We are looking for a DevOps / Platform Lead to provide technical direction, mentorship, and escalation ownership across our DevOps and Platform Engineering practice. This is a technical leadership role with hands-on depth — combining architecture guidance, vendor management, and engineering oversight for the DevOps and Platform Engineer group supporting the enterprise Data Platform, ingestion, orchestration, CI/CD, and observability layers. Leads a team of Platform and DevOps Engineers. You own the health, roadmap, and delivery of the platform practice.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Strategy & Architecture
- Set the technical direction for DevOps and Platform Engineering — CI/CD standards, IaC patterns, orchestration, and observability.
- Own the architecture roadmap for the ingestion layer, scheduling, and deployment automation.
- Guide the team on up-to-date Databricks-native operating patterns.

Platform Operations & Reliability
- Serve as the single technical escalation point for DevOps and Platform incidents and change management.




- Drive problem management practices — reduce recurring incidents and champion permanent fixes over reactive support.
- Ensure operational readiness for year-end activities, compliance, and audit requirements.
- Track platform KPIs — reliability, incident volume, deployment success rate, and cost efficiency.

Automation & Continuous Improvement
- Champion automation and agentic operations to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
- Drive continuous improvement in ways of working, aligned with industry-standard operating maturity models.

Leadership & Mentorship
- Mentor and grow Platform and DevOps Engineers on best practices, code quality, and career growth.
- Shape team capacity and capability — hiring input, skills development, and workload planning across the Platform/DevOps group.
- Represent the DevOps / Platform practice in Data & AI leadership forums and cross-functional reviews.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management
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📌 Platform/DevOps Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 NXP Semiconductors
📍 Bengaluru