ThoughtSpot - Senior DevOps Engineer - Ansible/Kubernetes

Description :

About the role :

ThoughtSpot is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Build and Infrastructure team.

In this role, you will leverage your deep expertise in infrastructure engineering, CI/CD, and automation tooling to strengthen our development practices and improve infrastructure reliability.

You will play a key role in enhancing build performance, developer productivity, and security standards across the entire development lifecycle.

Hands-on experience with modern build systems such as Gradle, Bazel, or Go build tooling will be crucial in driving efficiency and scalability within our engineering workflows.

Key Responsibilities :

- Architect, develop, and oversee the deployment and management of scalable, secure, and highly performant DevOps Platform at ThoughtSpot.

- Define and enforce best practices in build processes, dependency management, and continuous integration across multiple repositories.

- Lead strategic initiatives to regularly upgrade packages, streamline dependency management, and maintain build system efficiency.

- Design and implement cutting-edge Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Delivery (CD) frameworks tailored specifically to support ThoughtSpots microservices architecture.

- Proactively diagnose and troubleshoot build failures, flaky tests, and dependency issues in distributed build environments.

- Collaborate with engineering teams to align build and infrastructure improvements with business goals, ensuring fast, reliable, and secure delivery.

- Evaluate and implement cutting-edge build and automation tools to continuously improve developer experience and delivery velocity.

- Participate in on-call rotation to provide timely response, troubleshooting, and resolution of critical issues.

- Mentor and grow a high-performing team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation.

What you bring :

- Extensive experience managing and optimising distributed build systems (Gradle/Bazel).

- In-depth knowledge of Operating Systems internals, networking fundamentals, and advanced debugging in distributed environments.

- Strong programming/scripting skills in Python, Bash, Groovy, or Golang, with experience integrating build tools and REST APIs.

- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (RKE2 preferred), GitOps & Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible (or similar).

- Hands-on experience with administering Infrastructure in hybrid cloud setups (On-premise & Cloud like AWS/GCP) is preferred.

- Experience with administration and maintenance of tools in DevOps Toolchain E.g Github, Jenkins, Harbor, JFrog, Sonarqube etc.

- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, able to drive technical discussions across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in the IT industry,

- Must have experience working with geographically distributed teams and infrastructure, preferably in a high release velocity/startup environment.

- Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and thrive in fast-paced, dynamic settings.