Sony - Lead DevOps Engineer - IAC Terraform

Job Overview :

We are looking for a visionary Lead DevOps Engineer with a strong background in architecting scalable and secure cloud-native solutions on AWS.

This leadership role will drive DevOps strategy, design cloud architectures, and mentor a team of engineers while ensuring operational excellence and reliability across infrastructure and deployments.

The Ideal Candidate Will :

- Architect and implement scalable, highly available, and secure infrastructure on AWS.

- Define and enforce DevOps best practices across CI/CD, IaC, observability, and container orchestration.

- Lead the adoption and optimization of Kubernetes for scalable microservices infrastructure.

- Develop standardized Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform or CloudFormation.

- Champion automation at every layer of infrastructure and application delivery pipelines.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, SRE, Security) to drive cloud-native transformation.

- Provide technical mentorship to junior DevOps engineers, influencing design and implementation decisions.

Primary Skills :

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

- 7+ years of DevOps or Cloud Engineering experience with strong expertise in AWS.

- Proven experience designing and implementing production-grade cloud architectures.

- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

- Proficient in building CI/CD workflows using Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions.

- Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (preferred) or CloudFormation.

- Strong scripting/automation expertise in Python or Go.

- Familiarity with service mesh, secrets management, and policy as code (e.g., Istio, Vault, OPA).

- Strong problem-solving and architectural thinking skills.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a track record of technical leadership.

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional/Associate), CKA/CKAD, or Terraform Associate is a plus.

Good to Have Skills :

- Exposure to AI & ML.

- Exposure to cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices.

Department :

- ENT Engineering Enablement.

Open Positions

Skills Required : DevOps, Cloud, Python/GoLang.

Role :

- Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure solutions on AWS.

- Define Kubernetes cluster architecture, implement GitOps/ArgoCD-based deployment models, and manage multi-tenant environments.

- Establish and maintain standardized CI/CD pipelines with embedded security and quality gates.

- Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules to enable infrastructure provisioning at scale across multiple teams.

- Drive observability strategy across all services, including metric collection, alerting, and logging with tools like Prometheus, Datadog, CloudWatch, and ELK.

- Automate complex operational workflows and disaster recovery processes using Python/Go scripts and native AWS services.

- Review and approve high-level design documents and support platform roadmap planning.

- Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

- Stay abreast of emerging DevOps and AWS trends, and drive adoption of relevant tools and practices.