Job Overview
We are looking for a visionary Lead DevOps Engineer with a strong background in architecting scalable and secure cloud-native solutions on AWS.
This leadership role will drive DevOps strategy, design cloud architectures, and mentor a team of engineers while ensuring operational excellence and reliability across infrastructure and deployments.
The Ideal Candidate Will
- Architect and implement scalable, highly available, and secure infrastructure on AWS.
- Define and enforce DevOps best practices across CI/CD, IaC, observability, and container orchestration.
- Lead the adoption and optimization of Kubernetes for scalable microservices infrastructure.
- Develop standardized Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Champion automation at every layer of infrastructure and application delivery pipelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, SRE, Security) to drive cloud-native transformation.
- Provide technical mentorship to junior DevOps engineers, influencing design and implementation decisions.
Primary Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 7+ years of DevOps or Cloud Engineering experience with strong expertise in AWS.
- Proven experience designing and implementing production-grade cloud architectures.
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proficient in building CI/CD workflows using Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions.
- Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (preferred) or CloudFormation.
- Strong scripting/automation expertise in Python or Go.
- Familiarity with service mesh, secrets management, and policy as code (e.g., Istio, Vault, OPA).
- Strong problem-solving and architectural thinking skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a track record of technical leadership.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional/Associate), CKA/CKAD, or Terraform Associate is a plus.
Good To Have Skills
- Exposure to AI & ML.
- Exposure to cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices.
Department
- ENT Engineering Enablement.
Open Positions
Skills Required : DevOps, Cloud, Python/GoLang.
Role
- Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure solutions on AWS.
- Define Kubernetes cluster architecture, implement GitOps/ArgoCD-based deployment models, and manage multi-tenant environments.
- Establish and maintain standardized CI/CD pipelines with embedded security and quality gates.
- Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules to enable infrastructure provisioning at scale across multiple teams.
- Drive observability strategy across all services, including metric collection, alerting, and logging with tools like Prometheus, Datadog, CloudWatch, and ELK.
- Automate complex operational workflows and disaster recovery processes using Python/Go scripts and native AWS services.
- Review and approve high-level design documents and support platform roadmap planning.
- Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Stay abreast of emerging DevOps and AWS trends, and drive adoption of relevant tools and practices.
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