Technology - Dev Ops Lead Engineer New

COMPANY OVERVIEW

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries.

TEAM OVERVIEW

KKR's Technology organization is a group of passionate technologists and product managers, unified by a shared mission to deliver exception products and solutions that drive value for our stakeholders, clients, and investors. Our passion for technology and innovation fuels our commitment to creating high-quality, impactful solutions that address complex challenges and meet the evolving needs of our sophisticated businesses.

Teamwork is at the core of the organization’s success. We thrive on open collaboration and continuous learning, driving a culture that values diversity of thought and collective achievement. Our global footprint fosters the integration of a diverse set of ideas and viewpoints in product and solution delivery, allow us to design more comprehensive solutions that are adaptable and scalable. We optimize for impact, prioritizing and delivering solutions with excellence while remaining agile in response to the evolving needs of our businesses.

As a member of this global team, individuals are expected to actively contribute to a collaborative and innovation-driven environment, bringing an intellectual curiosity to their approach to problem solving. This includes embracing key values such as open communication, continuous learning, and a focus on delivering with impact. Team members are also expected to uphold high standards of excellence in their work, while supporting and learning from others.

POSITION OVERVIEW

KKR is seeking a highly motivated DevOps Lead Engineer to join our growing engineering team. This role is ideal for someone with a solid foundation in cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation pipelines, who is eager to grow their skills in a dynamic environment. You’ll work closely with developers, QA engineers, and senior DevOps engineers to streamline deployments, enhance infrastructure reliability, and support our development lifecycle through best practices. This position is a full time position and will be onsite in our Gurugram office. We are operating in a 4 day in office, 1 day flexible work arrangement.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the design, development, and maintenance of scalable and secure infrastructure using Terraform and AWS.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate application builds, tests, and deployments.
• Engage in an agile, iterative software development process
• Collaborate with development teams to support and improve build and release processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Contribute to internal documentation related to infrastructure, deployment, and support processes.
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and team stand-ups.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Atleast 5 years of professional experience in a DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS, VPC, etc.
• Proficient in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Basic scripting knowledge in Bash, Python, or similar languages.

Understanding of software development lifecycle and agile methodologies

KKR is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by applicable law.