Senior Devops

Keka is a modern people platform designed for growing enterprises, integrating HR, payroll, and talent management into a single core system. Trusted by over 12,500 companies ranging from fast-growing startups to large global enterprises, Keka’s software is built to reflect how HR truly works. It offers a human-centric experience, quick setup within days, and AI integration throughout the platform. With a diverse customer base across India, the US, and the Middle East, the Engineering team is expanding rapidly to support this growth.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Keka, you will take full technical ownership of the company’s Azure-based cloud platform. Your role will focus on enhancing the reliability, security, and speed of delivery for Keka’s SaaS product. Collaborating closely with Engineering, QA, Database, and Security teams, you will build a stable, automated, and cost-efficient platform. Success in your first year will be measured by improvements in deployment speed and safety, enhanced observability and incident response, and enabling AI tooling on a shared, governed infrastructure.

The Engineering team at Keka operates with high ownership, clear standards, and a strong bias for execution. The team is language-agnostic, selecting the best tools and stacks for each challenge, and is responsible for the design, build, and reliability of Keka’s products.

Key Responsibilities

- Own and manage Azure infrastructure end-to-end, including App Services, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), Azure SQL, Key Vault, and networking across multiple regions.
- Lead the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions to enable faster, safer, and more automated deployments.
- Collaborate with Engineering, QA, Database, and Security teams to operate Kubernetes on AKS and contribute to shaping the platform roadmap.
- Enhance system reliability and incident response by implementing observability solutions with Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry; manage SLOs, alerting, runbooks, and on-call processes.
- Mentor and support junior and mid-level DevOps engineers, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing.
- Drive initiatives around infrastructure as code, business continuity planning (BCP), disaster recovery (DR) readiness, financial operations (FinOps), security posture, and AI infrastructure enablement.

Required Qualifications

- 4 to 6 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Engineering roles.
- Hands-on expertise with Azure cloud services, Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- Proficiency in monitoring and observability tools, CI/CD platforms, and scripting languages including Bash, Python, PowerShell, or Go.
- Proven ability to lead incident management calmly and effectively, focusing on delivering durable solutions rather than quick fixes.
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals such as DNS, load balancing, SSL/TLS, firewalls, and VPN technologies.
- Working knowledge of AI and machine learning enablement, including experience with large language model (LLM) APIs and infrastructure to support AI workloads.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-growing, innovative environment where your contributions will directly impact the scalability and robustness of a leading HR technology platform. You will be part of a collaborative team that values ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.