Experience required: 5-10 Yrs
Skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud Architecture, GCP, Kubernetes, Cloud Security, Networking, GitOps, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, VPC, Load Balancing, GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, TCP/IP, Python, PowerShell, Logging, Bash, Jenkins, Linux, IAM, GitLab CI, Ansible, CI/CD, Secrets Management, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ArgoCD

Role & responsibilities

Lead and manage a team of Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps, Platform, and SRE engineers.
Own the design, implementation, and operation of scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure platforms.
Define and execute the infrastructure and platform engineering roadmap aligned with business and technology objectives.
Architect and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies.
Establish and improve CI/CD and GitOps practices for reliable and automated software delivery.
Design, operate, and optimize Kubernetes and containerized environments.
Establish strong monitoring, observability, logging, alerting, and incident-management practices.
Define and track SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, availability, latency, and reliability metrics.
Lead major production incidents, root-cause analysis, and preventive remediation.
Ensure infrastructure meets organizational requirements for security, compliance, access control, and data protection.
Drive cloud cost optimization, capacity planning, resource utilization, and FinOps initiatives.
Develop and maintain business continuity, disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability strategies.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, deployments, and operational processes.
Partner with Software Engineering, Security, Data, Architecture, and Product teams on platform and infrastructure requirements.
Evaluate infrastructure technologies and make recommendations on architecture, tooling, and technology standards.
Establish engineering standards, conduct architecture/code reviews, and improve operational documentation.
Mentor engineers, support career development, and build a culture of automation, reliability, security, and operational excellence.
Manage infrastructure projects, budgets, vendors, timelines, and cross-functional dependencies.

Preferred candidate profile

5 to 10 years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or related fields, including technical/team leadership experience.
Strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP, with solid understanding of cloud architecture and services.
Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and Infrastructure as Code.
Strong understanding of Linux, networking, DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, storage, compute, IAM, and cloud security.
Experience designing and operating highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant production systems.
Strong knowledge of CI/CD, GitOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, or equivalent technologies.
Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, CloudWatch, or comparable monitoring and observability platforms.
Strong understanding of SRE principles, SLIs/SLOs/SLAs, incident management, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
Proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or other scripting languages for automation.
Experience with microservices, distributed systems, service mesh, API gateways, databases, caching, and messaging systems is advantageous.
Strong understanding of cloud security, vulnerability management, secrets management, IAM, compliance, and infrastructure governance.
Experience with cloud cost optimization and FinOps is desirable.
Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and manage cross-functional engineering teams.
Strong system-design, problem-solving, project-management, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field; Master's degree is a plus.
Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect/DevOps Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect are advantageous.
Role: Engineering Manager
Industry Type: IT Services & Consulting
Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Role Category: Software Development
Education
UG: B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Information Technology