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Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

SID Global SolutionsHyderabad, Telangana, India
15 days ago
Job description

Job Title : Director / Head of Engineering

Location : Hyderabad, IN

Type : Full-Time | Leadership | IT Professional Services

About the Role :

SIDGS is seeking an experienced and visionary Director of Engineering to lead a high-performing, global engineering team structured around PODs and shared service towers. This role demands a strategic leader who thrives in a professional services environment and can scale delivery across complex, multi-disciplinary teams including App Dev, Web Dev, DevSecOps, Cloud, SRE, Data & AI, and Solution Architecture.

The Director will be accountable for engineering excellence, process governance, talent growth, and technical innovation across our portfolio of client engagements.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Leadership & Team Management :
  • Lead a matrixed engineering organization comprised of multiple PODs and shared services.
  • Drive alignment across functional engineering towers and shared services (R&D, DevSecOps, Cloud, InfoSec, etc.).
  • Mentor Engineering Leads and promote continuous technical and leadership development.
  • Delivery Oversight :
  • Own end-to-end accountability for engineering deliverables, including build, deployment, SRE, and support functions.
  • Ensure adherence to engineering standards, secure coding practices, and audit readiness.
  • Oversee operational metrics, DevSecOps pipelines, SRE operations, and cloud infra governance.
  • Strategic Execution :
  • Collaborate with Solution Engineering and Sales to support pre-sales, estimation, and proposal development.
  • Drive the adoption of emerging technologies such as GenAI, Vertex AI, and LangChain into client solutions.
  • Champion reusable reference architectures and knowledge sharing via COPs.
  • Governance and Quality :
  • Lead Engineering Process Governance & Audit (PG&A).
  • Set and monitor KPIs for engineering productivity, code quality, CI / CD performance, and uptime.
  • Ensure security compliance, including CVE remediation and DAST / SAST implementation.
  • Innovation and R&D :
  • Partner with internal R&D teams to pilot new technologies and integrate them into practice.
  • Promote certification tracks, hackathons, and experimentation in modern cloud-native and AI-based architectures.

Key Qualifications :

  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
  • Proven track record managing geographically distributed engineering teams in a services or consulting firm.
  • Deep understanding of :
  • Cloud platforms (GCP++, AWS, Azure)
  • CI / CD, DevSecOps (Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD, etc.)
  • SRE tools (GCP Ops Suite, DataDog, Dynatrace)
  • Full-stack engineering (React, Flutter, SpringBoot, Kubernetes)
  • AI / ML and GenAI platforms (Vertex AI, LangChain, Vector DBs)
  • Strong program / project management acumen with a bias for execution.
  • Demonstrated experience in solution architecture and client delivery management.
  • Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science or related field preferred.
  • Certifications in cloud (GCP, AWS), DevSecOps, or AI / ML are a plus.
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