Lead - Automation Operations & Maintenance

The Lead Security Automation O&M will focus on operating and evolving security capabilities within the organization. You will collaborate cross-functionally with various business units to ensure security is at the core of operations. As part of the Adani Security Automation Team, you will work towards delivering innovative and secure implementations, solving complex security problems while maintaining optimized levels of spares inventory to minimize downtime. Your responsibilities will include providing strategic inputs for automation operations aligned with the organization's policy, vision, and mission. You will partner with teams to operate and maintain automation and technology initiatives, integrating new projects with legacy infrastructure, and staying updated on security technology advancements. Additionally, you will participate in budget finalization, conduct team skill upgrade sessions, and track system obsolescence for timely upgrades. Monitoring periodic health checks on systems, applications, and equipment to ensure efficient functioning, instituting a technology service desk for issue resolution, and designing SOPs for system issue management will be part of your systems maintenance duties. You will also define SLAs for operations and maintenance based on business requirements and criticality. In systems operations, you will design policies for operating systems and applications, create performance dashboards, and review hardware status and software licenses regularly. Collaborating with Group teams to manage automation requests and partner interactions will be essential to ensure operational efficiency. You will be responsible for defining performance metrics, leading performance reviews, identifying process gaps, and driving process excellence initiatives within automation and technology operations and maintenance. People management tasks will involve fostering a high-performance culture, setting clear goals, and developing talent within the team. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree in business management, engineering, or a relevant field, with certifications such as CISSP, CPP, CFE, TAPA, PSP being desirable. A minimum of 15 years of experience in systems operations and maintenance, including 5 years in a team-leading role, is required. Hands-on experience in large-scale systems operations, SOP development, and stakeholder management, along with strong problem-solving and analytical skills, will be advantageous for this role.,