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Lead Software Engineer - DevOps

Full Time | Chennai - India

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer - DevOps

Location: Chennai - India

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Level: 6 years

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Lead to drive automation, scalability, and CI/CD processes across our engineering teams. In this role, you will take ownership of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, lead a team of DevOps engineers, and collaborate closely with development, QA, and security teams to ensure streamlined and secure delivery of products and services. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both technical depth and strong team mentoring skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage and optimize infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Oversee cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, ensuring cost-effective, secure, and highly available solutions.
• Automate and monitor system provisioning, deployment, and scaling.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to streamline and standardize development and release processes.
• Implement and manage observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog).
• Manage containerization and orchestration platforms like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for production issues.
• Champion DevOps best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement and automation.
• Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers and contribute to team hiring and development.

Required Skills

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps or related roles with at least 2+ years in a leadership or senior role.
• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.).
• Proficient in managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi).
• Deep understanding of Docker and Kubernetes, including production-grade deployments.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk).
• Expertise in scripting and automation (Bash, Python, Go, etc.).
• Strong grasp of security best practices in DevOps and cloud environments.
• Familiarity with GitOps, service mesh, and microservices deployment strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified in AWS/GCP/Azure (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with serverless architecture and event-driven design.
• Exposure to configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., healthcare, finance) with compliance standards like SOC2, HIPAA, or GDPR.
• Knowledge of chaos engineering or resilience testing tools.
• Prior experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures.
• Contributions to open-source DevOps tools or active participation in the DevOps community.