications.
Experience troubleshooting database connectivity, deployment, configuration, and infrastructure-related issues.
Preferred
Experience supporting database migrations, replication, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
Familiarity with managed cloud database services.
Exposure to automated database deployment, monitoring, backup validation, and recovery testing.
Cloud Technologies
Essential
Proficiency with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP.
Ability to design, implement, maintain, and monitor cloud infrastructure and applications.
Understanding of cloud scalability, availability, networking, identity, access management, storage, monitoring, and resource management.
Experience supporting cloud-based solutions and providing technical support to clients.
Ability to evaluate cloud services based on performance, security, availability, operational, and cost requirements.
Preferred
Experience with hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud architectures.
Familiarity with cloud-native services, serverless platforms, managed databases, cloud networking, backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring.
Experience optimizing cloud resources for cost efficiency, performance, and sustainable use.
Frameworks and Libraries
Essential
Docker for application containerization.
Kubernetes for container orchestration.
Understanding of container image management, deployment configuration, service connectivity, scaling, health checks, and troubleshooting.
Ability to support application deployments across cloud and containerized environments.
Preferred
Experience with Kubernetes cluster administration, ingress, networking, secrets, configuration, scaling, and observability.
Familiarity with cloud-native application frameworks, service discovery, and distributed application deployment.
Exposure to Helm or comparable Kubernetes package-management tools.
Development Tools and Methodologies
Essential
Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
Jenkins for CI/CD pipeline automation or experience with comparable CI/CD tools.
DevOps practices covering continuous integration, continuous delivery, automation, collaboration, monitoring, and operational feedback.
Chef and Puppet for automation and configuration management.
VMware and Hyper-V virtualization technologies.
Experience with version control, deployment management, environment configuration, technical documentation, and operational handover.
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, deployment, cloud, virtualization, database, container, and pipeline issues.
Preferred
Experience integrating Terraform with CI/CD pipelines and automated validation.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code testing, policy enforcement, configuration drift detection, and automated compliance checks.
Exposure to monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, release management, and rollback processes.
Experience working with Agile, iterative, or structured technology delivery methodologies.
Security Protocols
Essential
Understanding of cloud security principles, identity and access management, least-privilege access, secure configuration, encryption, and network controls.
Ability to apply security practices across AWS, Azure, GCP, virtualized environments, containers, Kubernetes, databases, and CI/CD pipelines.
Awareness of secrets management, credential protection, vulnerability management, patching, auditability, and access reviews.
Ability to follow organizational security, compliance, change-management, and data-protection requirements.
Ability to identify, document, and escalate security and operational risks.
Preferred
Experience implementing security controls through Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and automated validation.
Familiarity with container security, cloud security posture management, network segmentation, and secure image management.
Exposure to security monitoring, vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery, and compliance assessments.
Experience Requirements
5+ years of experience in cloud computing, virtualization, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or related technology roles.
Demonstrable experience designing, implementing, maintaining, and monitoring cloud infrastructure and applications.
Proficiency with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP.
Experience with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, Chef, and Puppet.
Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle database environments.
Experience with VMware and Hyper-V virtualization technologies.
Experience supporting automation, configuration management, infrastructure operations, application deployments, and technical troubleshooting.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement cloud-based solutions for clients.
Experience providing technical support for cloud-based solutions.
Experience in a relevant industry, such as technology or finance, is preferred.
Candidates may qualify through equivalent practical experience, relevant technical training, certifications, or demonstrable project outcomes across cloud infrastructure, DevOps, virtualization, automation, databases, and application support.
Day-to-Day Activities
Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure, applications, Terraform configurations, Docker containers, Kubernetes deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and virtualized environments.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients through requirements discussions, solution design sessions, implementation planning, deployment reviews, troubleshooting calls, and operational handovers.
Deliver infrastructure code, pipeline updates, deployment configurations, automation scripts, monitoring results, technical documentation, support records, and performance improvements.
Make technical decisions within the assigned scope, troubleshoot cloud and infrastructure issues, prioritize operational risks, recommend improvements, and escalate dependencies or decisions requiring broader approval.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant professional experience may also be considered.
5+ years of experience in cloud computing, virtualization, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or related areas.
Certifications in cloud computing platforms, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, are preferred.
Relevant training in AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, database management, virtualization, automation, security, and CI/CD is beneficial.
Maintain continuous professional development in cloud platforms, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, containerization, automation, monitoring, security, cost management, and sustainable infrastructure practices.
Professional Competencies
Apply critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and structured problem-solving to diagnose and resolve cloud, infrastructure, database, virtualization, deployment, and application issues.
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and clients while contributing technical expertise to shared cloud and DevOps outcomes.
Communicate technical designs, incident findings, risks, progress, implementation plans, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Adapt to changing cloud technologies, client requirements, delivery priorities, operational conditions, and evolving infrastructure standards.
Identify opportunities to improve automation, reliability, scalability, security, deployment efficiency, resource utilization, and sustainable cloud operations.
Prioritize and manage multiple infrastructure, support, deployment, troubleshooting, and documentation activities while meeting agreed timelines and service expectations.
SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
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