Council on Energy, Environment and
Water (CEEW), New Delhi
DevOps
Engineer - Tech and AI
Terms of reference
At CEEW, we are deliberate about what we stand
for (and what we don’t stand for!) as an employer. If the description below
resonates with you, we would love to hear from you!
· We offer strong visionary
leadership – with emphasis on research and impact at scale
· We actively promote leadership by
initiative
· We celebrate talent and ambition
· You will be surrounded by smart
people who will challenge you and help you grow
· You will learn faster than your
peers in other organisations
· Curiosity and irreverence, as well
as responsibility, come together at CEEW
· You will get above-market
remuneration
· We provide a safe space for all
· At CEEW, your life is your example
for others
Designation offered
Data Engineer
Focus area
Technology & AI
New Delhi, India
Duration:
Full- Time
Job duties and accountabilities
Data Engineering
Design and maintain batch and real-time data pipelines using Python, SQL, and suitable orchestration tools.
Ingest and transform data from APIs, databases, satellite imagery, public datasets, and external sources.
Build cloud-based data lakes, warehouses, and curated datasets on GCP or AWS.
Develop data models and optimise storage, partitioning, indexing, and query performance.
Build geospatial ETL workflows for formats such as NetCDF, Zarr, GeoTIFF/COG, and vector data.
Prepare reliable datasets for analytics, ML training, inference, RAG, and application APIs.
Implement data quality checks, lineage, documentation, monitoring, retries, and backfills.
Cloud and DevOps
Provision and manage cloud infrastructure required for data, geospatial, and AI workloads.
Build CI/CD pipelines for data pipelines, backend services, and ML workloads.
Use Docker and services such as Kubernetes, Cloud Run, or equivalent deployment platforms.
Implement monitoring, logging, IAM, secrets management, and cost optimisation.
Collaborate with AI, geospatial, platform, and product teams on deployment and scaling issues.
Educational Qualification
B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science, IT, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
Relevant cloud or data engineering certifications are preferred.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in data engineering, including production-grade data pipelines.
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
Experience with ETL/ELT, data modelling, APIs, relational databases, and data lake or warehouse architectures.
Hands-on experience with GCP or AWS data and infrastructure services.
Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS or similar databases.
Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow or Prefect and processing frameworks such as Spark or Dask.
Working knowledge of Linux, Docker, CI/CD, cloud networking, monitoring, and infrastructure operations.
Strong understanding of data quality, security, performance, and cost optimisation.
Preferred
Experience with geospatial data stacks and tools such as PostGIS, GeoPandas, Rasterio, Xarray, GeoServer, or TiTiler.
Experience supporting AI/ML workloads, GPU environments, model serving, or MLOps platforms.
Familiarity with vector databases, embedding pipelines, and RAG systems.
Exposure to Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
Experience with government cloud, Digital Public Infrastructure, climate tech, or public-data systems.
Compensation
Competitive compensation – commensurate with
the experience and matching the best of the standards adopted by the industry
or other similar organisations for similar roles.
Application Process
CEEW is an equal-opportunity employer, and the
selection process does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, caste,
ethnicity, religion, or sexuality. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling
basis. Interested applicants are advised to apply at the earliest possible
time.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified by
us. We appreciate your interest.
Skills Required
- B.E. or B.Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent from a reputed engineering institute
- 4+ years operating production cloud infrastructure on GCP or AWS
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash
- Comfort with Linux internals and networking
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for application and data or ML workloads
- Working knowledge of observability tooling
- Experience managing PostgreSQL, PostGIS, or similar databases in production
- Relevant certifications such as GCP Professional DevOps Engineer, AWS DevOps, or CKA
- Experience supporting ML or AI workloads, GPU provisioning, and model serving
- Experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow or Weights & Biases
- Familiarity with geospatial data stacks including PostGIS, GeoServer, TiTiler, and COG or Zarr workflows
- Exposure to LLM or agentic infrastructure, vector databases, embedding pipelines, or agent observability
- Experience with government cloud or DPI-aligned deployments
- Prior work in climate technology, public-data systems, or mission-driven organizations
What We Do
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) is an India-based, globally engaged, independent and non-partisan not-for-profit policy research institution and think tank. It analyses critical questions concerning energy, environment and water, using data, integrated analysis and strategic outreach to influence resource use and sustainable development. CEEW conducts high-quality research and advises policymakers across India and the Global South through evidence-based public engagement.
