Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Job Details:

Job Title: Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Duration: Contract to Hire (On the Payroll of Datum Technology Group)

Location: Chennai || Mumbai || Gurugram

Interview Process: Virtual (2 Rounds) + 1 Technical screening.

• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced

  Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

  to drive reliability, scalability, and performance across our cloud infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on cloud security, compliance, networking, and operating systems expertise.
• This role blends reliability engineering with security best practices to ensure our cloud infrastructure is not only scalable and resilient but also secure and compliant.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using

  Terraform

  , including advanced module design and best practices for highly complex environments.
• Design and optimize

  CI/CD pipelines

  with a focus on automation, scalability, and deployment efficiency. Ability to discuss and implement pipeline optimizations from prior experience.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate security and observability tools into CI/CD pipelines, automating security checks.
• Troubleshoot and debug networking issues, including

  deep understanding of networking layers, components, and configurations across cloud and hybrid environments.

• Administer and optimize

  Linux-based operating systems

  , including

  troubleshooting, performance tuning

  , and implementing best practices for

  security

  and reliability.
• Address vulnerabilities in code libraries and infrastructure (e.g., OS packages) through patching and remediation.
• Partner with application teams to resolve specific security findings and improve overall system resilience.

Requirements:

• 9+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Engineering.
• Some experience into

  leading or managing a team of engineers.

• Deep knowledge of networking fundamentals, Linux operating systems, and CI/CD optimization strategies.

• Very strong expertise in writing complex Terraform code

  , including advanced module design and best practices for large-scale, highly complex environments.
• Proficiency in

  scripting

  or programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
• Hands-on experience with

  Azure

  cloud platform

Bonus/Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.