Lead DevOps Engineer

Role Overview

Lead DevOps Engineer

automation is in their DNA

Key Responsibilities

1. DevOps Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, guide, and mentor a team of 2–3 DevOps engineers (Infra + App DevOps).
• Enforce DevOps best practices, automation-first mindset, and operational excellence.
• Perform code reviews, knowledge-sharing, and streamline workflow efficiencies.

2. Cloud & On-Premise Infrastructure Ownership

• Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Azure

  , including:
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Pipelines
• Azure DevOps ecosystem
• Networking, storage, IAM, monitoring.
• Deploy and manage workloads across:

• Azure (primary cloud)

• AWS

• GCP

• On-premise / hybrid infrastructures

• Design resilient, scalable, multi-cloud & hybrid architectures.

3. Containerization & Orchestration

• Deep hands-on experience with 

  Docker

   and 

  Kubernetes

   (cluster ops, scaling, Helm, networking).
• Build, maintain, and enhance 

  CI/CD pipelines

   using Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Implement 

  Terraform-based IaC

  , emphasizing modular, reusable, automated infrastructure provisioning.

4.

• Fully own uptime, reliability, performance, and scalability of production systems.
• Implement observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, New Relic, etc.
• Drive incident resolution, RCA reports, and preventive action planning.
• Handle 

  capacity planning

   and ensure right-sizing of cloud/on-prem workloads.

5

• Continuously analyze cloud usage and optimize costs across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Deliver detailed 

  weekly, monthly, and quarterly cost reports

   to leadership and clients.
• Prepare 

  cost forecasts, budgets, and projections

  .
• Apply FinOps principles and recommend architecture optimizations for cost efficiency.

6. Security, Governance & Compliance

• Implement cloud security best practices and automated policy enforcement.
• Ensure principle of least privilege, secure CI/CD, and compliance readiness.
• Partner with security teams for audits, hardening, and vulnerability management.

7. Client-Facing Responsibilities

• Act as the technical point-of-contact for clients.
• Present production updates, performance reports, cost summaries, and architectural recommendations.
• Simplify and communicate complex engineering topics for non-technical stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Must-Haves

• 8–10 years

   of deep DevOps experience with at least 2 years in a lead role.
• Strong hands-on expertise in:

• Azure, AKS, Azure Pipelines

• Docker & Kubernetes

• Terraform (modular IaC)

• CI/CD pipeline design & automation

• Multi-cloud knowledge:
• AWS & GCP fundamentals
• Experience deploying and managing 

  on-premise

   environments.
• Solid foundations in:
• VPC/VNet design, networking, routing, load balancers
• Monitoring, logging, alerting
• HA, scaling, DR strategies

Automation DNA

• Automation-first mindset

   — if something can be automated, it will be automated.
• Track record of eliminating manual processes through scripts, pipelines, IaC, and tooling.
• Comfortable with scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell) to automate operational workflows.

Operational Skills

• Proven experience with 

  high-traffic, highly available production systems

  .
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management expertise.
• Ability to plan capacity and optimize performance across environments.
• Experience generating structured 

  cloud cost reports and projections

  .

Soft Skills

• Excellent written and verbal 

  English communication

  .
• Confident, polished client-facing presence.
• Strong leadership, ownership, and mentoring capabilities.

Good-to-Have Skills

• GitOps (ArgoCD / FluxCD)
• Managing AI and other Advance workloads e.g. BIgData will be big plus.
• Service Mesh (Istio / Linkerd)
• Serverless (Azure Functions / Lambda)
• FinOps or Cloud Cost Governance background

Why Join Us?

• Lead DevOps for enterprise-scale systems across cloud and hybrid environments.
• High visibility role with direct interaction with clients and leadership.
• Opportunity for advancement into Cloud Architect / DevOps Manager roles.
• Work with cutting-edge tools and automation-driven infrastructure.