Senior DevOps Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate a modern cloud-native platform that supports mission-critical applications and data services. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Kubernetes-based infrastructure, GitOps practices, CI/CD automation, database administration, observability, and platform security.

You will play a key role in driving platform reliability, scalability, and developer productivity while mentoring junior engineers and adopting open-source technologies to enhance our engineering ecosystem.

Technology Stack

• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
• GitOps & CI/CD: ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Helm
• API Gateway & Ingress: Kong Gateway, Traefik
• Monitoring & Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Neo4j, Redis, ClickHouse, Qdrant
• Streaming & Messaging: Apache Kafka (Strimzi)
• Data Platform: Apache Airflow, Trino, Hive Metastore, OpenMetadata, MinIO (S3)
• Security: HashiCorp Vault, OpenBao
• Configuration Management: Ansible

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage advanced CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD GitOps.
• Deploy and operate highly available PostgreSQL and MySQL clusters.
• Manage Kong API Gateway and optimize Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Operate and enhance monitoring using Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki, and ensure security compliance.
• Manage Kafka clusters, perform capacity planning, and participate in incident response.
• Mentor junior engineers and deploy new open-source platforms end-to-end.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience:

• 8+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering.
• Expert-level Kubernetes knowledge, including deployments, StatefulSets, RBAC, and CRDs, and Docker.
• Extensive experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL, including high availability and replication, and Helm chart development.
• Proficiency with ArgoCD, Prometheus and Grafana, including PromQL, and Apache Kafka.
• Strong Linux administration, scripting with Bash, Python, or Go, and CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault and Traefik ingress controller.

Benefits

• Discounts for Employees
• Possible Health Benefits
• Mobile Phone for Employees
• Possible Meal-Discounts
• Company Retirement
• Hybrid Work Possible
• Mobility Offers
• Events for Employees
• Coaching
• Flextime Possible
• Parking
• Inhouse Doctor
• Good Public Transport
• Barrier-Free Workplace
• Near-Site Childcare
• Canteen, Café

Contact

Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Private Limited
Brigade Tech Gardens, Katha No. 119560037
Bengaluru

MBRDI Recruitment E-Mail: mbrdi_recruitment@mercedes-benz.com