DevOps/Release Lead

V2 Solutions; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

V2 Solutions in India is seeking a hands-on Release Engineering Leader to own the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle across products. You will build a scalable release platform using GitOps and DevOps practices, enabling teams to deliver faster with less friction.

The role emphasizes platform building, automation, and developer enablement, including setting up CI/CD pipelines, IaC, ephemeral environments, and secure release processes across teams.

Qualifications

• 10-12+ years in software engineering or release engineering.
• Proven ability to scale CI/CD platforms across teams.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes and containerized deployments.
• Scripting and automation skills across common languages.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement GitOps practices and deployment strategies.
• Architect and standardize CI/CD pipelines across teams.
• Build reusable pipeline templates and workflows.
• Embed security in CI/CD (DevSecOps) and observability.
• Drive IaC adoption and automated environment provisioning.

Skills

GitOps

CI/CD platform ownership

Kubernetes

SRE practices

Automation engineering

Python/Bash scripting

Tools

Jenkins/GitLab CI

Terraform/Ansible

Azure

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands‑on Release Engineering Leader to own and transform our end‑to‑end software delivery lifecycle across multiple products and teams. This role will build a standardized, scalable, and automated release platform using modern GitOps and DevOps practices, enabling teams to deliver software faster, more reliably, and with minimal friction. This is a hands‑on, high‑impact role focused on platform building, automation, and organization‑wide enablement not release coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement GitOps practices and deployment strategies
• Architect and standardize CI/CD pipelines across teams
• Build reusable pipeline templates and shared workflows
• Establish release processes, versioning standards, and deployment strategies
• Implement progressive delivery models (blue‑green, canary) and automated rollback mechanisms
• Drive Infrastructure‑as‑Code adoption and automate environment provisioning
• Design and enable ephemeral and on‑demand environments
• Integrate monitoring, logging, and alerting into the release lifecycle
• Define and track SLIs/SLOs and implement release quality gates
• Embed security practices into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps)
• Build self‑service deployment platforms and developer "golden paths"
• Partner with engineering teams to drive adoption of standardized practices
• Provide training, documentation, and internal consulting
• Continuously improve release efficiency, reliability, and developer experience

Required Qualifications

• 10-12+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or release engineering
• Proven experience building and scaling CI/CD platforms across multiple teams
• Strong experience with GitOps methodologies and practices
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments
• Strong expertise in CI/CD tools and pipeline architecture
• Experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools
• Proficiency in scripting/programming (Python, Bash, or equivalent)
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in microservices and distributed systems architectures
• Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
• Experience building internal developer platforms
• Multi‑cloud or hybrid cloud experience

What We Are Not Looking For

Release coordinators focused only on scheduling and tracking Candidates with only basic CI/CD exposure Profiles lacking hands‑on engineering depth

Success Metrics

• Increased deployment frequency
• Reduced lead time for changes
• Lower change failure rate
• Reduced mean time to recovery (MTTR)
• Improved developer productivity and experience