Lead Devops Engineer

Job Title : Lead DevOps Engineer

Location : Gurgaon

Experience : 5 to 8 Years

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Summary :

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced

Lead DevOps Engineer

to join our team. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Linux, containers, multi cloud platforms (preferably AWS, GCP), CI / CD, and scripting to help streamline and enhance our development and deployment processes. You will be responsible for managing infrastructure, automating workflows, and ensuring high availability and performance of our applications.

Key Responsibilities :

Design, implement, and maintain CI / CD pipelines using GitHub and Jenkins.

Install and configure SAST tools such as SonarQube, Nexus and enforce CI best practices.

Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker.

Manage AWS cloud infrastructure, focusing on services such as VPC, EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, IAM, ALB, Lambda, etc. and associated networking components.

Analyse and optimize the Cost of the cloud infrastructure.

Install and manage third-party tools like Kong, Consul, Redash, Debezium, Kafka, and RabbitMQ (RMQ).

Perform application-level debugging and provide L2 support to the SRE team for production incidents.

Automate infrastructure provisioning using Ansible and Terraform across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Manage monitoring and logging pipelines using tools like Zabbix and ELK.

Build internal tools and automate routine tasks using Bash and / or Python scripting.

Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure reliable and frequent software delivery.

Continuously improve internal processes to enhance team efficiency and performance.

Mentor junior team members through regular code reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and hands-on technical guidance ensuring consistent growth and alignment.

Required Skills and Experience :

5 to 9 years of experience in DevOps or related roles.

Strong experience in Linux system administration.

Hands-on experience with Docker for containerization.

Deep understanding of AWS Cloud services — especially VPC, ALB, EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, IAM.

Proven experience with Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, and GitHub.

Familiarity with build tools such as Maven (mvn) and npm.

Strong scripting skills in Bash and / or Python.

Solid experience with application debugging and system troubleshooting.

Exposure to Mobile CI / CD pipelines is a plus.

Familiarity with at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Node.js, Go, Python).

Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).