Application Lead

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Project Role :Application Lead

Project Role Description :Lead the effort to design, build and configure applications, acting as the primary point of contact.
Must have skills :Site Reliability Engineering

Good to have skills :Google Cloud Data Services, Microsoft Azure Analytics ServicesMinimum
12 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification :15 years full time educationJob Title:SRE and Automation ArchitectLocation:[Insert Location or Remote]Experience Level:10+ YearsEmployment Type:Full-Time________________________________________Job
Summary:We are looking for a seasoned Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Automation Architect to lead the design and implementation of highly available, reliable, and automated platforms and operations. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between development and operations, driving infrastructure automation, observability, resiliency engineering, and SRE best practices at scale across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.This role requires deep technical expertise in cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, IaC, SLO/SLI implementation, and incident management automation.________________________________________Key Responsibilities:Platform Reliability & Architecture:Architect highly available, resilient, and self-healing systems and services.Define and implement SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and performance benchmarks across platforms.Drive observability standards including logging, metrics, and distributed tracing.Automation Strategy:Lead design and implementation of end-to-end automation across infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and incident response.Build reusable IaC modules using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or Bicep.Automate environment creation, scaling, patching, and compliance using scripts and DevOps toolchains.DevOps & CI/CD:Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions.Ensure secure and reliable software deployments by implementing automated testing, canary deployments, blue-green strategies, and rollback automation.Monitoring & Incident Response:Define standards for monitoring, alerting, and incident management using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, Splunk, or Azure Monitor.Build auto-remediation runbooks and event-driven workflows using platforms like StackStorm, Azure Logic Apps, PagerDuty, or OpsGenie.Facilitate blameless post-mortems and continuous improvement processes.Security, Compliance & Cost Optimization:Integrate security checks and policy-as-code into automation and deployment pipelines (e.g., with OPA, Sentinel, or Azure Policy).Optimize cost through right-sizing, autoscaling, and usage-based automation.Collaboration & Leadership:Act as the SRE and automation thought leader across development, infrastructure, and operations teams.Mentor engineers and advocate for modern SRE principles such as Toil Reduction, Error Budgeting, and Release Engineering.Collaborate with architecture teams to align reliability with business and technical goals.________________________________________Required Skills & Experience:10+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles, with at least 3 years in an architect-level roleDeep expertise in cloud platforms:Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCPStrong experience with IaC (Terraform, ARM/Bicep, Ansible) and automation scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm, Istio)Proven ability to design and manage high-availability and disaster recovery strategiesStrong observability experience with APM tools, log aggregation, and distributed tracingKnowledge of incident response automation and auto-remediation frameworks________________________________________Preferred
Qualifications:Certified:Azure DevOps Expert, GCP SRE, AWS DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)Experience with GitOps tools like Flux or ArgoCDFamiliarity with Service Meshes, Chaos Engineering (e.g., Chaos Monkey, Litmus)Understanding of FinOps, Cloud Governance, and Security Automation________________________________________Soft Skills:

Strategic mindset with attention to detailExcellent problem-solving and analytical skillsStrong communication and documentation skillsPassion for automation, scalability, and improving developer productivity________________________________________
 Qualification 
15 years full time education