Devops Lead

About the Job

Who we are and what do we do

India has witnessed a journey of Innovation in Digital Payments and today it leads the world with over 45% of the Global digital transaction volume. At NPST, we believe that our decade long journey has carved an opportunity for building future roadmap for the world to follow.

We are determined to contribute immensely to nation’s growth story with our vision “to provide digital technology across financial value chain” and our mission to create leadership position in digital payment space.

Founded in 2013, NPST is a leading fintech firm in India, part of the Make in India initiative and listed on BSE and National Stock Exchange. We specialize in Digital Payments operating as Technology Service Provider to Regulated entities and providing Payment Platform to Industry – empowered by payment processing engine, Financial Super app, Risk Intelligence engine and digital merchant solution.

While we drive 3% of global digital transaction volume for over 100+ clients, we aim to increase our market share by 5X in next five years through innovation and industry first initiatives.

What will you do

We are looking for a seasoned DevOps Lead to join our TechOps team within the IT Infra & Security department. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native operations to ensure high availability, scalability, and security of fintech products. This is a hands-on leadership role involving cross-functional collaboration with engineering, security, and product teams.

Job responsibilities:

• Lead and manage DevOps practices including CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, system monitoring, and environment management across staging and production.
• Design and maintain high-availability and scalable systems using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD.
• Manage cloud infrastructure across platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure ensuring cost optimization, reliability, and performance.
• Implement and enforce security best practices, including network/firewall policies, secrets management, and compliance audits (e.G., ISO, PCI-DSS).
• Monitor and maintain system performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline release processes and improve build/deploy strategies.
• Guide and mentor junior DevOps engineers;
  drive adoption of modern DevOps and SRE principles.
• Take ownership of disaster recovery planning, backup solutions, and incident response playbooks.
• Maintain documentation for infrastructure, deployment processes, and recovery procedures.
• Work in Agile/Scrum environment and participate in sprint planning and stand-ups as required.

What are we looking for:

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer with hands-on leadership responsibilities.
• Strong command of Linux system administration, scripting (Shell, Python, or Bash), and version control tools (Git).
• Proficiency in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Cloud expertise (preferably AWS) including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, and load balancing concepts.
• Good understanding of networking, VPNs, firewalls, and DNS management.
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools and performance tuning.
• Exposure to DevSecOps and integration of security tools into DevOps workflows is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, communication, and collaboration abilities.
• Willingness to be available for on-call support and incident response as needed.
• Certifications like AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or equivalent is highly desirable.
• Experience in fintech or banking domain will be an added advantage.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC2, etc.).
• Entrepreneurial skills, ability to observe, innovate and own your work.
• Detail-oriented and organized with strong time management skills.
• Influencing skills and the ability to create positive working relationships with team members at all levels.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborative approach and work with perfection as a group effort to achieve organization goal.

Education Qualification – BE/B.Tech

Experience – 8-12 years

Industry - IT/Software/BFSI/ Banking /Fintech

Location – Noida

Work arrangement – 5 days working from office

What do we offer:

• An organization where we strongly believe in one organization, one goal.
• A fun workplace which compels us to challenge ourselves and aim higher.
• A team that strongly believes in collaboration and celebrating success together.
• Benefits that resonate ‘We Care’.

If this opportunity excites you, we invite you to apply and contribute to our success story. If your resume is shortlisted, you will hear back from us.