Devops Manager

Location: Thane

Experience

Cloud Environment

About the Role:

DevOps Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud & Infrastructure Optimization

• Analyse existing Azure & AKS infrastructure usage and implement cost-optimization strategies
• Implement right-sizing, spot usage, autoscaling, workload placement & reservation models
• Optimize AKS node pools, storage, logging & observability consumption
• Implement proactive capacity planning and cost forecasting

Security & Compliance

• Strengthen cloud & DevOps security practices
• Implement security scanning (SAST, DAST, container security, image policies)
• Enforce IAM, RBAC, Secret Management & Zero-Trust approaches
• Ensure compliance standards & audit readiness
• Build DevSecOps into CI/CD workflows

CI/CD Automation & Reliability

• Design and own robust CI/CD pipelines across environments
• Implement blue-green / canary deployment strategies
• Automate build, test, release & rollback workflows
• Improve release frequency, deployment safety & MTTR
• Own incident response, observability & reliability practices

Governance & Best Practices

Establish DevOps standards, policies & guardrails

Lead root-cause analysis & continuous improvement programs

Build internal knowledge base & automation culture

Mentor DevOps & engineering teams

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Work closely with Engineering, Security & Product Teams

Translate business priorities into DevOps execution plans

Drive accountability, visibility & reporting across initiatives

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

Strong experience with Azure & AKS (must-have)

Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals & scaling

Experience with Terraform / ARM / Bicep (IaC)

Expertise in CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions / Jenkins

Experience with logging & monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, App Insights)

Experience implementing DevSecOps

Strong command over Linux, networking, containers, load balancing

Experience with FinOps & cloud cost optimization

Soft Skills

Strong problem-solving mindset

Good communication & stakeholder handling ability

Leadership & mentoring experience

Ownership-driven, proactive approach

Preferred Certifications (Good to Have)

•Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

•Azure Solutions Architect

•CKA / CKAD

•FinOps Practitioner

•Security-related certifications

Success Metrics for This Role

You will be measured on:

Reduction in AKS & Azure cloud cost

Improved deployment reliability & release speed

Security posture improvement & risk reduction

Incident response & stability metrics

Automation coverage & DevOps maturity index