Travtech is looking for an experienced and technically strong Principal Engineer to lead and manage our end-to-end Platform Operations, Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps and Security functions.

The role requires a senior technology leader with extensive experience in managing cloud infrastructure, IT operations, software deployment environments, system reliability, cybersecurity and enterprise technology operations.

The individual will be responsible for the overall stability, security, availability and performance of Travtech's technology infrastructure and platforms, while leading the Operations, SRE and Security teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Own and manage the complete AWS cloud infrastructure and platform operations.
- Oversee server administration, networking, storage, databases and infrastructure maintenance.
- Ensure infrastructure scalability, availability, performance, capacity planning and cost optimization.
- Manage cloud architecture, infrastructure upgrades, backups and disaster recovery.
- Design, implement and manage end-to-end CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
- Manage build automation, release management and production deployment activities.
- Ensure effective version control and source code management using GitHub and related tools.
- Manage deployment automation, rollback strategies and environment management.

- Establish standardized DevOps practices and improve deployment frequency and reliability.
- Own end-to-end monitoring and observability of applications, infrastructure and production environments.
- Implement and manage monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, AWS CloudWatch or equivalent.
- Establish proactive alerting, centralized logging and performance monitoring.
- Define and manage SLAs, SLOs and SLIs to ensure system reliability and availability.
- Lead production incident management, troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA) and preventive actions.
- Drive performance optimization, capacity planning and high-availability architecture.




- Establish disaster recovery, business continuity and backup strategies.
- Ensure effective production support and 24/7 operational readiness.
- Implement security policies, procedures, controls and governance frameworks.
- Oversee vulnerability assessments, security patching, penetration testing coordination and remediation.
- Drive security audits, risk assessments and compliance requirements, including NIST where applicable.
- Establish security incident response, threat monitoring and data protection practices.
- Ensure regular security reviews and continuous improvement of the organization's security posture.
- Lead and manage the Operations, SRE and Security teams.
- Define operational strategies, team responsibilities, KPIs and performance metrics.
- Establish processes for incident management, change management, problem management and service delivery.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Development, Product and Management teams.
- Drive continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, technical mentoring and operational excellence.

Required Technical Skills & Experience
- 15+ years of overall experience in IT Infrastructure, Cloud Operations, DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering or Information Security.
- SLeadership & Behavioural Competencies
- Proven experience in leading and managing technical and infrastructure teams.
- Ability to take complete ownership of infrastructure, security and operational functions.
- Robust technical decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to manage critical incidents and operational escalations.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination.
- Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on technical involvement.

Ideal Candidate The candidate should have the technical depth to make architectural and infrastructure decisions and the leadership capability to manage teams, establish processes and drive operational excellence. Interested candidates can share their updated resumes with our HR team, [email protected]

Join Travtech and be part of building secure, reliable and scalable technology platforms!

📌 Principle Engineer-Platform Operations, SRE & Security (Bengaluru)
🏢 Travtech
📍 Bengaluru