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Role Mission The DevOps & Application Engineer will design, automate, and optimize the build-and-release ecosystem while ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of StarHub’s cloud-native platforms. They will manage Kubernetes operations, infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps workflows, while contributing production-grade application code across multiple languages. This role accelerates engineering velocity by driving DevOps best practices, strengthening observability, and enabling consistent, high-quality deployments across the IS Division. Key Responsibilities • Define and enforce DevOps policies and best practices, with a strong focus on trunk-based development (short-lived feature branches, continuous integration gates, automated code-quality checks). • Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins using Pipeline-as-Code (shared libraries, scripted & declarative). • Write and manage build scripts and infrastructure tooling (Shell, Python, Groovy) to automate the software-delivery lifecycle. • Administer multi-cluster Kubernetes environments (EKS & OCP), including Helm chart development, RBAC, network policies, and autoscaling. • Implement GitOps workflows (Argo CD or Flux) to promote reproducible, auditable deployments. • Provision and manage AWS resources (EKS, RDS/PostgreSQL, EC2, S3, IAM). • Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation). • Contribute application code in Python, Go, or TypeScript, participating in design reviews and performance profiling. • Establish observability with Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and incident-response workflows (PagerDuty). • Author technical documentation and provide knowledge transfer to internal teams. • Maintain Internal Developer Portal - Backstage Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (Master’s a plus). • 4+ years of combined experience in DevOps, SRE, or Software Engineering. • Expertise with containerized environments, Kubernetes internals, and Helm. • Hands-on production experience with Jenkins and CI/CD best practices. • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript). • Strong SQL skills and proven PostgreSQL administration experience. • Solid understanding of AWS core services, IAM security, and cost-optimization practices. • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation). • Comfortable with Linux internals, networking fundamentals, and shell scripting. • Agile mindset with experience working in Scrum teams. • Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills. Preferred Certifications • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.