SDE 3 (DevOps)

DevOps 3 – Lead DevOps

Overview

We are seeking a DevOps 3 – Lead DevOps Engineer / Infrastructure Architect to own and scale our cloud-native infrastructure, with a deep focus on Kubernetes, platform reliability, and automation. This role requires strong architectural thinking, hands-on technical depth, and the ability to lead DevOps initiatives across multiple engineering teams. You will drive infrastructure design, build platform-level capabilities, and ensure our environments are secure, observable, cost-efficient, and highly scalable.

This role sits at the intersection of DevOps, SRE, cloud architecture, and platform engineering , and requires expert-level hands-on execution.

What You’ll Do

Kubernetes Architecture & Platform Ownership

• Architect, design, and operate large-scale Kubernetes clusters (EKS / GKE / AKS) for microservices and data workloads.
• Define cluster topology, autoscaling strategies (HPA / VPA / Karpenter), node groups, and networking models.
• Build and maintain service mesh frameworks (Istio / Linkerd), ingress controllers, and API gateways.
• Develop internal platform tooling for deployments, traffic management, rollback, and cluster governance.
• Own cluster security : pod security standards, network policies, admission controllers, RBAC.

Infrastructure Architecture & Automation

CI / CD Platform & Deployment Engineering

Reliability, Observability & Operations

Security & Compliance

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

What You’ll Bring

Core Technical Strengths

Automation & Tooling

Soft Skills

Preferred Qualifications