DevOps Engineer III

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we're driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India's growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Job Description Summary

Thales Software Monetization is seeking a DevOps Engineer III to take end-to-end ownership of the operations, scalability, and reliability of our Sentinel Licensing SaaS platform. This role is critical to ensuring seamless service delivery for our global customer base. You will be responsible for managing production environments in AWS and GCP, supporting containerized workloads on Kubernetes and Docker, and driving automation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD practices. Collaborating closely with engineering, SRE, platform, and customer-facing teams, you will proactively improve system performance, incident response, monitoring, and cost optimization. This position requires strong technical leadership, hands-on cloud experience, and a deep understanding of operating complex SaaS environments at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and scale highly available services in a production cloud environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployments using modern DevOps toolchains.
• Support and optimize containerized workloads running on Kubernetes and Docker.
• Build tools and processes to enhance application monitoring, logging, and performance tuning.
• Ensure production environments meet SLAs, support cost optimization, and adhere to security and compliance standards.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across the full technology stack including applications, databases, networks, and cloud infrastructure.
• Participate in incident management, perform root cause analysis, and lead continuous improvement efforts.
• Operate effectively as part of a globally distributed, 24x7 support team.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 4-5 years of experience in service delivery, technical operations, or DevOps roles.
• Hands-on experience with GCP (preferred) and/or AWS.
• Proficiency in scripting/programming with Python, Bash
• Working experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as DataDog, Splunk, or Logstash.
• Working knowledge of load balancers/proxies such as HAProxy, NGINX, Apache, Istio, F5, or AWS ELB.
• Basic hands-on experience with relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and build tools such as Jenkins, Flux, TeamCity, Maven, Ant, and scripting with Groovy.
• Familiarity in using Git and modern version control workflows.
• Excellent communication skills-written and verbal-essential for effective collaboration across global teams.
• Strong ownership mindset and problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead initiatives across functions.
• Previous experience working successfully in a remote or geographically distributed team.

Good to have Skills & Experience

• Hands-on experience with J2EE/JVM-based web applications, including JVM tuning and troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and deploying automated monitoring and alerting for cloud-native services.
• Solid understanding of 12-Factor App methodology and microservices architecture.
• Exposure to emerging platforms such as Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, and Serverless technologies.

Why Join Us

This is a high-impact opportunity to work on cutting-edge DevOps practices in a global SaaS environment. You will directly contribute to the stability, scalability, and evolution of Thales' cloud-based licensing solutions. If you're passionate about automation, cloud innovation, and operational excellence-we want to hear from you.

At Thales, we're committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you'll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference - for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.

Skills Required
Jenkins, Git, Docker, Ansible, Splunk, Groovy, Kubernetes, F5, Bash, Teamcity, Terraform, Gcp, Logstash, Haproxy, Datadog, Flux, Nginx, Apache, Ant, Maven, Oracle, Aws, Mysql, Postgresql, ISTIO, Python, Sql Server