NPCI is looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer specializing in automation, Kubernetes, and system reliability engineering, with a strong focus on AI-driven testing and resilience engineering. In this role, you will architect and execute automated reliability testing frameworks, simulate real-world failure scenarios, and ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability of mission-critical payment systems operating at national scale.
- DevOps + SRE + Chaos Engineering + AI-driven testing
- Ensuring platforms are failure-ready, not just failure-resistant
- Job Title: DevOps Engineer – Reliability & Automation
- Division: Quality Control & Monitoring Systems
- Experience: 3–7 Years
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Location: Hyderabad
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or related field
- Preferred Certifications: CKA / CKAD / Cloud DevOps (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Work Mode: 5 Days Work From Office (WFO)
DevOps & Platform Engineering
Requirements
Core DevOps Stack
Strong hands-on experience with:
- Docker & Kubernetes (Administration + Automation)
- CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Flux
Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
- Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Pulumi
- TCP/IP, DNS, routing
- Load balancing, firewalls, VPN
Experience with:
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK/EFK stack
- Open Telemetry
Proficiency in:
- Bash / Shell
- Python / GoStrong scripting for automation and testing frameworks
Understanding of:
- Distributed systems behavior
- Failure modes & recovery patterns
- Storage systems (Ceph, physical storage)
- Network stack (Overlay networking)
Advanced Reliability Engineering
Skills Required
- 3-7 years of professional experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Hands-on experience administering and automating Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Flux
- Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or Pulumi
- Strong Linux administration skills with Ubuntu, CentOS, or RHEL
- Deep understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and VPNs
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, and OpenTelemetry
- Proficiency in Bash/Shell and Python or Go
- Strong scripting experience for automation and testing frameworks
- Understanding of distributed systems, failure modes, recovery patterns, storage systems, and overlay networking
- CKA, CKAD, or cloud DevOps certification
- Exposure to Chaos Mesh, Litmus, or Gremlin
- Experience with AI-powered testing, intelligent fault detection, or predictive failure analysis
- Knowledge of Kubernetes security, GitOps, CNI plugins, or eBPF
What We Do
NPCI is an umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in India. It was set up with the support & guidance from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) & Indian Banks Association (IBA). A registered company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. Watch the NPCI Corporate AV - https://youtu.be/RGl9YQ6CB20 Products & Services Unified Payments Interface Unique payment solution which empowers a recipient to initiate the payment request from a smartphone. It facilitates 'virtual payment address' as a payment identifier for sending & collecting money & works on single click 2 factor authentication. Immediate Payment Service A 24X7, real time, cost effective, independent channel, retail payment service, introduced by NPCI, empowering customers to transfer money instantly with banks & RBI authorised PPIs across India. RuPay Robust card scheme designed to offer payment products with superior features & processes specifically designed to cater to diverse consumer needs. *99# USSD based mobile banking platform that makes banking services accessible to all the bank account holders on their mobile phones. National Automated Clearing House Centralised payment system developed with an aim to consolidate multiple ECS systems running across the country & provide a framework for the removal of local barriers/inhibitors. Aadhaar Enabled Payment System Bank led model which allows online financial inclusion transactions at micro-ATMs through the business correspondent of any bank using the Aadhaar authentication. e-KYC Electronic way of conducting authentic & real time KYC of a customer using Aadhaar authentication. Cheque Truncation System Electronic image of the cheque is transmitted to the drawee bank by the clearing house, along with relevant information. National Financial Switch Facilitates routing of ATM transactions through inter-connectivity between its member institutions thereby enabling the citizens of the country to utilise any ATM of a connected entity
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