DevOps - Manager

About Us

Zycus, recognized by leading analyst firms in procurement technology, empowers teams to unlock deep value through its comprehensive Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions. At the heart of our S2P solution is the Merlin Agentic Platform, which orchestrates intelligent AI agents to deliver simplified, efficient, and compliant processes.

The Merlin Intake Agent offers business users unparalleled ease of use, increasing adoption rates and significantly reducing non-compliant spending. For procurement teams, the Merlin Autonomous Negotiation Agent handles tail spend autonomously, securing additional savings; the Merlin Contract Agent helps draft compliant contracts and reduces risks by actively monitoring them; and the Merlin AP Agent further enhances efficiency by automating invoice processing with exceptional speed and accuracy.We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer:

Zycus is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. All hiring decisions will be based solely on qualifications, skills, and experience relevant to the job requirements.

Job Description

Zycus is seeking a DevOps Manager who combines strong technical expertise with leadership abilities to scale our DevOps practices and infrastructure. You will lead a team of engineers focused on automation, system scalability, security, and CI/CD delivery — while actively exploring AI-based innovations (AIOps, LLMs) to drive predictive monitoring, auto-remediation, and intelligent alerting

Key Responsibilities :

DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure

• Design, implement, and manage secure, scalable infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Drive cost optimization, performance tuning, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Lead adoption of best practices across high-availability and fault-tolerant systems.

• Containerization & Orchestration

• Manage containerized environments using Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes (EKS/Rancher/OCP).

• Ensure secure, reliable orchestration and performance monitoring at scale.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of IaC using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent tools.
• Ensure all configurations are version-controlled and environment-consistent.

CI/CD Automation

• Architect and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ArgoCD, Tekton, etc.
• Enable fast, secure, and high-quality code delivery in coordination with development and QA.

Scripting & Automation

• Guide scripting efforts in Python or Shell or Ansible or similar to automate deployment, scaling, and incident response.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate manual interventions.

Observability & Monitoring

• Define and implement robust logging, monitoring, and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.
• Drive an AI-driven approach to predictive analytics and anomaly detection.

AI-Driven DevOps (AIOps)

• Explore and integrate AI/ML solutions such as LLMs and GPTs for intelligent insights, chatOps, and self-healing infrastructure.
• Drive POCs and deployment of tools like Moogsoft, Datadog AI, Dynatrace, etc.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead a team of DevOps engineers; set goals, mentor, review performance, and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, QA, and security teams to align on DevOps objectives.

Job Requirement

• 6–10 years of hands-on DevOps/SRE experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership or managerial role.
• Strong cloud experience with AWS and/or Azure, including services like EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda.
• Expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and related tools in production environments.
• Proficient in Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, ArgoCD, Tekton).
• Excellent scripting ability in Python, Shell, or similar.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical thinking, and incident management.
• Experience managing monitoring/logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
• Exposure to LLMs, AIOps, or AI-based DevOps practices is highly desirable.
• Proven experience in leading projects, mentoring engineers, and stakeholder communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications:
  
  AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  
  Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  
  Terraform Associate
• Knowledge of HA Proxy, Nginx, CDNs.
• Understanding of DevSecOps and infrastructure security.
• Familiarity with integrating LLMs, GPTs, and AI for infrastructure or developer tooling enhancements.

Five Reasons Why You Should Join Zycus :

• Cloud Product Company: We are a Cloud SaaS Company and our products are created by using the latest technologies like ML and AI. Our UI is in Angular JS and we are developing our mobile apps using React.

• A Market Leader: Zycus is recognized by Gartner (world's leading market research analyst) as a Leader in Procurement Software Suites.

• Move between Roles: We believe that change leads to growth and therefore we allow our employees to shift careers and move to different roles and functions within the organization

• Get a Global Exposure: You get to work and deal with our global customers.

• Create an Impact: Zycus gives you the environment to create an impact on the product and transform your ideas into reality. Even our junior engineers get the opportunity to work on different product features.

About Us

• Zycus is a pioneer in Cognitive Procurement software and has been a trusted partner of choice for large global enterprises for two decades. Zycus has been consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester, and other analysts for its Source to Pay integrated suite. Zycus powers its S2P software with the revolutionary Merlin AI Suite. Merlin AI takes over the tactical tasks and empowers procurement and AP officers to focus on strategic projects; offers data-driven actionable insights for quicker and smarter decisions, and its conversational AI offers a B2C type user-experience to the end-users.
• Zycus helps enterprises drive real savings, reduce risks, and boost compliance, and its seamless, intuitive, and easy-to-use user interface ensures high adoption and value across the organization.
• Start your #CognitiveProcurement journey with us, as you are #MeantforMore