Devops Lead

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Location: Gurgaon ( In office)

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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 response

  .

• 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 & 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 DevOps pipelines

  (DevSecOps)
• 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