Staff Engineer Infrastructure Automation

Management Level

FJob Description

About EQ

• Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.  
• EQ India began its operations in 2014 as a Global India Captive Centre for Equiniti, a leading fintech company specialising in shareholder management. Within a decade, EQ India strengthened its operations and transformed from being a capability centre to a Global Competency Centre, to support EQ's growth story worldwide.
• Capitalising on India’s strong reputation as a global talent hub for IT / ITES, EQ India has structured the organisation to be a part of this growth story. Today, EQ India has evolved as an indispensable part of EQ Group providing critical fintech services to the US and UK.

Role Summary

We are seeking Infrastructure Automation Engineers to join our team in Bangalore or Chennai. These roles will be pivotal in developing and maintaining automation code and pipelines to support EQ's AWS-centric private cloud platform.

This platform will host key products, services, and client systems and play a critical role in EQ's large-scale migration projects. You will work in high-performing SCRUM teams within highly regulated environments, collaborating with software and infrastructure teams globally.

The ideal candidates will have expertise in AWS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Puppet, and experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and Windows Server management.

Core Responsibilities

Development & Automation

• Develop and maintain automation code and pipelines to support infrastructure deployments.
• Build and refine Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Puppet, and scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python).
• Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly automated infrastructure solutions.
• Develop and enforce automation standards across the organisation.
• Drive the adoption of DevOps principles and mentor team members.
• Collaborate with software and infrastructure teams to build CI/CD pipelines for applications and infrastructure.
• Proactively identify opportunities for automation and optimisation in cloud and on-premises environments.

Support & Operations

• Ensure the smooth operation of application and infrastructure deployment pipelines.
• Provide proactive support for AWS-hosted applications and private cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with infrastructure automation and deployments.
• Support technical pre-sales engagements and business unit initiatives.
• Participate in audits, ensuring compliance and addressing findings.
• Be available for a rota-based on-call schedule to handle critical infrastructure tasks.

Skills & Experience

Essential Skills

• Proven experience with AWS and automation in cloud environments.
• Strong expertise in Terraform, Puppet, and scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python).
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps pipelines and source control tools.
• Solid engineering experience with Windows Server, with secondary expertise in Linux.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with IaC principles and best practices.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to diverse audiences.
• Experience working in SCRUM teams and contributing to large-scale migration projects.
• Exposure to regulated environments (e.g., ISO 27001, ITIL).

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of containerisation tools such as Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Experience with monitoring and logging platforms (e.g., New Relic, ELK, Splunk).
• Understanding of microservices and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Technical design and architecture experience.

Benefits:

Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:

• Business related certification expense reimbursement
• Comprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & Parents
• Cab transport for staff working in UK & US shift
• Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.