Senior DevOps Engineer

NICE Systems is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Pune, Maharashtra. This role is integral to software engineering teams, focusing on building and facilitating automated continuous delivery pipelines to ensure production-level quality and supportability. The engineer will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for DevOps practices, guiding architecture, scalability, and security. Responsibilities include defining DevOps standards, collaborating with stakeholders to align strategies with business goals, mentoring junior engineers, and evaluating emerging technologies. Key technical areas include AWS cloud architecture (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, CloudFront, IAM), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipeline development (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), containerization with Docker and ECS/EKS, advanced scripting in Python, and establishing monitoring and observability frameworks (AWS CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana). The ideal candidate possesses 10-14 years of DevOps experience, with at least 3 years in a senior/lead role, deep AWS expertise, advanced proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Python/Shell/Groovy scripting. Experience with Docker, ECS, and automation frameworks is essential. Strong leadership and communication skills are required. AWS certifications are preferred. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Tech Manager, CX. NICE operates under the NICE-FLEX hybrid model, offering 2 days in-office and 3 days remote work.