Dev Ops Engineer

1203 Barclays Global Serv. Cent; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

1203 Barclays Global Serv. Cent is seeking an Engineering Manager in Pune to lead and manage technical teams. You will ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions and mentor your teams in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud architecture, engineering management, and best practices in security. This role includes mentoring and overseeing project timelines, and team performance, within a culture of innovation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of AWS and cloud architecture.
• Ability to implement security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering teams to deliver high-quality software.
• Oversee project timelines, team allocation, and risk management.
• Mentor team members and conduct performance reviews.

Skills

AWS infrastructure design

Infrastructure automation with Chef

Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch

Container orchestration with Docker

CI/CD pipeline engineering

Unix/Linux system administration

Security best practices

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

Tools

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

Chef

Job description

Job Description

To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

Accountabilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high‑performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.


• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time and budget.


• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback and identify opportunities for improvement.


• Evaluate and enhance engineering processes, tools and methodologies to increase efficiency and streamline workflows.


• Collaborate with business partners, product managers, designers and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.


• Enforce technology standards, facilitate peer reviews and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high‑quality solutions.

Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions and business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well‑developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.

If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are:

• Listen and be authentic


• Energise and inspire


• Align across the enterprise


• Develop others

OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross‑functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.

Qualifications

• Infrastructure & Cloud Architecture: Design, provision and manage scalable AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform). Experience with multi‑account strategies, VPC design, transit gateways, and hybrid cloud architectures. Implement API Gateway patterns including REST/WebSocket APIs, custom authorizers, and integration with Lambda/backend services.


• Configuration Management: Implement infrastructure automation using Chef (cookbooks, recipes, roles, environments). Experience with version control for infrastructure code, testing frameworks (ChefSpec, InSpec), and maintaining Chef Server/Automate environments.


• Observability & Monitoring: Design comprehensive monitoring strategies using AWS CloudWatch (custom metrics, dashboards, alarms, Logs Insights). Integrate distributed monitoring with ITRS Geneos for real‑time infrastructure health, AppDynamics for APM and business transaction monitoring, and ESaaS for enterprise‑scale observability.


• Container Orchestration: Build production‑grade containerised applications with Docker (multi‑stage builds, image optimisation, security scanning). Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters including pod scheduling, resource management, service mesh integration, ingress controllers, persistent storage and cluster autoscaling.


• CI/CD Pipeline Engineering: Architect end‑to‑end GitLab CI/CD pipelines with multi‑stage deployments, artifact management, and environment promotion strategies. Implement automated quality gates integrating SonarQube (code coverage, technical debt analysis) and Veracode (SAST/DAST scanning). Configure pipeline‑as‑code, shared libraries and deployment strategies (blue‑green, canary, rolling updates).


• Systems Administration & Automation: Expert‑level Unix/Linux system administration including performance tuning, kernel parameters, systemd service management and troubleshooting. Develop complex automation scripts in Bash and PowerShell for deployment orchestration, log analysis, backup/recovery procedures and operational tasks.


• Security & Compliance: Implement security best practices including TLS 1.2/1.3 configuration, certificate lifecycle management (generation, renewal, rotation), mutual TLS authentication and secure key storage. Configure security groups, NACLs, IAM policies following least‑privilege principles and encryption at rest/in transit.


• Desirable Skillsets / Good to Have: Security Tooling – integrate CyberArk for privileged access management and secrets rotation, implement automated Veracode scanning in CI/CD workflows with policy enforcement, configure SonarQube quality profiles and custom rules, and manage CSM (Cloud Security Management) for compliance monitoring. Network Engineering – design and troubleshoot complex network topologies including VPN configurations, Direct Connect, route tables, BGP routing, DNS management (Route53), load balancing strategies (ALB/NLB). Configure firewall rules, security policies and network segmentation. Application Server Management – deploy, configure and optimise Apache HTTP Server (virtual hosts, mod_proxy, SSL/TLS, performance tuning) and JBoss/WildFly application servers (domain/standalone modes, datasource configuration, clustering, JVM tuning, deployment strategies).


• Preferred Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional OR AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.

Location

This role is based out of Pune.