Sr Tower Lead (Tools & Automation)

Experience: Not Available to Not Available years

Location: Chennai, India

Skills: Terraform, OpenTofu, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation, Ansible, AWX

Job Summary
The Automation SME is responsible for designing, standardizing, and governing Day 0 and Day 1 automation capabilities across hybrid, multi‑cloud, and sovereign cloud settings. The role ensures that security, compliance, regional sovereignty, and operational resilience are embedded by design using Policy as Code and automation frameworks. The SME acts as a technical authority, defining automation patterns, enforcing guardrails, and enabling platform and application teams to consume compliant automation at scale.

Key Responsibilities
Day 0 Automation – Platform & Workplace Readiness
Design and implement Day 0 automation for:
• Cloud account/subscription landing zones




• Network topologies and segmentation
• Identity foundations (IAM, RBAC, ABAC)
• Logging, monitoring, and audit enablement
Embed security and compliance controls by default, eliminating post‑deployment hardening. Define region‑specific and sovereign cloud baselines, including:
• Approved regions and services
• Mandatory encryption and key management
• Data residency and locality enforcement
Day 1 Automation – Workload Onboarding
Build Day 1 automation for:

Skill Requirements
Solid expertise in:
• Terraform / OpenTofu
• Bicep / ARM
• CloudFormation
• Configuration and orchestration:
• Ansible / AWX

Other Requirements
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📌 Sr Tower Lead Tools & Automation Chennai (India)
🏢 HCL Technologies
📍 India