Job Description
Role Mission The DevOps & Application Engineer will design, automate, and optimize the build-and-release ecosystem while ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of StarHub’s cloud-native platforms. They will manage Kubernetes operations, infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps workflows, while contributing production-grade application code across multiple languages. This role accelerates engineering velocity by driving DevOps best practices, strengthening observability, and enabling consistent, high-quality deployments across the IS Division. Key Responsibilities - Define and enforce DevOps policies and best practices, with a strong focus on trunk-based development (short-lived feature branches, continuous integration gates, automated code-quality checks). - Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins using Pipeline-as-Code (shared libraries, scripted & declarative). - Write and manage build scripts and infrastructure tooling (Shell, Python, Groovy) to automate the software-delivery lifecycle. - Administer multi-cluster Kubernetes environments (EKS & OCP), including Helm chart development, RBAC, network policies, and autoscaling. - Implement GitOps workflows (Argo CD or Flux) to promote reproducible, auditable deployments. - Provision and manage AWS resources (EKS, RDS/PostgreSQL, EC2, S3, IAM). - Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation). - Contribute application code in Python, Go, or TypeScript, participating in design reviews and performance profiling. - Establish observability with Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and incident-response workflows (PagerDuty). - Author technical documentation and provide knowledge transfer to internal teams. - Maintain Internal Developer Portal - Backstage Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (Master’s a plus). - 4+ years of combined experience in DevOps, SRE, or Software Engineering. - Expertise with containerized environments, Kubernetes internals, and Helm. - Hands-on production experience with Jenkins and CI/CD best practices. - Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript). - Strong SQL skills and proven PostgreSQL administration experience. - Solid understanding of AWS core services, IAM security, and cost-optimization practices. - Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation). - Comfortable with Linux internals, networking fundamentals, and shell scripting. - Agile mindset with experience working in Scrum teams. - Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills. Preferred Certifications - Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) - AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)