Cloud & Infrastructure Lead

: Coimbatore
Work mode: Hybrid

Key Responsibilities Pre-Sales Solutioning (Primary)

• Lead discovery, technical assessments, RFPs, and solution design for customers
• Conduct technical presentations and demos to stakeholders
• Build reference architectures and solution accelerators
• Support deal closure with sales team

DevOps Automation

• Design CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Provide expertise in containerization and Kubernetes
• Build Infrastructure as Code frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Implement observability and monitoring strategies

FinOps Cloud Cost Optimization

• Drive cloud cost assessment and optimization in customer engagements
• Design cost-optimized architectures (rightsizing, reserved instances, serverless)
• Develop FinOps strategies and cost governance frameworks for customers
• Own ongoing cost optimization initiatives post-engagement
• Build and maintain cost optimization playbooks and best practices

Team Leadership

• Mentor 1 2 engineers in cloud, DevOps, and FinOps
• Conduct architecture reviews
• Act as technical escalation point

Required Experience Skills Cloud Platforms (Hands-on with at least one major cloud preferably AWS)

• AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFormation, Cost Explorer)
• Azure (VMs, App Service, SQL Database, Cost Management)
• Google Cloud (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Deployment Manager)

FinOps Cost Optimization

• Demonstrated experience in cloud cost assessment and optimization
• Understanding of cloud pricing models, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans
• Hands-on with cost management tools (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Other COTS solutions)
• Ability to build cost models and cost-optimized architectures
• Familiarity with FinOps frameworks and chargeback models

DevOps Automation

• CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins)
• Docker and Kubernetes expertise (or managed services: ECS, AKS, GKE)
• Infrastructure as Code proficiency (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Scripting in Python, Bash, Go, or similar

Infrastructure Networking

• Cloud networking design (VPC/VNet, security groups, routing, VPN)
• Storage, backup, and DR strategies
• Monitoring and observability (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Linux and Windows administration

Required Experience:

• 7 10 years total cloud/infrastructure/DevOps experience
• 2 3 years in solutions architect, technical lead, or pre-sales role
• Strong ability to communicate technical and financial concepts to executives
• RFP, proposal, and deal support experience
• Excellent presentation and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

Thought leadership presence (blog, LinkedIn, tech communities)
Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Engineer, GCP Professional Cloud Architect)

• FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) or similar
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD)
• Consulting, services, or MSSP background
• Experience with third-party FinOps tools

Job Category: Engineer Job Type: Full Time Job Location: Coimbatore

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