Experience : 8.00 + years

Salary : INR 6000000-6500000 / year (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period : 30 Days

Shift : (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type : Hybrid ()

Placement Type : Full Time Permanent position(Payroll and Compliance to be managed by: Raksul)

**(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Raksul)

**What do you need for this opportunity?

Must have skills required: Datadog, ECS/EKS, GitOps, CI/CD, SLO/SLA, Terraform/IaC, AWS

Raksul is Looking for:**** Manager, Infrastructure JD Introduction Mission This is a player/coach role: typically 50-70% hands-on technical execution and 30-50% people leadership / execution management, depending on hiring phase and operational needs.

You will lead the strategy, launch, and management of the cloud infrastructure, while also being hands-on in critical technical initiatives. A key near-term mission is to drive the transition of InfraOps from a partner company and build and manage a distributed team across India and Japan to support that effort. You will work closely with multiple business units and product development teams to define the optimal infrastructure and development environment for the group, translate that into a technical roadmap, and guide the team to execute in a tangible and impactful way.

Key Responsibilities

- Hands-on Technical Leadership
- Be hands-on in architecture and critical-path implementation for AWS, Terraform/IaC, CI/CD, observability/monitoring, and reliability improvements.
- Lead technical design reviews and drive pragmatic engineering decisions that improve stability, delivery speed, and developer experience.
- Drive the phased migration of AWS- and Terraform-managed infrastructure from group company ownership to internal control (plan and execute key phases).
- Lead incident response/escalations when needed, establish run books, and improve operational excellence (including SLO/SLA thinking where applicable).
- Manage infrastructure-related tool costs effectively FinOps mindset), continuously identifying opportunities to optimize spend and simplify operations.
- Manager, Infrastructure JD1Own/oversee system design and operational architecture for critical platforms.
- Strategy + Team Management




- Define the multi-quarter infrastructure roadmap aligned with business unit and product needs translate initiatives into clear, tangible steps.
- Hire, grow, and manage a distributed team across India and Japan set transparent goals, manage performance, and provide regular coaching and feedback.
- Improve team dynamics and productivity by fostering a culture of high achievement, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Operate the transition governance model, including the RACI, timelines, and review workflow coordinate with internal stakeholders and group company engineers across geographies.
- Establish an operating rhythm for planning, execution, and communication (milestones, progress reviews, stakeholder updates).
- Execution Management
- Establish an operating rhythm: weekly planning, regular check-ins (sync or async), review/demo, and retro ensure commitments are realistic and met.
- Drive end-to-end ownership: clear DRIs, definition of done, escalation paths, and measurable outcomes.
- Improve execution speed by decomposing initiatives into small, shippable milestones with clear acceptance criteria.
- Raise communication quality across geographies: written updates, decision logs, risk flags, and stakeholder reporting.
- Coach engineers to demonstrate initiative: propose options, surface risks early, and independently drive tasks to closure.
- Manage tasks, schedules, and key milestones using task management tools ensure clear dependencies and deadlines.
- Lead delivery across Japan–India time zones with clear async-first communication and decision-making.

Required Qualifications:

- Manager, Infrastructure JD28+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, software engineering, or SRE.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure domains.
- 3+ years of experience managing engineering team members across multiple countries




- Comfortable operating as a player/coach: switching between deep technical problem-solving and people/stakeholder leadership in the same week.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional, cross-regional initiatives while remaining hands-on on critical paths.
- Proven experience turning ambiguous work into structured plans (milestones, sequencing, dependencies) and driving delivery to closure.
- Strong written communication and comfort running distributed teams across time zones.
- Strong knowledge of AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, monitoring, and developer platform tooling.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience working in M&A-driven; environments or scaling infrastructure in multi-product companies.
- Familiarity with GitOps, Datadog, ECS/EKS, or self-service infrastructure models.
- Prior experience leading organizational transformation or platform adoption.

What Makes This Role Attractive:

- Opportunity to define and build the core infrastructure team from the ground up.
- Strategic ownership of a multi-year transition and modernization initiative.
- High autonomy, strong executive backing, and collaboration with top-tier technical leadership.
- A quick-paced, international work environment with hybrid and remote flexibility.

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