Job Description : RPA & Automation DevOps Team Leader

Location : Hyderabad

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : 10 to 14 Years Total Experience

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days Preferred

About the Role :

We are seeking an experienced RPA & Automation DevOps Team Leader to lead enterprise-scale automation delivery and DevOps operations. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), CI/CD practices, release management, and team leadership. This role requires managing automation platforms, ensuring deployment excellence, governing release processes, and driving operational stability across multiple environments.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Leadership & Delivery :

- Lead and mentor a team of RPA developers, automation engineers, and DevOps professionals.

- Drive end-to-end delivery of enterprise automation and RPA solutions.

- Establish development standards, code quality practices, and deployment governance.

- Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, architects, and support teams.

- Ensure timely delivery of automation initiatives aligned with organizational objectives.

2. RPA & Automation Development :

- Design, develop, and support enterprise automation solutions using leading RPA platforms.

- Review automation workflows, reusable components, and framework architecture.

- Ensure scalability, security, maintainability, and performance of automation solutions.

- Support integration of automation platforms with enterprise applications and APIs.

3. DevOps, CI/CD & Release Management :

- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automation deployments.

- Manage source code repositories, branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and release tagging.

- Automate deployment processes across Development, Test, UAT, and Production environments.

- Define rollback and recovery strategies for production releases.

- Coordinate release planning, deployment scheduling, and environment readiness.

4. Environment & Platform Management :

- Manage RPA infrastructure, orchestrators, job scheduling, and execution environments.

- Maintain credential vaults, configuration management, and access controls.

- Monitor platform performance, bot execution, and operational health.

- Troubleshoot deployment issues and coordinate incident resolution.

5. Governance & Compliance :

- Ensure adherence to SOX, ITGC, security, and audit requirements.

- Support Change, Release, Incident, and Problem Management processes.

- Maintain documentation, deployment records, and operational runbooks.

- Drive continuous improvement in automation delivery and DevOps practices.

Required Skills & Experience :

1. Experience :

- 1014 years of overall IT experience.

- Minimum 6+ years of hands-on experience in RPA and automation technologies.

- Minimum 3+ years of experience leading technical teams or managing delivery functions.

2. Technical Skills :

- Strong programming experience in Python.

- Experience working with REST APIs and enterprise integrations.

- Proficiency in SQL and RDBMS concepts.

- Strong understanding of JSON, XML, and XPath.

- Experience with source control tools and Git workflows.

- Expertise in :

1. Branching strategies

2. Pull requests

3. Code reviews

4. Release tagging

- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as :

1. Jenkins

2. Azure DevOps

3. GitHub Actions

4. GitLab CI

- Experience with deployment orchestration and release automation.

- Strong understanding of environment management across Dev, Test, UAT, and Production.

3. RPA Platforms :

- Experience with one or more of the following :

1. UiPath

2. Automation Anywhere

3. Microsoft Power Automate

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker.

- Exposure to Kubernetes-based deployments.

- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and practices.

- Experience in cloud environments and enterprise automation ecosystems.

- Relevant certifications in RPA, DevOps, Cloud, or Automation technologies.

Educational Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

- Relevant professional certifications will be an added advantage.

Desired Candidate Profile :

- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

- Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.

- Experience working in enterprise-scale environments.

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

- Ability to drive process improvements and automation best practices.