Senior Devops Engineer Gitlab & Gitops Thiruvananthapuram (India)

Role description

Senior DevOps Engineer (GitLab & GitOps)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in GitLab, GitOps, and CI/CD practices. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable delivery pipelines, enabling productive Release on Demand (RoD) processes, improving deployment reliability through automation, and ensuring operational visibility through up-to-date monitoring and observability practices.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and optimize GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment workflows.

Implement and manage GitOps practices for infrastructure and application delivery.

Define repository structures, version control strategies, and deployment workflows aligned with GitOps principles.

Manage pipeline orchestration, scheduling mechanisms, and automated deployment processes.

Support Release on Demand (RoD) initiatives to enable faster, controlled, and reliable production releases.

Ensure secure management of configurations and deployment workflows.

Implement monitoring, logging, and operational visibility using Datadog dashboards and pipeline logs.

Improve deployment frequency, reduce failure rates, and enhance platform reliability through automation.

Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps best practices across the software delivery lifecycle.

Troubleshoot pipeline issues and optimize CI/CD performance and stability.

Ensure adherence to security, governance, and compliance standards within CI/CD and GitOps settings.

Support containerized application deployment workflows using Docker.

Required Skills

Proficient

Gitlab

GitOps

CI/CD

Knowledge

Docker

Datadog

Skills

GitLab CI, GitOps, CI/CD

About UST

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the worlds best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impacttouching billions of lives in the process. .