Devops Lead

Job Title: DevOps Lead

Location: Gurgaon ( In office) Experience: 8+ years

Type: Full-time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic DevOps Lead to drive the development and execution of our DevOps roadmap and manage critical production environments. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in modern DevOps toolsets, cloud infrastructure (with a focus on Azure), containerization, microservices, and high-availability systems architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and implement the overall

  DevOps

  strategy

  , including tooling, infrastructure automation, and deployment pipelines.
• Lead and mentor a

  DevOps

  team

  , ensuring best practices and continuous improvement.
• Architect and maintain

  CI/CD

  pipelines

  for scalable microservices-based applications.
• Design and manage

  multi-site,

  high-traffic,

  high-availability,

  and

  high-performance

infrastructure.

• Own the

  production

  environment

  ensuring 24/7 uptime, reliability, scalability, and cost optimization.
• Perform

  capacity

  planning,

  monitoring,

  and

  performance

  tuning

  to handle concurrent users and peak loads efficiently.
• Implement

  infrastructure

  as

  code

  (IaC)

  and automate provisioning across cloud environments.
• Managing Applications developed in Node.js, Python, Machine Learning and AI. Experience with LLMs will be a big plus.
• Collaborate with software architects to ensure systems are designed for

  scalability and fault

  tolerance

  .
• Establish DevSecOps practices for integrating security and compliance into the delivery process.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 8+

  years

  of

  DevOps

  experience

  with a proven track record in strategy, execution, and leadership.

• Strong hands-on experience with

  CI/CD

  tools

  such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools like

  Docker

  and

  Kubernetes

  .
• Deep understanding of

  Microservices

  architecture

  and deployment best practices.
• Expertise with major cloud providers, particularly:

Microsoft Azure (strongly preferred)

• AWS
• GCP
• Experience with Azure PaaS services, AKS, App Services, Azure Monitor, and Azure Functions.
• Skilled in

  Infrastructure

  as

  Code

  (IaC)

  using Terraform, Pulumi, or ARM templates.
• Proficient in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience managing

  production

  systems

  with high traffic and high concurrency.
• Strong knowledge of

  load

  balancing,

  CDN,

  caching

  strategies,

  observability

  , and

incident

• Experience

  with

  monitoring

  and

  logging

  tools

  such as:

• Prometheus,

  Grafana,

  ELK

  Stack

  (Elasticsearch,

  Logstash,

  Kibana),

  Datadog,

  New Relic,

  Azure

  Monitor,

  App

  Insights,

  Splunk,

  Loki.

• Strong

  background

  in

  security

  and

  compliance

  , including:

• SIEM

  tools

  : Azure Sentinel, Splunk, IBM QRadar

• Intrusion

  Detection

  s

  Prevention

  Systems

  (IDS/IPS)

  : Snort, Suricata, OSSEC, AWS GuardDuty, Azure Defender

• Vulnerability

  Scanning

  and

  Management

  : Nessus, Qualys, OpenVAS
• Experience implementing

  firewalls,

  network

  policies,

  RBAC,

  IAM,

  encryption

  , and

secure

• Familiarity with

  compliance

  frameworks

  like ISO 27001, SOC2, PCI-DSS, GDPR
• Demonstrated ability to

  design

  and

  implement

  scalable,

  resilient

  infrastructure

  for global applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-400, AZ-305, AZ-104)
• Exposure to SRE practices and tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)
• Familiarity with serverless, service mesh, and event-driven architecture

  Role & responsibilities