Team lead - DevOps

Broad Function:

We are seeking a Team Lead - DevOps, you will play a crucial role in managing and leading a team of DevOps engineers to ensure the successful delivery, deployment, and maintenance of software applications and infrastructure. You will be responsible for implementing efficient workflows, driving automation, and maintaining high availability of systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and a passion for innovation in the DevOps domain.

Role & responsibilities:

• Team Leadership : Lead, mentor, and guide a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a collaborativeand high-performance work environment focused on constant learning and improvement.
• DevOps Strategy : Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define DevOps strategies and roadmaps aligned with organizational goals.
• Infrastructure Management : Oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of cloud-based infrastructure and on-premises systems.
• CI/CD Pipeline : Design, implement, and maintain robust continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting : Implement monitoring and logging solutions to identify proactively and address system issues. Respond to incidents promptly, perform root cause analysis, and take corrective actions.
• Security : Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Implement security measures to safeguard applications and infrastructure from potential threats.
• Performance Optimization: Analyse system performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Work with development teams to improve application performance and efficiency.
• Collaboration : Foster effective communication and collaboration between development, operations, and quality assurance teams.

Preferred candidate profile:

Qualification:

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work well within a team and across departments.

Technical Skills:

• Must have minimum 2 Years of experience in Handling Team
• Knowledge and experience in configuring Kafka clusters.
• Must have experience in working with Docker and Kubernetes for 2+ years.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Solid experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation) covering networking, storage, VMs, containers, RDS, and Managed Kubernetes services.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab) and version control systems  
• Proven experience configuring and working with logging, tracing, monitoring, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana, ELK stack and Elastic APM, AWS CloudWatch which is a monitoring Platform or similar).
• Good understanding in setting up highly available, scalable infrastructure and services, covering networking and applications deployments.
• Experience in deploying, monitoring, and maintaining Databases, including high availability setups of: MySQL, MongoDB, both managed and unmanaged.
• Should have good experience in Agile concepts and methods, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Jira (Ticketing tool), Linux (Operating System

Perks and benefits:

The company offers a range of employee benefits including:

• Cashless medical insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• Accidental insurance coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• Five-day work week
• Company paid lunch
• Company paid transportation 
• Access to online learning platforms such as Udemy
• Retirement benefits including Provident Fund (PF) and Gratuity
• Sodexo benefits for income tax savings
• Paternity & Maternity Leave Benefit
• National Pension Saving
• ​Earned Leave Encashment