Principal Engineer - Devops / DBA

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 2500000 - Rs 4000000 (ie INR 25-40 LPA)

Min Experience: 8 years

Location: Mumbai

JobType: full-timeWe are seeking a technically strong and passionate Principal DevOps Engineer or Senior Database Administrator to lead infrastructure, automation, and operations efforts across development and production environments. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in building secure, high-performing, and scalable cloud infrastructure, with deep expertise in DevOps best practices and database optimization.

Requirements

• Architect and implement scalable and resilient infrastructure for web, mobile, and data-intensive applications on cloud platforms.
• Manage and optimize SQL and NoSQL databases, with a focus on MongoDB , ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and software deployment using modern DevOps toolchains.
• Develop and maintain robust backup, disaster recovery, and restoration policies with minimal RTO and RPO.
• Administer and support Linux environments across AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and AliCloud.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in applications, infrastructure, and databases.
• Build and manage a comprehensive monitoring and alerting system to ensure system health and uptime.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to improve infrastructure automation and operational efficiency.
• Design high-availability architecture with automated failover and minimal manual intervention.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 810 years of hands-on experience in building and managing high-volume, scalable microservices on cloud infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in Linux/Unix system administration and Python/Shell scripting .
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms, especially AWS (EC2, ELB, S3, Auto Scaling, VPC, Lambda) ; familiarity with GCP and Azure is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation tools such as Jenkins , Maven , Puppet , Chef , GitLab CI/CD .
• Proficiency in monitoring tools such as Zabbix , Nagios , CloudWatch , or similar.
• Deep understanding of Java-based application stacks , Apache Tomcat , Nginx , Kafka , microservices , and caching strategies .
• Strong background in database performance tuning, query optimization, and schema design.
• Proven experience in enterprise application lifecycle management and 24/7 production support.
• Knowledge of DevOps and IT operations best practices in high-availability environments.
• Strong communication, analytical, and decision-making skills.

Linux, Unix, Shell Scripting, Python, AWS, GCP, CI/CD, Jenkins, MongoDB, Database Optimization, Infrastructure Automation, Monitoring, Kafka, Microservices