DevOps - Lead Software Engineer - Pune

Photon; India; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in India seeks a Lead Software Engineer – DevOps to design and enhance CI/CD processes. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in DevOps, expertise in Docker and Kubernetes, and proficiency in tools like Jenkins and Git. Responsibilities include developing automation solutions and monitoring CI/CD tools. Strong communication skills and a sense of ownership are critical to excel in this role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant DevOps experience is required.
• Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes stack essential.
• Strong knowledge of Jenkins and Jenkins Pipeline is necessary.
• Strong knowledge of Jenkins and Jenkins Pipeline.
• Proficiency in Groovy, Python, Shell scripting, and/or Java.
• Experience with Maven.
• Expertise in Git and GitHub Enterprise.
• Experience with Node/npm.
• Ability to interpret Java stack traces and Node.js error logs.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and support continuous integration and delivery processes.
• Collaborate with Architecture team to develop technical designs.
• Continuously monitor CI/CD tooling health and resolve issues.
• Conduct peer code reviews.
• Proactively identify automation and self-service opportunities.
• Continuously monitor the health of CI/CD tools and take corrective actions when needed.
• Investigate and resolve CI/CD tooling issues.
• Assist in triaging custom and third-party application environments.
• Investigate pipeline and build failures, determine root causes, and implement fixes.
• Support Production Support teams in the use of release and other tooling.
• Research, design, and implement new CI/CD technologies and standalone applications.
• Collaborate with feature developers to onboard/integrate applications per WSI best practices.
• Support the development team's delivery process through the SDLC up to production handoff.
• Work with the Infrastructure team to provision and deprovision capacity.
• Lead or participate in major updates supporting new requirements and system maintenance.
• Develop and maintain procedures and system documentation.
• Enforce and contribute to best practices, strategies, and standards.
• Optimize system resources and implement monitoring tools and thresholds.
• Support the resolution of production incidents.
• Provide work breakdown planning and estimation.
• Anticipate risks and propose contingency plans and timelines.
• Suggest and implement process improvements and best practices.
• Interact with business users, functional teams, and management.
• Guide contract resources, providing direction and quality assessments.
• Share technical and professional knowledge through mentorship and training.
• Foster team collaboration and ensure consensus.

Skills

DevOps experience

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Python

Groovy

Shell scripting

Java

Jenkins

Git / GitHub Enterprise

Node.js

Java stack traces

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field

Tools

Git

GitHub Enterprise

Helm/Helm charts

Maven

Node/npm

Job description

The role is for a Lead Software Engineer – DevOps candidate with a solid and successful background in driving CI/CD, automation, infrastructure as code, configuration management, monitoring, and custom tool development for enterprise software and systems. These systems operate in cloud environments, private data centers, on-premises VMs, and Kubernetes clouds using Python, Groovy, Shell scripting, Perl, and Java.

This role will design and support continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and engineering processes. The candidate will provide direct support to software engineers in testing and pre-production environments.

By developing original code and integrations, this role will enhance CI/CD tooling and applications to accelerate feature delivery by reducing human effort, eliminating process bottlenecks, increasing repeatability, and enabling self-service. The ideal candidate must possess strong communication skills, a passion for CI/CD, and a strong sense of ownership. A proven track record of designing, developing, and maintaining reliable, repeatable, and mission-critical build pipelines, systems, and products is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist in interpreting DevOps product requirements and designing corresponding solutions.
• Collaborate with the Architecture team to develop technical designs and drive DevOps architecture evolution.
• Develop original tools, enhancements to existing tools/pipelines, and new services using Python, Java, and Groovy.
• Conduct peer code reviews.
• Proactively identify automation and self-service opportunities.
• Continuously monitor the health of CI/CD tools and take corrective actions when needed.
• Investigate and resolve CI/CD tooling issues.
• Assist in triaging custom and third-party application environments.
• Investigate pipeline and build failures, determine root causes, and implement fixes.
• Support Production Support teams in the use of release and other tooling.
• Research, design, and implement new CI/CD technologies and standalone applications.
• Collaborate with feature developers to onboard/integrate applications per WSI best practices.
• Support the development team’s delivery process through the SDLC up to production handoff.
• Work with the Infrastructure team to provision and deprovision capacity.
• Lead or participate in major updates supporting new requirements and system maintenance.
• Develop and maintain procedures and system documentation.
• Enforce and contribute to best practices, strategies, and standards.
• Optimize system resources and implement monitoring tools and thresholds.
• Support the resolution of production incidents.
• Provide work breakdown planning and estimation.
• Anticipate risks and propose contingency plans and timelines.
• Suggest and implement process improvements and best practices.
• Interact with business users, functional teams, and management.
• Guide contract resources, providing direction and quality assessments.
• Share technical and professional knowledge through mentorship and training.
• Foster team collaboration and ensure consensus.

Criteria

• 8+ years of relevant DevOps experience.
• Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes stack.
• Experience using Helm/Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments.
• Strong knowledge of Jenkins and Jenkins Pipeline.
• Proficiency in Groovy, Python, Shell scripting, and/or Java.
• Experience with Maven.
• Expertise in Git and GitHub Enterprise.
• Experience with Node/npm.
• Ability to interpret Java stack traces and Node.js error logs.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field.