Cloud Operations Lead – SRE / DevOps / Platform Engineering

PeoplePilot; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

PeoplePilot is seeking an experienced Cloud Operations Lead with a strong background in SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering. You will lead a small team while hands-on managing cloud platforms, reliability, security, and production support. Expect ~80% focus on cloud operations, with leadership responsibilities.

This role emphasizes operating across AWS-based platforms, Terraform/IaC, and CI/CD tooling, driving automation and governance in an enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Linux administration and operations.
• Hands-on AWS cloud operations including IAM, EC2, Networking and EKS.
• Kubernetes administration in production environments.
• Strong Terraform/IaC skills for infrastructure provisioning.
• CI/CD tooling knowledge (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Incident management and RCA capabilities.
• Security operations including vulnerability remediation and secrets rotation.
• Experience navigating enterprise change-management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud operations and production support across AWS platforms.
• Troubleshoot Linux systems, cloud infra, networking, and Kubernetes runtimes.
• Drive reliability through monitoring, automation, and incident handling.
• Build and maintain IaC using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Support and optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Design monitoring, alerts, dashboards, and runbooks for platforms.
• Lead vulnerability remediation, access governance, and platform hardening.
• Automate provisioning, OS/AMI upgrades, and run day-2 activities.
• Support deployments, release management, and change control.

Skills

Linux Administration

AWS Cloud Operations

Kubernetes Administration

Terraform & IaC

CI/CD

Monitoring & Observability

Incident Management

Security Operations

Change Management

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Nagios

Job description

Shift: Overlap with US & EU Business Hours

Immediate Joiners required (15 days notice)

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.