Senior DevOps Leader

The successful candidate will spearhead the organization's DevOps culture and capabilities, shaping and advancing strategies for efficient software delivery. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to enable high-velocity application delivery.
• Apply experience of working on CI/CD tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, TeamCity, Octopus, Maven, NuGet, ProGet or similar to create or update build packages and deployment pipeline
• Develop/update the code build using scripting skills in language like Maven, YAML Classical Editor.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices for repeatable and auditable infrastructure management (Code branching, Merging and pull request workflow).
• Drive containerization and orchestration strategies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Service Fabrics) across the application portfolio.
• Develop and enforce automated testing frameworks, including unit, integration, and security testing within pipelines using Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to optimize the software delivery lifecycle.
• Ensure applications are monitored and supported with actionable logging, metrics, health checks, and uptime dashboards using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, etc.
• Implement and uphold policies for access control, patching, vulnerability management, and regulatory compliance.
• Facilitate post-incident reviews and root cause analysis to drive system and process improvements.
• Document DevOps architectures, processes, and standards for reuse and knowledge sharing.
• Engage with business leaders, project managers, and technical teams to align DevOps initiatives with organizational priorities.

People Leadership:

• Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to gather and analyse requirements for developing effective IT solutions.
• Work closely with internal teams to ensure timely completion of assigned tasks and promote effective use of technology for problem-solving.
• Lead and inspire the team to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in both technical expertise and business acumen.
• Sets clear, realistic goals and performance standards; and organise performance review sessions with the team on their development plan and career.
• Conduct timely reviews of team deliverables and provide support to enhance performance.
• Lead, mentor, and upskill DevOps engineers and developers on modern tools, technologies, and best practices.
• Manage DevOps team members, set objectives, and evaluate performance aligned to business outcomes.

Required Skills:

• Overall experience of 13+ years in IT industry, minimum 8 years of experience in DevOps.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Certified Kubernetes Administrator) are highly desirable.
• Experience of DevOps toolchains (Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps, SVN, Maven, NuGet, ProGet, TeamCity, Octopus), scripting (YAML, Python, PowerShell), and application development frameworks.
• Experience to design, configure and maintain the SonarQube Enterprise code quality tool.
• Experience in design code branching, merging and strategies from Feature to release and master branch.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, New Relic) and building observability into applications.
• Solid grasp of security concepts, tools (Sonar, JaCoCo and Fortify on Demand), and practices in DevSecOps pipelines (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets management, etc.).
• Proficiency with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and cloud-native services.
• Strong experience in CICD unification program (e.g.: - Gitlab, TeamCity, Octopus & SVN to DevOps or GitHub)
• Deep understanding of container-based deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) and orchestration strategies.
• Demonstrated leadership of DevOps or application development teams, including coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Experience managing competing priorities, timelines, and deliverables in an Agile or DevOps environment.

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent leadership skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and communicate complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills to resolve technical challenges quickly and effectively.
• Ability to delegate, inspire, motivate, and communicate effectively with the team.
• Ability to learn new technologies and be able to work and deliver high quality documentation in a challenging environment.
• Sound organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise conflicting tasks to meet strict deadlines.
• Excellent customer interfacing skills.
• A drive to deliver results and respond resourcefully to opportunities and challenges through dedication dependability and the taking of prompt action.
• A high level of analytical ability with an innovative approach to problem solving and a creative mindset towards the use of technology and attention to detail.
• Ability to identify and analyse issues/problems, develop solutions, and use judgement to make sound and dependable decisions.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to make a positive impact and to influence others to deliver service to the business.
• Experience working in an outsourced or offshored environment.
• Self-motivated with a strong team spirit.