DevOps Engineer

Grad Right is the world’s first SaaS ecosystem that brings together students, universities and financial institutions on one platform. It enables students to find and fund high return college education, universities to engage and select the best-fit students and banks to lend in an effective and efficient manner. Our vision is to be the world’s leading Ed-Fin Tech company dedicated to making higher education accessible and affordable to all.

We have enabled 250,000+ students to get the best deals on $ 4+ Billion of loan requests and facilitated disbursements of more than $ 450+ Million in loans. We enable 50+ universities across US, Europe, Canada to develop their brand in India, attract the right students to apply and enroll for their Graduate programs. It has commenced a new business line of marketing, enrolling and managing the Online Programs for its university partners.
Founded in 2019, Grad Right has offices across Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Delhi and Washington DC. Grad Right’s     team   possesses extensive domestic and international experience in the launch and scale-up of premier higher education institutions like Ashoka, Krea and Plaksha University. It is led by alumni of IIT Delhi, ISB Hyderabad and BITS Pilani and University of Pennsylvania. Grad Right is also the winner of the HSBC Fintech Innovation Challenge supported by the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India.
At Grad Right, we are transforming how students explore and access higher education abroad using technology and data. We're building smart, AI-powered tools that help match students to the best-fit universities and financial options. Join us to shape the future of student decision-making.
About the Role
We are looking for a passionate Dev Ops Engineer with hands-on experience in AWS cloud infrastructure, containerization, and orchestration. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building, automating, and maintaining scalable cloud solutions, ensuring smooth CI/CD pipelines, and supporting development and operations teams.
Core Responsibilities
Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Git Lab CI/CD, or Git Hub Actions.
Containerize applications using Docker and manage deployments with Kubernetes (EKS, self-managed, or other distributions).
Monitor system performance, availability, and security using tools like Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack.
Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and deployment processes.
Required Skills & Experience
3–4 years of professional experience as a Dev Ops Engineer or similar role.
Strong expertise in AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Cloud Watch, EKS, etc.).
Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS or self-hosted clusters).
Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline design and automation.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / AWS Cloud Formation).
Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems and shell scripting.
Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
Familiarity with networking concepts (DNS, Load Balancing, Security Groups, Firewalls).
Basic programming/scripting experience in Python, Bash, or Go.
Good to have:
Exposure to microservices architecture and service mesh (Istio/Linkerd).
Knowledge of serverless (AWS Lambda, API Gateway).