Role : Lead - Infrastructure Security & Release Operations.Position : Lead - Infrastructure Security & Release Operations.Experience : 8+ Years.Location : Coimbatore / Hybrid (Remote option available).Joining : Immediate or within 30 days preferred.Core Focus : Production Release Management, Change Control, Security Operations, SOC 2 Compliance, Audit Evidence, Identity & Access Management.Tools & Platforms : Octopus Deploy, TeamCity, AWS (IAM, Security Groups, CloudTrail), Status Page, Endpoint Security Tools, GRC Platforms (Vanta, Drata, or similar).About The Role : We are looking for a senior, execution-focused professional to own production release management, change control, and day-to-day security and compliance operations.This role focuses on ensuring production changes are deployed safely, maintaining accurate SOC 2 audit evidence, managing security operations, and enforcing disciplined access controls.The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience managing production deployment pipelines, coordinating change approvals, supporting external audits, and maintaining security and compliance processes in a production environment.This is a hands-on execution role.Strategic roadmaps, architecture review boards, and cross-company leadership responsibilities remain with the existing leadership team and are outside the scope of this position.Key Responsibilities : - Own production release and deployment pipelines using Octopus Deploy and TeamCity.- Implement and maintain zero-downtime deployment practices and rollback procedures.- Troubleshoot failed or stuck deployments and coordinate timely resolution.- Approve production changes, hotfixes, and feature toggle changes.- Coordinate maintenance windows and communicate planned changes to customers through the status page.- Own SOC 2 change management processes and maintain complete, audit-ready evidence.- Work directly with external auditors throughout SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI,



or equivalent audit cycles.- Track vulnerability remediation, security patches, and corrective actions.- Manage endpoint security tooling and triage externally reported vulnerabilities.- Support customer security questionnaires and security-related sections of RFPs.- Administer identity and access management processes, including access reviews and MFA enforcement.- Manage privileged access controls and production access permissions.- Grant, review, and revoke access to databases, VPNs, and deployment tools.- Maintain appropriate access records and supporting compliance evidence.- Manage infrastructure and access-related tickets requiring change approval or production access.- Ensure production changes follow established approval and documentation procedures.- Provide occasional on-call and after-hours support when required for production operations.- Maintain transparent documentation of releases, approvals, incidents, and security activities.Must-Have Requirements : - 8+ years of overall infrastructure or release engineering experience.- 5+ years of direct ownership of production release and deployment pipelines, including rollback procedures.- 5+ years of ownership of SOC 2 or equivalent compliance change management and audit evidence processes.- 5+ years of hands-on security operations experience.- Practical experience administering IAM, including access reviews and privileged access controls.- Experience supporting customer-facing security questionnaires and RFP security sections.- Direct experience working with external auditors through at least one complete audit cycle.What We Offer : - Flexible work environment with Coimbatore office, hybrid, and remote options.- Paid holidays and flexible time off.- Medical insurance coverage of up to 4 lakh per person for self and family.- Opportunities to support production infrastructure and security operations for global clients.- A culture that values clarity, integrity, accountability, and continuous growth. (ref:hirist.tech)

📌 Techjays - Infrastructure Security & Release Operations Lead (Coimbatore)
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📍 Coimbatore