Cloud Operations Lead

NewVision Software; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

NewVision Software in Pune is seeking an experienced Cloud Operations Lead (SRE/DevOps) to own platform reliability and platform engineering. You will mentor a small team while hands-on with AWS, Kubernetes, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines across production systems.

The role emphasizes incident management, security, runbooks, and governance, with overlap into US/EU hours.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Cloud Operations, Production Support, Reliability, and Platform Ownership.
• Experience leading a small team of engineers in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud operations and production support activities across AWS-based platforms.
• Manage and troubleshoot Linux systems, cloud infrastructure, networking, and Kubernetes environments.
• Drive operational excellence through monitoring, observability, automation, and incident management.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Support and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and deployment automation tools.
• Design and implement monitoring, alerting, dashboards, runbooks, and operational standards.
• Lead vulnerability remediation, secrets management, access governance, and platform hardening initiatives.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, OS/AMI upgrades, and day‑2 operational activities.
• Support production deployments, release management, and change control processes.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on onboarding, platform readiness, access management, and operational best practices.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers while driving continuous service improvement.

Skills

Linux Administration

Incident Management

Security Operations

Change Management

Team Leadership

Tools

AWS Cloud Operations (IAM, EC2, Networking)

Kubernetes Administration

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Cloud Operations Lead – SRE / DevOps / Platform Engineering

Experience

9–12 Years

Shift

Overlap with US & EU Business Hours

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Operations Lead with a strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, and Platform Engineering. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, and operational excellence of cloud-based platforms and services while leading a small team of engineers.

This is a hands‑on role with approximately 80% focus on Cloud Operations, Production Support, Reliability, and Platform Ownership, combined with leadership responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cloud operations and production support activities across AWS-based platforms.
• Manage and troubleshoot Linux systems, cloud infrastructure, networking, and Kubernetes environments.
• Drive operational excellence through monitoring, observability, automation, and incident management.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Support and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and deployment automation tools.
• Design and implement monitoring, alerting, dashboards, runbooks, and operational standards.
• Lead vulnerability remediation, secrets management, access governance, and platform hardening initiatives.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, OS/AMI upgrades, and day‑2 operational activities.
• Support production deployments, release management, and change control processes.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on onboarding, platform readiness, access management, and operational best practices.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers while driving continuous service improvement.

Required Skills (Non-Negotiable)

• Strong Linux Administration and Troubleshooting
• AWS Cloud Operations (IAM, EC2, Networking, EKS)
• Kubernetes Administration and Production Support
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• CI/CD Tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Monitoring & Observability (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, SignalFx, Nagios, or similar)
• Incident Management, Root Cause Analysis, and Production Support
• Security Operations including vulnerability remediation, access management, and secrets rotation
• Experience working in enterprise environments with formal change management processes

Preferred Skills

• DNS, Proxy, Edge Services, and Networking Platforms
• Teleport, Bastion Hosts, Service Accounts, and Access Management Solutions
• Container Security and Supply Chain Security
• AMI/Image Lifecycle Management
• AI-enabled Operations, Custom Agentic AI, or Hyperscaler AI Services
• Lead a team of cloud/platform engineers.
• Drive operational governance, service reliability, and process standardization.
• Promote automation-first and reliability-first engineering practices.
• Partner with stakeholders across Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, and Application teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, or Managed Services environments.
• Exposure to AI-powered operations, observability, or automation solutions.
• Experience supporting large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native applications.