Head of DevOps

Location: Noida Department: Technology / Engineering Reports To: CTO / VP Engineering We are seeking an experienced Head of DevOps (AWS) to lead, scale, and mature our cloud infrastructure and DevOps capabilities. The ideal candidate is a strategic technical leader with deep expertise in AWS cloud architecture , CI/CD automation , infrastructure-as-code , site reliability , and DevOps culture-building . You will drive operational excellence, platform reliability, deployment automation, and cloud cost optimization across the organization. Key Responsibilities Leadership & Strategy Define and execute the overall DevOps strategy aligned with business goals. Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing DevOps/SRE/CloudOps team. Establish DevOps best practices, engineering standards, and governance. Partner closely with Engineering, Security, and Product teams to streamline delivery. AWS Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure Lead the design and optimization of scalable, secure, and highly available AWS architectures. Oversee infrastructure design using AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, VPC, RDS, CloudFront, CloudFormation, and IAM. Drive cloud modernization initiatives (containerization, serverless, microservices, etc.). Ensure infrastructure reliability, resilience, and disaster recovery planning. Automation & CI/CD Build and refine CI/CD pipelines using tools like AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or CircleCI. Establish automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and rollback strategies. Champion infrastructure-as-code (IaC) through CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK. Observability & SRE Practices Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or ELK. Define SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs; drive incident management and root-cause analysis. Ensure 24/7 platform reliability through automation and proactive controls. Security & Compliance Enforce cloud security best practices including IAM governance, secrets management, and network security. Collaborate with security teams on risk assessments, audits, and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC2, GDPR, etc.). Build automated security checks into the development lifecycle. Cost Optimization & Performance Monitor and optimize AWS cost, usage, and resource efficiency. Perform capacity planning and performance tuning across environments. Required Qualifications 10–15+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or SRE roles. 5+ years in a leadership or team management role. Deep expertise in AWS cloud services, architectures, and best practices. Strong experience with CI/CD tooling, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS), and IaC. Hands-on scripting experience (Python, Bash, Go, or similar). Proven experience designing scalable, reliable, secure cloud platforms. Strong understanding of networking, security, monitoring, and automation ecosystems. Preferred Qualifications AWS Certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional). Experience with modern engineering cultures (GitOps, SRE, DevSecOps). Experience in high-growth product companies or enterprise-scale infrastructure. Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments (optional). Key Competencies Leadership & team development Strategic thinking & architectural vision Problem-solving & decision-making Collaboration & cross-functional communication Customer-centric mindset Process improvement & innovation Interested candidates can send me their profiles on