Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer
Seniority Level: Lead
Relevant Experience: 6 - 10 Years
Department: Software Engineering
Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Kochi - Work from Office
Job Summary
We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our DevOps capability across cloud and on-prem environment. This role combines hands-on engineering, platform ownership, and technical leadership.
You will define and implement scalable, secure, and cost-productive infrastructure, drive automation and observability maturity, and enable development teams to deliver reliably at speed.
Key Responsibilities:
●Platform & Infrastructure
Design and implement secure, scalable, and cost-optimized infrastructure across cloud (preferably AWS) and on-prem environments
Lead modernization and transformation of existing environments
● Infrastructure as Code
Drive IaC adoption using Terraform / CloudFormation
Standardize reusable, version-controlled infrastructure patterns
● CI/CD & Developer Enablement
Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines)
Enable development and QA teams to adopt and own delivery pipelines
● Observability & Reliability
Implement end-to-end observability (metrics, logs, tracing)
Proactively detect and resolve issues, lead incident response and RCA
● Security & Compliance
Integrate DevSecOps practices into the delivery lifecycle
Ensure adoption of security tools and compliance standards across teams
● Operations Excellence
Ensure high availability and stability of environments through proactive monitoring and management
Maintain clear documentation, runbooks, and operational standards
● Leadership
Mentor and guide DevOps engineers
Establish best practices and drive a culture of ownership, automation, and accountability
Required Skills and Qualifications
6–10 years in DevOps / Platform Engineering / SRE
Strong experience with AWS (preferred) or other cloud platforms
Hands-on expertise in Infrastructure as Code