DEVOPS LEAD L2(CONTRACT)

Wipro Technologies; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,846,000 - 3,850,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro Technologies in Chennai seeks an experienced DevOps Lead to guide a team focused on automating CI/CD and infrastructure provisioning. You will design the DevOps architecture, select tools, ensure security, and drive production readiness across projects.

The role requires deep Azure AKS, Flux CD, Terraform and Dynatrace expertise, 12+ years in senior DevOps roles, and collaboration with operations, development and testing teams to deliver reliable releases.

Qualifications

• Non-negotiable AKS production clusters experience.
• Azure CNI, HPA/VPA, Ingress controllers and Node Pool lifecycle expertise.
• Advanced Terraform state management and modular design.
• Fluency with Flux CD and Helm for GitOps and chart management.
• Hands-on Dynatrace for SLOs, Davis AI and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps team to automate CI/CD and infrastructure provisioning.
• Define DevOps architecture/framework and toolchain per client needs.
• Provide timely support and root-cause analysis for incidents.

Skills

Azure AKS Admin

Terraform

Flux CD

Helm

Dynatrace

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

AKS

Azure

Nginx/Ingress

Job description

Job Description

Role Purpose

The purpose of this role is to lead DevOps team to facilitate better coordination among operations, development and testing functions by automating and streamlining the integration and deployment processes.

Do

• Drive technical solution support to the team to align on continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) of technology in applications
  • Design and define the overall DevOps architecture/ framework to for a project/ module delivery as per the client requirement
  • Decide on the DevOps tool & platform and which needs to be deployed aligned to the customerâÃÂÃÂs requirement
  • Create a tool deployment model for validating, testing and monitoring performance and align or provision for resources accordingly
  • Define & manage the IT infrastructure as per the requirement of the supported software code
  • Manage and drive the DevOps pipeline that supports the application life cycle across the DevOps toolchain âÃÂàfrom planning, coding and building, to testing, to staging, to release, configuration and monitoring
  • Work with the team to tackle the coding and scripting needed to connect elements of the code that are required to run the software release with operating systems and production infrastructure with minimum disruptions
  • Ensure on boarding application configuration from planning to release stage
  • Integrate security in the entire dev-ops lifecycle to ensure no cyber risk and data privacy is maintained

Provide customer support/ service on the DevOps tools

• Timely support internal & external customers escalations on multiple platforms
• Troubleshoot the various problems that arise in implementation of DevOps tools across the project/ module
• Perform root cause analysis of major incidents/ critical issues which may hamper project timeliness, quality or cost
• Develop alternate plans/ solutions to be implemented as per root cause analysis of critical problems
• Follow escalation matrix/ process as soon as a resolution gets complicated or isnâÃÂÃÂt resolved
• Provide knowledge transfer, sharing best practices with the team and motivate

Team Management

• Resourcing
  • Forecast talent requirements as per the current and future business needs
  • Hire adequate and right resources for the team
  • Train direct reportees to make right recruitment and selection decisions
• Talent Management
  • Ensure 100% compliance to WiproâÃÂÃÂs standards of adequate onboarding and training for team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
  • Build an internal talent pool of HiPos and ensure their career progression within the organization
  • Promote diversity in leadership positions
• Performance Management
  • Set goals for direct reportees, conduct timely performance reviews and appraisals, and give constructive feedback to direct reports.
  • Incase of performance issues, take necessary action with zero tolerance for âÃÂÃÂwillâÃÂàbased performance issues
  • Ensure that organizational programs like Performance Nxtarewell understood and that the team is taking the opportunities presented by such programs to their and their levels below
• Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
  • Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
  • Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
  • Proactively challenge the team with larger and enriching projects/ initiatives for the organization or team
  • Exercise employee recognition and appreciation

Deliver

Deliver

No. Performance Parameter Measure 1. Continuous Integration, Deployment & Monitoring 100% error free on boarding & implementation 2. CSAT Manage service tools Troubleshoot queries Customer experience 3. Capability Building & Team Management % trained on new age skills, Team attrition %, Employee satisfaction score

Azure Terraform Specialist with Kubernetes exp.

Looking for candidates who has specifically done 'Manual-to-IaC' migrations and can write complex Azure modules from scratch.

Candidates who can write terraform code will be a success”.

Open Position : 1

Rates including mark up - 300K/M

Location : Chennai

Exp - 12+ years

The "Anti-Profile" (What we DO NOT want):

• AWS Specialists:Do not send candidates whose primary experience is EKS/AWS with only "basic" Azure exposure.
• Theoretical/Reading Candidates:We will immediately reject anyone who appears to be reading from a screen or providing textbook definitions during the L1.

Detailed requirement as below :

1. Non-Negotiable: AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

• Depth Required:Must have managed production clusters (not just learning environments).
• Specific Skills:Experience withAzure CNI,HPA/VPA,Ingress Controllers (Nginx/AGIC), andNode Pool lifecycle management.
• The Test:They must be able to explain how they handle a "Pod Pending" state or an "ImagePullBackOff" in a locked-down enterprise network.

2. Tooling Priority: Flux CD & Helm

• GitOps:We needFlux CDexperience. If they only know "Push" pipelines (Jenkins/ADO), they are a secondary fit. We want someone who understandsautomated reconciliation loops.
• Helm:Must be able to author and troubleshoot Helm charts, not just run helm install.

3. Observability: Dynatrace

• Requirement:Hands-on withDynatrace.
• Competency:Setting upService Level Objectives (SLOs),Management Zones, and usingDavis AIfor root cause analysis. (Generic Prometheus/Grafana knowledge is good but Dynatrace is the target).

4. Infrastructure as Code: Terraform

• Level:Advanced. Must be comfortable withTerraform State management, importing manual resources into code, and building reusable modules.

5. The "Anti-Profile"(What we DO NOT want):

• AWS Specialists:Do not send candidates whose primary experience is EKS/AWS with only "basic" Azure exposure.
• Theoretical/Reading Candidates:We will immediately reject anyone who appears to be reading from a screen or providing textbook definitions during the L1.

Mandatory Skills: Azure AKS Admin.Experience: 8-10 Years.Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.

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