On-Premise DevOps Engineer

Ideal candidate for this role is a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer with 6+ years of experience and strong hands-on expertise in managing on-premises, self-hosted infrastructure and CI/CD platforms. The candidate should have solid production experience with OpenShift, Jenkins/CloudBees, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Linux, along with strong Python backend development and system-design skills. The role requires someone who can independently design, operate, troubleshoot, and optimize infrastructure while building reliable, scalable, and highly available platforms.Responsibilities: Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins/CloudBees, incorporating artifact management and code-quality gates.Architect, administer, and maintain CI/CD tooling infrastructure, including Jenkins controllers and agents, artifact repositories, and code-quality servers.Manage Jenkins/CI-CD platform upgrades, plugins, configurations, backups, high availability, and access controls.Operate and maintain OpenShift clusters in production, including capacity planning, upgrades, RBAC, networking, ingress, and workload optimization.Own infrastructure monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana, including PromQL, dashboards, SLOs, and alert tuning.Set up and maintain ELK for centralized application logging, including log parsing, indexing, and retention.Drive resource and infrastructure optimization by analyzing utilization, rightsizing workloads, and providing recommendations to stakeholders.Develop custom backend services, REST APIs, and integrations using Python.Design and maintain PR-DR capabilities for critical infrastructure, including replication, failover/failback, and periodic DR drills.Manage supporting databases, including installation, backup/restore, replication, monitoring, and performance tuning.Troubleshoot issues across the technology stack, including CI/CD failures, OpenShift, storage, networking, and infrastructure issues.Develop and maintain technical runbooks and documentation.Mentor engineers and contribute to improving platform engineering practices.Requirements:6+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or a related role.Strong hands-on experience administering OpenShift in production environments.Strong experience with Jenkins/CloudBees, including declarative pipelines and Groovy shared libraries.Good understanding of CI/CD platform architecture, including HA, distributed build agents, and scalability.Hands-on experience implementing and managing PR-DR, including replication, failover/failback, and RTO/RPO requirements.Database administration experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar, including backups, restores, and replication.Experience managing artifact repositories and code-quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.Strong hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.Strong Python development experience, including backend services, REST APIs, and integrations.Strong system-design skills with an understanding of scalability, reliability, and failure handling.Good experience with Linux administration and shell scripting.Working knowledge of networking, TLS, secrets management, and security hardening.Exposure to Infrastructure as Code and GitOps, such as Ansible, Helm, Argo CD, or similar tools.Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to work across infrastructure and application layers.