Cloud DevOps Engineer at United Airlines

Gurugram, haryana, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

31 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Security, Infrastructure as Code, Automation, Scripting, AWS, CI/CD, Monitoring, Containers, Incident Response, API Security, Collaboration, Documentation, Mentoring

Industry

Airlines and Aviation

Description

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. Description United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions. Job overview and responsibilities The Cloud DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, automating, and managing secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure. This role focuses on embedding security into every layer of platform engineering, ensuring workloads are compliant, hardened, and aligned with enterprise security guardrails. The engineer will work closely with development, DevOps, and security teams to deliver security-by-design cloud environments through automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and proactive monitoring. • Implement and maintain cloud security guardrails using Service Control Policies (SCPs), AWS Config rules, Control Tower, and Systems Manager. • Develop and maintain enterprise-grade Infrastructure as Code frameworks for secure, standardized architectures (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK). • Design and develop automation utilities (Python, Boto3, Bash, JavaScript/Node.js) to enforce compliance and integrate with CI/CD pipelines. • Integrate and support platform and security tools (e.g., AWS, Kong, Dynatrace, Artifactory, Harness) • Partner with Security, DevOps, and Application teams to troubleshoot guardrail-related issues, review solutions, and align roadmaps. • Automate patch management policies and workflows for cloud workloads using AWS Systems Manager. • Contribute to security awareness and knowledge-sharing initiatives (documentation, training, workshops). This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc. Qualifications What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications): Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Engineering, or related field 5+ years in Cloud Engineering / DevOps roles with at least 2+ years focused on cloud security automation Experience writing and maintaining CI/CD pipeline templates and infrastructure code. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Cloud Security: Strong understanding of IAM, encryption, KMS, network security (VPC, NACLs, Security Groups), and logging/monitoring. AWS Security Controls: Hands-on with Service Control Policies (SCPs), AWS Config rules, Control Tower guardrails, AWS Organizations. IaC: Advanced with Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK for secure deployments. Automation & Scripting: Python, Go, Bash/PowerShell, JavaScript for Lambda-based security automation. Patch Management: Experience with AWS Systems Manager (SSM) automation documents and compliance dashboards. Tooling Ecosystem: Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Harness), artifact management (Artifactory), and monitoring (Dynatrace, CloudWatch). Containers & Workloads: Knowledge of securing Docker, Kubernetes (EKS),and serverless (Lambda) environments. and serverless (Lambda) environments. Incident Response: Experience in troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and post-mortem processes in cloud environments. API Security & Service Mesh: Understanding of Kong, Apigee, Istio/Consul for API management and security patterns. Soft Skills: Excellent collaboration, documentation, and ability to mentor peers in secure cloud practices. Must be legally authorized to work in India for any employer without sponsorship Must be fluent in English (written and spoken) Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications): Cloud Security, Information Security, or related discipline Master’s degree AWS Certified Security – Specialty AWS DevOps Engineer Professional HashiCorp Terraform Associate Experience designing and/or managing multi-region/distributed systems for high availability. Proven experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers. Comfortable driving technical discussions and aligning cross-functional teams to meet platform goals. Proven ability to set up and manage robust monitoring, logging, and alerting pipelines (e.g., ELK Stack, Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana). Hands-on experience with incident management, troubleshooting, and post-mortem processes for production environments. Stay current with emerging technologies, recommending, and implementing improvements where applicable. Prior experience in templated pipeline development and optimization for technology stacks on .Net, java.Serveless is preferred. Experience with data analysis or visualization (e.g., Quick sight, Power) is a plus. Experienced in API management strategies such as Kong/Apigee,Istio/Consul

Responsibilities

The Cloud DevOps Engineer will design, automate, and manage secure cloud infrastructure while embedding security into platform engineering. They will work closely with development, DevOps, and security teams to ensure compliance and proactive monitoring.