DevOps Engineer | AWS, Harness & Terraform

Job Summary

Synechron is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with 8 years of hands-on expertise in building automating and managing CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure. This key role will support our drive toward engineering excellence innovation and operational reliability. The successful candidate will be a champion of automation cloud delivery and best-in-class DevOps practices collaborating across teams to create robust scalable and secure platforms for critical business applications.

Software Requirements

Required Tools & Proficiency

• AWS Cloud Platform (strong demonstrable experience managing deployments)

• Harness (must have in-depth hands-on experience)

• Jenkins (pipeline automation and orchestration)

• Terraform (infrastructure as code for cloud provisioning)

• Git-based version control (Bitbucket or GitHubadmin and repo management)

• Python (for automation and scripting tasks)

Preferred/Bonus Skills

• CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions Bitbucket Pipelines

• Containerization (Docker Kubernetes)

• System monitoring and alerting (CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana)

• Experience with security compliance and cloud governance frameworks

Overall Responsibilities

• Design implement and manage advanced CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins GitHub Actions Harness and Bitbucket Pipelines

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and environment configuration using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

• Deploy manage and monitor applications on AWS ensuring reliability scalability and security

• Collaborate with development and QA teams to accelerate release cycles and enable continuous integration/delivery

• Manage source code repositories and branching strategies with GitHub or Bitbucket

• Lead incident response efforts and quickly resolve build deployment and infrastructure issues

• Implement best practices in DevOps automation monitoring and security compliance

• Continuously optimize infrastructure and pipeline performance

• Participate in architectural decisions and recommend new DevOps tools and workflows

Technical Skills (By Category)

• Programming Languages:

  • Required: Python (automation scripting)

  • Preferred: Shell/Bash scripting

• Cloud Technologies:

  • Essential: AWS (EC2 Lambda S3 VPC RDS IAM CloudFormation CloudWatch etc.)

• Infrastructure Automation:

  • Essential: Terraform (provisioning modules) Harness (deployment automation pipeline configuration)

• CI/CD & Source Control:

  • Essential: Jenkins Git GitHub Bitbucket

  • Preferred: GitHub Actions Bitbucket Pipelines

• Containerization (Preferred):

  • Docker Kubernetes

• Security Protocols (Preferred):

  • IAM SSL/TLS RBAC

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 8 years in a DevOps or cloud infrastructure role

• Proven experience with AWS Terraform Jenkins GitHub/Bitbucket and Harness managing critical production applications

• Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices and systems automation within cloud environments

• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing deployments in fast-paced large-scale production settings

• Prior experience implementing security policies and compliance controls in the DevOps lifecycle

• Industry experience in finance banking or large cloud-centric enterprise environments is a plus

• Alternative experience: Significant success in major public cloud DevOps projects

Day-to-Day Activities

• Design automate and improve end-to-end CI/CD and infrastructure processes

• Review and merge code manage pull requests and maintain repository hygiene

• Troubleshoot and resolve build deployment or production issues promptly

• Optimize automation scripts infrastructure modules and security controls

• Participate in daily stand-ups sprint planning and cross-team project reviews

• Guide developers and QA on DevOps best practices; offer technical support as needed

• Maintain up-to-date system documentation and DevOps knowledge bases

• Proactively identify and automate manual or repetitive tasks

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field

• 8 years of relevant experience in DevOps and cloud engineering

• Certifications in AWS (e.g. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer AWS SysOps Administrator) Terraform or related platforms are highly desirable

• Continuous learning mindset demonstrated by ongoing certification training and engagement with the DevOps community

Professional Competencies

• Advanced problem-solving and analytical skills

• Leadership and teamwork abilities to foster a culture of DevOps excellence

• Clear communicator capable of bridging between technical and non-technical teams

• Strong stakeholder management and proactive knowledge sharing habits

• Ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-changing technology environment

• Innovation mindset with a focus on automation process improvement and scalability

• Excellent organization and time management; able to juggle multiple tasks and priorities

SYNECHRONS 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.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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