Devops Engineer - Github Actions

DevOps Engineer – GitHub Actions (4–6 Years Experience)

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in GitHub Actions (GHA) to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines. The role focuses on automating software delivery, improving deployment reliability, and integrating security and quality checks into development workflows. The ideal candidate will have practical experience across CI/CD, cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices, with a strong emphasis on GitHub Actions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for multiple applications and environments.
• Develop reusable GHA workflows, composite actions, and templates to standardize CI/CD practices.
• Migration of GHA workflows from Jenkin, uDeploy or any other CI-CD tool.
• Support containerized applications using Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Implement environment specific deployment strategies (dev, test, staging, production).
• Work with cloud platforms such as GCP/OpenShift to support application deployments.
• Configure and manage cloud native services for compute, storage, networking, and monitoring.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience of deployed systems.
• Integrate security checks into GitHub Actions pipelines (SAST, dependency scanning, secrets scanning, container image scanning).
• Enforce secure access management, secrets handling, and artifact protection.
• Support compliance with organizational security and governance standards.
• Should be able to push pipeline metrics using GHA to Newrelic or any other tool.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.
• Improve deployment reliability through automated testing and rollback mechanisms.
• Collaborate closely with developers, QA, and security teams to improve DevOps maturity.
• Provide guidance and best practices on CI/CD and automation workflows.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new DevOps tools, features, and industry best practices.

Mandatory skills:

• 4–6 years of hands-on DevOps experience
• Strong expertise in GitHub Actions (workflows, runners, secrets, environments)
• Solid experience with CI/CD concepts and pipeline automation
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• Hands on experience with Docker and basic Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools
• Proficiency in shell scripting, YAML, and at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, etc.)
• Experience with Git version control and Git based workflows
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills