Lead DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer

Lead DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer | Zenith System Solutions

Role: Lead DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer

Working Location: Bangalore

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 7 9 years in DevOps, SRE, or cloud platform engineering with 2+ years in a lead/tech lead role

Education: B.Tech., M.Tech., or MCA from a reputed university

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Lead DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer to define and execute a multi-cloud platform strategy, lead a team of DevOps engineers, and drive engineering excellence across CI/CD, GitOps governance, cloud security, and production operations. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, platform engineering, and production reliability while collaborating closely with engineering leadership and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and own multi-cloud platform infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP using Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE).
• Lead GitOps governance frameworks ensuring policy-as-code, audit trails, and environment promotion controls.
• Design and drive CI/CD platform engineering strategies including standardized pipelines, quality gates, and release automation.
• Own cloud security and compliance posture including CIS benchmarks, SOC2 alignment, vulnerability management, and secrets governance.
• Lead infrastructure automation initiatives using Terraform, Helm, and custom tooling.
• Define and enforce platform SLOs, capacity planning, and production operations best practices.
• Drive incident management, blameless post-mortems, and reliability engineering culture.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of DevOps and platform engineers through technical guidance and performance coaching.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership and clients to align platform roadmap with business objectives.
• Evaluate and introduce emerging tools and technologies to improve platform maturity.

Technical Skills

• Expert knowledge of Linux and Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
• Multi-cloud platform architecture
• Advanced Terraform and Helm
• GitOps governance
• CI/CD platform engineering
• Cloud security and compliance
• Infrastructure automation
• Production operations leadership
• Python and Shell scripting
• Technical mentoring and team leadership

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with FinOps tooling and cloud cost governance at enterprise scale.
• Background in platform product thinking, treating internal DevOps tooling as a product.
• Knowledge of data engineering platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Kafka.
• Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure and MLOps pipelines.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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