This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 1500000 - Rs 3000000 (ie INR 15 - 30 LPA)

Min Experience: 7+ years
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, containerization, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). The ideal candidate will have deep, hands-on experience designing and managing large-scale cloud environments, building robust deployment pipelines, strengthening security practices, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of production systems.

The candidate should demonstrate strong scripting capabilities, infrastructure-as-code expertise, and the ability to lead technical initiatives while mentoring engineers and collaborating across teams.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure across AWS and other cloud platforms.
• Develop automation scripts using Python and/or Bash to streamline infrastructure operations and deployment workflows.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and/or Ansible.
• Design, implement, and govern Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient build, testing, integration, and deployment processes.
• Manage production environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Establish and improve observability frameworks, monitoring systems, and SRE practices to ensure platform reliability and performance.
• Own and strengthen cloud security posture, particularly across AWS infrastructure.
• Manage advanced cloud networking components, including routing, Transit Gateways, Site-to-Site VPNs, and Client VPNs.
• Collaborate with data and analytics teams to support platforms and tools such as Lakehouse, Data Warehouses, Databricks, Amazon QuickSight, and Power BI.
• Drive technical decision-making, mentor team members, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure efficiency, scalability, security, and operational performance.

Required Skills and Expertise

• Strong scripting experience in Python and/or Bash.
• Deep, architecture-level, hands-on expertise in AWS, with experience in Azure or other cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of multi-cloud architecture and infrastructure management.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Ansible.
• Proven experience designing and governing Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Git and version control practices.
• Production-level experience managing Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift environments.
• Hands-on experience with observability frameworks, monitoring, and SRE practices.
• Strong understanding of AWS security posture management and cloud security best practices.
• Knowledge of advanced cloud networking, including routing, Transit Gateways, Site-to-Site VPN, and Client VPN.
• Familiarity with Lakehouse architecture, Data Warehousing, Databricks, QuickSight, and Power BI.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, problem-solving, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience implementing and managing AIOps solutions at scale.
• Deep multi-cloud expertise across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Experience managing FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization at an organizational scale.
• Exposure to large-scale cloud infrastructure and enterprise DevOps environments.

Must-Have Skills

• Python
• Bash
• AWS

Good-to-Have Skills

• FinOps
• AWS DevOps
• OpenShift