Description :

We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer.

As a Lead, you will manage and mentor a team of 3- 4 DevOps Engineers while also operating as a strong individual contributor (approximately 75% of your capacity).

You will own the modernization, reliability, and scalability of our DevOps ecosystemdriving CI/CD excellence, enhancing release operations, strengthening infrastructure automation, and ensuring smooth deployments across multiple global regions.

Required Skills & Experience :

- 10- 15 years of total experience, with at least 4- 5 years in senior/lead DevOps roles.

- Strong expertise in Azure cloud, including AKS, Azure Networking, MySQL PaaS, IAM, Storage.

- Deep knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), Helm, and container lifecycle management.

- Expertise in CI/CD using :

1. Azure DevOps Pipelines.

2. GitHub Actions (migration experience is a strong advantage).

- Strong, hands-on IaC experience:

- YAML-based templates (ADO/GitHub).

- Terraform (must-have for upcoming initiatives).

- Strong understanding of multi-region deployments, artifact management, and release orchestration.

- Solid debugging skills for pipelines, container workloads, connectivity, performance, and MySQL/Azure PaaS behaviour.

- Excellent understanding of monitoring, logs, and alerting using Datadog , Azure Log Analytics (ALA), etc.

- Experience with Secrets Management via Vault or equivalent.

- Strong scripting in PowerShell is mandatory.

- Exposure to Bash/Python is a plus.

- Exposure to CI/CD build processes for .NET and Angular applications (dotnet CLI, NuGet, npm/Angular CLI), with the ability to troubleshoot build and dependency issues.

- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow DevOps engineers.

Nice-to-Have Skills :

- Experience with JIRA, ServiceNow, or enterprise ITSM processes.

- Feature flag systems (Azure App Configuration, or similar).

- Experience in Power BI.

- Knowledge of GitOps practices (ArgoCD/Flux).

- Exposure to FinOps, cost optimization, and cloud governance.

- Experience with API Gateway, service mesh, or advanced AKS networking.

Key Responsibilities :

Platform & Infrastructure Engineering :

- Lead design, deployment, and optimization of infrastructure on Azure (AKS, VMSS/IaaS, Azure PaaS servicesespecially Azure App Services, Key Vault, Service Bus, Az Redis, AZ Entra ID,MySQL).

- Own and improve container orchestration workflows using Docker & AKS.

- Drive segregation of services into individual AKS pods for improved reliability and scalability.

- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (transition from existing Classic/YAML-based IaC in ADO/GitHub).

CI/CD & Release Engineering :

- Own end-to-end CI/CD pipelines across ADO and GitHub Actions.

- Lead the migration from Azure DevOps pipelines ? GitHub Actions.

- Leads Hands Free release transition.

- Maintain and optimize build & release pipelines for over 20+ services deployed to global regions.

- Develop automated, hands-free deployment processes with guardrails, validations, and rollback mechanisms.

- Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline failures, environment issues, and release blockersincluding MySQL PaaS-related issues.

- Support release execution across multiple global regions, ensuring release readiness, consistency of configuration, and alignment of deployments.

- Support production release, ensure gaps in release configuration are identified and resolved proactively.

- Help standardize, automate, and optimize release workflows to improve predictability and reduce manual steps.

Reliability & Operations :

- Ensure reliability and health of AKS workloads across multiple regions.

- Set up effective monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using Datadog, Azure Log Analytics, and related tools.

- Manage secrets and configurations using Vault and Azure-native services.

- Partner with engineering teams to improve service resilience, deployment patterns, and release quality.

Leadership & Collaboration :

- Lead and mentor a DevOps team of 3- 4 engineers.

- Collaborate closely with Development, QA, SRE, Architecture, Security, and Program Management.

- Define standards, best practices, and governance for CI/CD, IaC, and release management.

- Drive a culture of automation, performance optimization, and continuous improvement.