Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Requisition ID #

26WD94989

Position Overview

Autodesk is building the next generation of cloud platform and DevOps capabilities that power our products and services at global scale. As part of the Horizontal Services – Platform & Infrastructure organization, you will help design, build, and operate the foundational cloud and DevOps platforms that enable Autodesk engineering teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable solutions to our customers.

In this role, you will work on shared, mission-critical platform services that standardize how applications are built, deployed, and operated across regions and teams. You will apply modern DevOps and platform engineering practices, leveraging public cloud services, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, containers, and observability tooling.

We are seeking a Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer (P3) who is a strong individual contributor with deep technical expertise, a high bar for quality and reliability, and a demonstrated ability to take end-to-end ownership of complex systems. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams across Autodesk to improve developer productivity, platform reliability, and operational excellence.

This is a hybrid role, requiring a few days per week working from our Bengaluru office.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and own scalable CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, release, and rollback.

  
  

• Provision, manage, and automate AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).

  
  

• Build and operate containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring reliability and scalability.

  
  

• Establish and maintain observability practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and dashboards using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or equivalent.

  
  

• Drive DevSecOps best practices, including IAM design, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, patching, and secure configurations.

  
  

• Partner closely with engineering teams to improve deployment velocity, system reliability, and operational excellence.

  
  

• Troubleshoot complex production issues, lead root cause analysis (RCA), and drive long-term corrective actions.

  
  

• Optimize cloud cost, performance, scalability, and resource utilization.

  
  

• Ensure systems adhere to best practices in networking, security, availability, and distributed system design.

  
  

• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to continuous improvement of incident response processes.

  
  

• Operate with a high degree of autonomy, owning systems and driving solutions from problem identification through implementation and operation.

  
  

• Contribute to defining, evolving, and enforcing DevOps and platform engineering standards across teams to improve reliability, security, and developer productivity.

  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

  
  

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering roles.

  
  

• Strong experience with Linux/Unix systems.

  
  

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodeBuild/CodeDeploy.

  
  

• Deep hands-on experience with AWS services across compute, storage, networking, and observability.

  
  

• Strong proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes.

  
  

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).

  
  

• Scripting experience in Bash, Python, or similar languages.

  
  

• Experience with GitOps practices and tools (e.g., Argo CD, Flux).

  
  

• Solid understanding of Git and version control best practices.

  
  

• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPCs).

  
  

• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Splunk, Dynatrace, Catchpoint, CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana).

  
  

• Good understanding of security principles, TLS/SSL, certificates, and secure system design.

  
  

• Experience with CDN and caching technologies (e.g., AWS CloudFront).

  
  

• Proven ability to work with and guide software engineers on production readiness and operational best practices.

  
  

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams and stakeholders.

  
  

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About Autodesk

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We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

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