Senior Technical Lead

Job Summary

Experience8+ Years Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 8+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing highly available, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in DevOps automation, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), observability, cloud technologies, and production operations. The role requires strong problem-solving skills and a reliability-first mindset to drive operational excellence and platform stability.

Key Responsibilities

Site Reliability Engineering

• Design, implement, and maintain reliable, scalable, and resilient infrastructure.

• Define and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and Error Budgets.

• Ensure high availability and performance of mission-critical applications.

• Lead incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and postmortem reviews.

• Drive reliability improvements through automation and proactive monitoring.

DevOps & Automation

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operational processes.

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.

• Enable self-service platform capabilities and reduce operational toil through automation.

Kubernetes & Container Platforms

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters in cloud or hybrid environments.

• Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Implement deployment strategies such as Blue-Green, Canary, and Rolling Deployments.

• Ensure platform security, scalability, and fault tolerance.

Cloud Operations

• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Monitor cloud resource utilization, availability, and performance.

• Implement cloud security best practices, IAM, RBAC, and governance controls.

• Support disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives.

Observability & Monitoring

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.

• Develop dashboards and operational metrics to track platform health.

• Improve MTTR through observability and automation.

• Perform capacity planning and performance tuning.

Collaboration

• Partner with Development, QA, Security, and Architecture teams.

• Promote DevOps, DevSecOps, and SRE best practices across teams.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical leadership initiatives.

Skill Requirements

Cloud Platforms

• AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Containerization & Orchestration

• Kubernetes

• Docker

• Helm

CI/CD Tools

• Jenkins

• Azure DevOps

• GitHub Actions

• GitLab CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform

• Ansible

• CloudFormation (Preferred)

Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus

• Grafana

• Splunk

• ELK / EFK Stack

• App Dynamics or Dynatrace

Scripting & Programming

• Python

• Bash/Shell Scripting

• PowerShell (Preferred)

Source Control

• Git

• GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket

Operating Systems

• Linux Administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS)

Good to Have

• Open Shift Administration

• Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd)

• Kafka/Event Streaming Platforms

• Security & Compliance Automation

• Chaos Engineering

• Fin Ops and Cloud Cost Optimization

• MLOps Exposure

• Dev Sec Ops Implementation Experience

Required Qualifications

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

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Operations, or Site Reliability Engineering.

• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and performance optimization skills.

• Experience supporting large-scale production environments.

• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Certifications

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

• Microsoft Azure Dev

Ops Engineer Expert:

• Hashi Corp Terraform Associate

• Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Key Success Metrics

• Platform Availability of 99.9% or higher

• Reduced Incident Volume and Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)

• Increased Deployment Frequency and Release Reliability

• Improved Automation Coverage

• Enhanced Infrastructure Security, Scalability, and Reliability

Other Requirements

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