Role Overview
We are seeking a motivated and detail‑oriented DevOps Engineer I to support our platform engineering, observability, and automation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud‑native monitoring stacks—particularly within the Grafana and Prometheus ecosystems. This role is suitable for early‑career engineers with a strong technical foundation and eagerness to learn advanced DevOps and SRE practices.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Automation
- Develop, maintain, and version infrastructure using Terraform (IaC).
- Assist in the design and management of CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Azure DevOps.
- Automate routine operational tasks and contribute to improving deployment workflows.
Monitoring, Logging & Observability
- Configure and maintain dashboards and visualizations using Grafana.
- Support operational monitoring using Prometheus or Grafana Mimir for metrics.
- Assist in implementing distributed tracing using Grafana Tempo.
- Support centralized logging using Grafana Loki.
- Work with OpenTelemetry (OTel) for instrumentation and data collection across services.
Performance Insights & Diagnostics
- Collaborate with engineering teams to implement end-to-end application observability.
- Help troubleshoot performance issues using telemetry and distributed tracing data.
- Contribute to dashboard improvements and real-time monitoring enhancements.
Preferred Skills (Good to Have)
- Exposure to OpenInference for LLM or AI system observability.
- Hands-on experience with Grafana Beyla for eBPF-based application monitoring.
- Basic knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud environments (Azure preferred).
- Familiarity with GitOps workflows.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 1–2 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or related roles.
- Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals and scripting (Bash/Python).
- Good communication skills and willingness to collaborate across teams.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to work with modern observability and cloud-native technologies.
- Mentorship from senior DevOps/SRE engineers.
- Exposure to scalable systems, distributed tracing, and real-time monitoring.
- A learning-focused, supportive engineering culture.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 1-2 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or related roles
- Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals
- Scripting experience with Bash or Python
- Good communication skills
- Willingness to collaborate across teams
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably Azure DevOps
- Experience with Grafana and Prometheus observability ecosystems
- Exposure to OpenInference for LLM or AI system observability
- Hands-on experience with Grafana Beyla and eBPF-based application monitoring
- Basic knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud environments, preferably Azure
- Familiarity with GitOps workflows
What We Do
About Kotak Mahindra Group: Established in 1985, the Kotak Mahindra Group is one of India’s leading financial services conglomerates. In February 2003, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd. (KMFL), the Group’s flagship company, received a banking license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). With this, KMFL became the first non-banking finance company in India to become a bank – Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited. The consolidated balance sheet of Kotak Mahindra Group is over 1 lakh crore and the consolidated net worth of the Group stands at 13,943 crore (approx US$ 2.6 billion) as on September 30, 2012. The Group offers a wide range of financial services that encompass every sphere of life. From commercial banking, to stock broking, mutual funds, life insurance and investment banking, the Group caters to the diverse financial needs of individuals and the corporate sector. The Group has a wide distribution network through branches and franchisees across India, and international offices in London, New York, California, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Mauritius and Singapore. For more information, please visit the company’s website at http://www.kotak.com
