ShepHertz - Lead DevOps Engineer

SHEPHERTZ TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

Multiple Locations

8 - 10 Years

20+ Reviews

DevOps Cloud Cloud Services Azure Kubernetes Azure Kubernetes Service CI/CD Pipeline Github Observability Services Docker

Posted on: 18/12/2025

Job Description

Description :

Job Description : Lead DevOps Engineer.

Role Overview :

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead DevOps Engineer to lead and mentor a team of 23 DevOps engineers across infrastructure and application operations.

This is a hands-on, client-facing role requiring exceptional expertise in cloud platforms, automation, and production reliability.

The ideal candidate is someone for whom automation is in their DNA continuously looking for opportunities to replace manual work with clean, repeatable, scalable processes.

They must be an expert in Azure, AKS, Azure Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, with strong multi-cloud exposure and the ability to manage high-availability production environments, cost optimization, and capacity planning.

Key Responsibilities :

DevOps Leadership & Team Management :

- Lead, guide, and mentor a team of 2 - 3 DevOps engineers (Infra + App DevOps).

- Enforce DevOps best practices, automation-first mindset, and operational excellence.

- Perform code reviews, knowledge-sharing, and streamline workflow efficiencies.

Cloud & On-Premise Infrastructure Ownership :

- Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Azure, including :

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Azure Pipelines.
Azure DevOps ecosystem.
Networking, storage, IAM, monitoring.

- Deploy and manage workloads across :

Azure (primary cloud).
AWS.
GCP.
On-premise / hybrid infrastructures.

- Design resilient, scalable, multi-cloud & hybrid architectures.

Containerization & Orchestration :

- Deep hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes (cluster ops, scaling, Helm, networking).

- Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.

- Implement Terraform-based IaC, emphasizing modular, reusable, automated infrastructure provisioning.

Production Operations & Application Management :

- Fully own uptime, reliability, performance, and scalability of production systems.

- Implement observability tooling : Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, New Relic, etc.

- Drive incident resolution, RCA reports, and preventive action planning.

- Handle capacity planning and ensure right-sizing of cloud/on-prem workloads.

Cloud Cost Optimization & Reporting :

- Continuously analyze cloud usage and optimize costs across Azure, AWS, and GCP.

- Deliver detailed weekly, monthly, and quarterly cost reports to leadership and clients.

- Prepare cost forecasts, budgets, and projections.

- Apply FinOps principles and recommend architecture optimizations for cost efficiency.

Security, Governance & Compliance :

- Implement cloud security best practices and automated policy enforcement.

- Ensure principle of least privilege, secure CI/CD, and compliance readiness.

- Partner with security teams for audits, hardening, and vulnerability management.

Client-Facing Responsibilities :

- Act as the technical point-of-contact for clients.

- Present production updates, performance reports, cost summaries, and architectural recommendations.

- Simplify and communicate complex engineering topics for non-technical stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience :

Technical Must-Haves :

- 810 years of deep DevOps experience with at least 2 years in a lead role.

- Strong hands-on expertise in :

Azure, AKS, Azure Pipelines.
Docker & Kubernetes.
Terraform (modular IaC).
CI/CD pipeline design & automation.

- Multi-cloud knowledge :

- AWS & GCP fundamentals.

- Experience deploying and managing on-premise environments.

- Solid foundations in :

- VPC/VNet design, networking, routing, load balancers.

- Monitoring, logging, alerting.

- HA, scaling, DR strategies.

Automation DNA :

- Automation-first mindset if something can be automated, it will be automated.

- Track record of eliminating manual processes through scripts, pipelines, IaC, and tooling.

- Comfortable with scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell) to automate operational workflows.

Operational Skills :

- Proven experience with high-traffic, highly available production systems.

- Strong troubleshooting and incident management expertise.

- Ability to plan capacity and optimize performance across environments.

- Experience generating structured cloud cost reports and projections.

Soft Skills :

- Excellent written and verbal English communication.

- Confident, polished client-facing presence.

- Strong leadership, ownership, and mentoring capabilities.

Good-to-Have Skills :

- GitOps (ArgoCD / FluxCD).

- Managing AI and other Advance workloads e.

- BIgData will be big plus.

- Service Mesh (Istio / Linkerd).

- Serverless (Azure Functions / Lambda).

- FinOps or Cloud Cost Governance background.

Why Join Us? :

- Lead DevOps for enterprise-scale systems across cloud and hybrid environments.

- High visibility role with direct interaction with clients and leadership.

- Opportunity for advancement into Cloud Architect / DevOps Manager roles.

- Work with cutting-edge tools and automation-driven infrastructure.