Lead I

5 - 7 Years

1 Opening

Kochi, Trivandrum

Role Proficiency:

Act under guidance of Lead II/Architect understands customer requirements and translate them into design of new DevOps (CI/CD) components. Capable of managing at least 1 Agile Team

Outcomes:

• Interprets the DevOps Tool/feature/component design to develop/support the same in accordance with specifications

• Adapts existing DevOps solutions and creates own DevOps solutions for new contexts

• Codes debugs tests documents and communicates DevOps development stages/status of DevOps develop/support issues

• Select appropriate technical options for development such as reusing improving or reconfiguration of existing components

• Optimises efficiency cost and quality of DevOps process tools and technology development

• Validates results with user representatives; integrates and commissions the overall solution

• Helps Engineers troubleshoot issues that are novel/complex and are not covered by SOPs

• Design install configure troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines and software

• Able to automate infrastructure provisioning on cloud/in-premises with the guidance of architects

• Provides guidance to DevOps Engineers so that they can support existing components

• Work with diverse teams with Agile methodologies

• Facilitate saving measures through automation

• Mentors A1 and A2 resources

• Involved in the Code Review of the team

Measures of Outcomes:

• Quality of deliverables

• Error rate/completion rate at various stages of SDLC/PDLC

• of components/reused
  
• of domain/technology certification/ product certification obtained
  

• SLA for onboarding and supporting users and tickets

Outputs Expected:

Automated components :

• Deliver components that automat parts to install components/configure of software/tools in on premises and on cloud

• Deliver components that automate parts of the build/deploy for applications

Configured components:

• Configure a CI/CD pipeline that can be used by application development/support teams

Scripts:

• Develop/Support scripts (like Powershell/Shell/Python scripts) that automate installation/configuration/build/deployment tasks

Onboard users:

• Onboard and extend existing tools to new app dev/support teams

Mentoring:

• Mentor and provide guidance to peers

Stakeholder Management:

• Guide the team in preparing status updates
  
  keeping management updated about the status

Training/SOPs :

• Create Training plans/SOPs to help DevOps Engineers with DevOps activities and in onboarding users

Measure Process Efficiency/Effectiveness:

• Measure and pay attention to efficiency/effectiveness of current process and make changes to make them more efficiently and effectively

Stakeholder Management:

• Share the status report with higher stakeholder

Skill Examples:

• Experience in the design installation configuration and troubleshooting of CI/CD pipelines and software using Jenkins/Bamboo/Ansible/Puppet /Chef/PowerShell /Docker/Kubernetes

• Experience in Integrating with code quality/test analysis tools like Sonarqube/Cobertura/Clover

• Experience in Integrating build/deploy pipelines with test automation tools like Selenium/Junit/NUnit

• Experience in Scripting skills (Python/Linux/Shell/Perl/Groovy/PowerShell)

• Experience in Infrastructure automation skill (ansible/puppet/Chef/Powershell)

• Experience in repository Management/Migration Automation – GIT/BitBucket/GitHub/Clearcase

• Experience in build automation scripts – Maven/Ant

• Experience in Artefact repository management – Nexus/Artifactory

• Experience in Dashboard Management & Automation- ELK/Splunk

• Experience in configuration of cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/Google)

• Experience in Migration of applications from on-premises to cloud infrastructures

• Experience in Working on Azure DevOps/ARM (Azure Resource Manager)/DSC (Desired State Configuration)/Strong debugging skill in C#/C Sharp and Dotnet

• Setting and Managing Jira projects and Git/Bitbucket repositories

• Skilled in containerization tools like Docker/Kubernetes

Knowledge Examples:

• Knowledge of Installation/Config/Build/Deploy processes and tools

• Knowledge of IAAS - Cloud providers (AWS/Azure/Google etc.) and their tool sets

• Knowledge of the application development lifecycle
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance processes
• Knowledge of Quality Automation processes and tools
• Knowledge of multiple tool stacks not just one
• Knowledge of Build Branching/Merging
• Knowledge about containerization
• Knowledge on security policies and tools
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies

Additional Comments:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 4–7 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, with hands-on expertise in: o Azure Cloud services (VMs, Storage, Networking, AKS, Azure DevOps) o Kubernetes (AKS), Helm, and containerization (Docker)
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep, Ansible).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Azure Monitor).
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with security best practices, RBAC, and secrets management in Azure and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of networking, load balancing, and high-availability concepts in cloud environments.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a proactive mindset.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work in cross-functional Agile teams. Preferred Skills
• Experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP) and hybrid cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.
• Exposure to serverless computing (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions).
• Familiarity with policy as code and security compliance tools (OPA, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Policy).
• Hands-on experience with cost optimization and governance in cloud environments.
• Domain-specific experience in healthcare, finance, or other regulated industries with a focus on compliance (HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2).
• Understanding of GitOps methodologies (ArgoCD, Flux) for Kubernetes cluster management.

Devops,Azure,Kubernetes

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