– DevOps & Build Release (BnR) Lead

Role Summary The DevOps & BnR Lead is responsible for owning the endtoend CI/CD pipeline, release governance,

and environment readiness. This role ensures secure, reliable, and compliant deployments across client and internal environments, while coordinating crossfunctional teams during client visits and production releases.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD Pipeline Ownership o Design, implement, and maintain automated build/test/deploy pipelines.

o Enforce branching strategies, versioning standards, and release gate criteria.

Release Management o Prepare release packages, conduct readiness checks, and lead go/nogo decisions.

o Coordinate deployment schedules with product owners, QA, and client stakeholders.

Client-Side Deployment Oversight o Lead client visits for deployment activities.

o Ensure compliance with client IT/security policies and regulatory frameworks (RBI,

DPDP).

o Act as the single point of contact during clientside releases.

Workplace Readiness o Ensure QA, UAT, and Production environments are isolated, secure, and auditready.

o Oversee rollback scripts,



deployment packages, and version control.

Incident Response o Lead troubleshooting during failed deployments.

o Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Process Improvement o Identify automation gaps, enhance monitoring, and promote DevOps best practices.

Team & Client Interaction

BnR Lead: Coordinates release governance and client communication.

DevOps Engineer: Executes CI/CD pipelines and automation scripts.

Infra/Cloud Specialist: Validates infra readiness, firewall, and network compliance.

QA/Validation Engineer: Performs smoke/regression testing and confirms functional readiness.

Required Skills

Technical: CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps), Cloud (Azure/AWS), IaC (Terraform,

Ansible), Observability (Prometheus, Grafana).

Leadership: Stakeholder management, Agile project management, clear risk communication.

Compliance & Security: Change request lifecycle, IAM enforcement, vulnerability scanning,

audit evidence preparation.

📌 Build And Release Engineer (Mumbai)
🏢 Knight Fintech
📍 Mumbai