About the job

Job Title: DevOps Director

Location: Hyderabad, Delhi/NCR, Pune

Job Type: Permanent

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Director to lead our DevOps strategy, ensuring operational excellence, cost optimization, and business growth. This role requires a unique blend of technical expertise and business acumen, including Profit & Loss (P&L) management, presales, project management, and performance management. The ideal candidate will drive infrastructure automation, streamline CI/CD processes, and enhance system reliability while aligning DevOps practices with overall business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop scalable, secure, and reliable DevOps architectures and frameworks to support development and deployment activities.
Design cloud-native and hybrid solutions leveraging platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Participate in customer meetings, RFP responses, and technical presentations
Collaborate with sales and solution engineering teams to support presales activities
Ensure on-time and on-budget delivery of DevOps initiatives.
Build and lead a high-performing DevOps team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Set and monitor KPIs for DevOps engineers, ensuring high performance and accountability.
Manage and optimize budgets for DevOps tools, cloud infrastructure, and operations.
Identify cost-saving opportunities through automation, cloud optimization, and vendor negotiations.
Track and analyse financial performance metrics, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Provide financial insights to executive leadership for strategic decision-making.
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
Automate provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
Integrate testing, security, and compliance checks into deployment pipelines.
Architect containerized applications using Docker or Podman.
Manage and optimize Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
Mentor and guide teams on DevOps best practices and tooling.
Integrate DevSecOps practices into the software development lifecycle.
Ensure systems meet security, performance, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Required:

Proven experience as a DevOps Architect or in a similar role.
Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Hands-on experience with IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
Proficiency in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions).
Expertise in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.
Experience with monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, ELK, Datadog).
Solid programming/scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar).
Strong knowledge of networking, security, and system administration.