Lead DevOps Engineer

We enable #HumanFirstDigital Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team, responsible for driving the design, implementation, and maintenance of our AWS-based infrastructure and overseeing seamless application deployment to production. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services, including Terraform, ECS, CloudFront, and RDS , alongside strong expertise in CI/CD automation, Kubernetes, API management tools like Apigee and API Gateway, and security integration via Okta. As a Lead Engineer, you will work closely with the development, operations, and security teams to automate, monitor, and optimize our infrastructure and applications. Key Responsibilities: - Design, implement, manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and scaling. - Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues in a multi-environment (development, testing, staging, production) setup. - Architect API management solutions using Apigee API Proxy and AWS API Gateway, ensuring security and scalability across the enterprise. - Implement, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, integrating automated testing, code quality checks, and container orchestration. - Lead the CI/CD automation process using GitLab, integrating automated testing, security, and performance checks. - Coordinate with multiple teams, including development, operations, security, and testing teams, to ensure successful and timely production deployments. - Experience implementing and managing monitoring tools (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana). - Create and manage capabilities and epics in Jira, tracking the development process and ensuring alignment with project timelines. - Design and implement monitoring and logging solutions using CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and Splunk to ensure real-time visibility into system performance, security, and availability. - Migrate on-premise applications to AWS, ensuring minimal downtime, optimal performance, and cost-efficiency. - Drive performance testing and API testing efforts using tools like Postman, identifying bottlenecks and ensuring smooth application performance. - Utilize Akamai for content delivery optimization, ensuring low-latency, high-availability application access across global user bases. - Lead efforts for application modernization, refactoring legacy applications for cloud-native deployments with modern microservices architectures. - Ensure application security integration using Okta for identity and access management, ensuring robust authentication and authorization practices. - Establish best practices for cloud security and compliance, ensuring encryption, IAM policies, and network security groups are properly configured. - Coordinate defect fixes during pilot/dark deployments, collaborating with teams to resolve issues before final production cutover. - Create and manage disaster recovery (DR) strategies to ensure high availability and business continuity in cloud environments. - Oversee test automation and performance testing using both custom scripts and tools, ensuring the stability of the applications pre- and post-deployment. - Leverage Linux expertise, Python, and shell scripting for automation, monitoring, and optimization of system processes. - Ensure compliance with industry regulations and apply vulnerability fixes to maintain a secure infrastructure. Preferred: - AWS Certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, etc.). - Familiarity with Kubernetes or ECS/EKS for container orchestration and management. - Knowledge of serverless computing using AWS Lambda and microservices architecture. - Experience with database management (e.g., RDS, DynamoDB) - Familiarity with other CI/CD tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, etc Soft Skills: - Strong leadership and team coordination skills, with experience mentoring and guiding a team of DevOps engineers. - Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues under pressure. - Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across multiple teams and ensure alignment on project goals. - Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery. Education: - Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience). Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Our Perks and Benefits: Our benefits and rewards program has been thoughtfully designed to recognize your skills and contributions, elevate your learning/upskilling experience and provide care and support for you and your loved ones. As an Apexon Associate, you get continuous skill-based development, opportunities for career advancement, and access to comprehensive health and well-being benefits and assistance. We also offer: o Group Health Insurance covering family of 4 o Term Insurance and Accident Insurance o Paid Holidays & Earned Leaves o Paid Parental LeaveoLearning & Career Development o Employee Wellness Job Location : Pune, India