Description

Key Responsibilities

• CI/CD Platform Administration: Manage and optimize deployment pipelines and workflows using Harness CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
• Policy & Governance: Implement policy-as-code and compliance guardrails across pipelines using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Harness Admin controls.
• Infrastructure & Configuration Management: Provision cloud environments on AWS using Terraform and automate server configurations with Ansible.
• Container Orchestration: Deploy, manage, and scale microservices on K8s clusters.
• Automation & Scripting: Write clean, maintainable scripts using Python and Bash to automate operational tasks.
• Version Control: Standardize branching strategies, pull request workflows, and repository management using Git.
• AI Bot Development (Opportunity): Collaborate on integrating tool-using AI agents into pipeline diagnostics, automated incident response, and Slack/ChatOps workflows.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Engineering, or related IT disciplines.
• Proven experience owning the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, including build, test, release, deployment, rollback, monitoring, and production support.
• Demonstrated ability to manage enterprise-scale deployment platforms supporting multiple applications and development teams.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills in complex distributed environments.

Harness Platform Expertise

• Minimum 2+ years of hands-on Harness Administration experience.
• Experience creating and maintaining Harness templates, connectors, secrets, environments, service definitions, and deployment workflows.
• Strong understanding of Harness governance, RBAC, policies, approvals, and platform administration capabilities.
• Experience supporting large-scale CI/CD implementations using Harness.

CI/CD & Release Management

• Extensive experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using Harness, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of build automation, deployment automation, release orchestration, and environment promotion strategies.
• Experience implementing reusable pipeline architectures and deployment best practices.

Governance & Security

• Hands-on experience implementing Open Policy Agent (OPA) and policy-as-code frameworks.
• Knowledge of CI/CD governance, security controls, compliance enforcement, and audit readiness.
• Experience integrating security controls into software delivery pipelines.

Cloud & Container Platforms

• Strong working experience with AWS services and cloud-native architecture principles.
• Hands-on expertise with EKS, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container ecosystem technologies.
• Experience managing production-scale cloud environments and containerized applications.

Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management

• Advanced Terraform expertise including module development, remote state management, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Strong Ansible experience for automation, orchestration, and system configuration management.
• Proven ability to build scalable and reusable infrastructure automation solutions.

Programming & Automation

• Strong proficiency in Python with demonstrated experience developing automation frameworks, platform tools, and operational utilities.
• Strong Bash scripting expertise for Linux-based automation and administration tasks.
• Experience integrating REST APIs and platform services to automate complex workflows.

Source Control

• Deep understanding of Git workflows, branching strategies, repository governance, code review processes, and GitOps practices.

Desired / Bonus Qualifications (Agentic AI)

• Experience or strong interest in Agentic AI 
• Familiarity with LLM function/tool calling (OpenAI / Anthropic APIs, Model Context Protocol) to trigger DevOps tools programmatically.
• Understanding of how to build guardrails, human-in-the-loop approvals, and automated troubleshooting bots for operational workflows

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree