About the Role : We are looking for an experienced DevOps Lead - DevSecOps & Platform Engineering to define and lead our DevOps, DevSecOps, and platform engineering strategy across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.In this leadership role, you will drive infrastructure automation, CI/CD, Kubernetes platforms, cloud operations, security engineering, and reliability initiatives. You will lead and mentor engineering teams while ensuring platforms remain scalable, resilient, secure, compliant, and cost-efficient.The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, strong stakeholder management, and experience operating large-scale production infrastructure.Key Responsibilities : 1. Leadership & Platform Strategy : - Define and execute the DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, and platform engineering roadmap.- Lead, mentor, and develop DevOps/SRE engineers, establishing engineering standards for code reviews, on-call operations, and incident management.- Collaborate with engineering, security, product, and executive leadership on architecture, capacity planning, and infrastructure cost optimization.- Own technology selection, vendor management, tooling budgets, and build-versus-buy decisions.- Drive platform standardization, automation, and continuous operational improvement.2. Infrastructure, Cloud & Automation : - Architect and govern scalable CI/CD pipelines across on-premises, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), and hybrid environments.- Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi, including reusable modules, state management, and configuration drift detection.- Lead containerization and Kubernetes platform strategy, including multi-cluster and multi-region deployments.- Design and manage hybrid cloud workloads using platforms such as Google Anthos or Azure Arc.- Build and maintain automated infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, deployment, and rollback processes.- Establish GitOps-based delivery practices using tools such as Argo CD and related CI/CD platforms.- Ensure infrastructure scalability, availability, performance, and operational efficiency.3. DevSecOps, Security & Compliance : - Integrate security into the software development lifecycle through SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, IaC scanning, and secrets management.- Implement software supply-chain security practices, including SBOM generation, SLSA principles, and container image signing.- Enforce Zero Trust architecture, least-privilege IAM, encryption at rest and in transit, key management, and network segmentation.- Implement policy as code using OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno,



or HashiCorp Sentinel.- Lead risk assessments, threat modeling, vulnerability management, patch governance, and remediation tracking against defined SLAs.- Establish security controls, audit readiness, and compliance processes aligned with ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and other applicable frameworks.- Partner with security and compliance teams to strengthen infrastructure governance and secure-by-design engineering practices.4. Reliability, Observability & Incident Management : - Define and implement Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgets.- Establish observability across infrastructure and applications using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and OpenTelemetry.- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, postmortems, and corrective action tracking.- Develop strategies to improve availability, performance, fault tolerance, and production reliability.- Own disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning, including regular failover and recovery testing against defined RTO and RPO targets.- Establish operational metrics and continuously improve platform reliability and engineering productivity.5. Networking, Governance & Cost Optimization : - Oversee infrastructure networking, including firewalls, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, and network security controls.- Drive infrastructure capacity planning, resource utilization, and cloud cost optimization through FinOps practices.- Establish governance standards for infrastructure provisioning, deployment workflows, access controls, and operational processes.- Communicate platform risks, security posture, reliability metrics, and technology roadmaps to senior leadership.Required Qualifications : - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.- 15+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering, including at least 4 years leading engineering teams or platforms.- Deep expertise in on-premises infrastructure and hands-on experience with at least two major cloud platforms : AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).- Strong scripting and automation skills in Bash, Python,



or Go.- Production experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Argo CD, or CircleCI, along with GitOps practices.- Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale Kubernetes platforms in production, including container orchestration and cluster management.- Solid Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or equivalent tools.- Proven DevSecOps expertise across Zero Trust, IAM, PKI, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability management, and security auditing.- Practical understanding of compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA.- Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, and network segmentation.- Experience defining reliability standards, observability practices, incident response, and disaster recovery processes.- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present technical strategy, operational risks, and investment priorities to senior leadership.Preferred Qualifications : - Relevant certifications such as CKA, CKS, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS/Azure Security Specialty, CISSP, or CCSP.- Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.- Familiarity with eBPF-based security tooling and runtime protection solutions such as Falco.- Experience with security and vulnerability management tools such as HashiCorp Vault, Trivy, Snyk, SonarQube, Wiz, or Prisma Cloud.- Proven experience leading cloud migrations, data center modernization, or on-premises-to-hybrid cloud transformations.- Exposure to FinOps, platform-as-a-product models, and developer self-service platforms.- Experience establishing engineering governance, security policies, and operational best practices across multiple teams.Personal Attributes : - Strategic thinker with the ability to remain hands-on when required.- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills under pressure.- Clear communicator who builds trust across engineering, security, and business teams.- Collaborative leader who develops teams and drives accountability.- Passionate about automation, operational excellence, resilience, and secure-by-design systems.Role Highlights : - Lead DevOps, DevSecOps, and platform engineering strategy.- Drive cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure modernization.- Build secure, scalable, and highly available Kubernetes platforms.- Influence engineering standards, security governance, and reliability practices.- Partner with senior leadership on technology strategy and cost optimization. (ref:hirist.tech)

📌 DevOps Lead - DevSecOps & Site Reliability (Bengaluru)
🏢 Zealant Consulting Group
📍 Bengaluru