Director of DevOps & Cloud

Relevance Lab; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Relevance Lab is seeking a Director – Cloud & DevOps Engineering to lead enterprise-scale cloud, DevOps, and platform initiatives across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This is a hands-on technical leadership role that requires architecting solutions, driving automation-first delivery, and trusted advisory to senior client and internal stakeholders.

The candidate will blend deep cloud architecture, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, observability, and security with proven leadership of large teams and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading cloud & DevOps programs across multi-cloud environments.
• Strong architecture, governance, and security modeling skills.
• Proven people leadership and stakeholder management.
• Hands-on delivery with end-to-end ownership.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable, secure, cost-optimized multi-cloud platforms.
• Define cloud standards, patterns, and platform strategy.
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, and transformation programs.
• Drive GitOps, CI/CD, and IaC adoption across teams.
• Establish SRE, observability, and security controls.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

Kubernetes

CI/CD

IaC

Observability

Security

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Docker

Helm

ArgoCD

GitOps

EKS/AKS/GKE

Jenkins / GitHub Actions

Job description

Experience: 15+ years overall IT experience (8+ years in Cloud/DevOps/Platform Engineering leadership)

Role Summary

We are seeking a Director – Cloud & DevOps Engineering to lead enterprise-scale cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure automation, and platform engineering initiatives across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role for someone who can architect solutions, drive automation‑first engineering, own end‑to‑end delivery, and operate as a trusted advisor to senior client and internal stakeholders.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical depth (cloud architecture, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, observability, security) with proven experience leading large engineering teams and managing complex, multi‑workstream delivery programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect scalable, secure, highly available, cost‑optimized platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Define cloud engineering standards, design patterns, and platform strategy
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, and transformation programs
• Drive Well‑Architected reviews, governance, and cost optimization
• Design and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms (EKS/AKS/GKE) across cloud and on‑prem
• Establish cluster architecture, security, networking, and scaling standards
• Drive GitOps and containerization practices using Docker, Helm, ArgoCD

DevOps & CI/CD

• Define enterprise DevOps strategy and CI/CD standards (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
• Implement GitOps‑based deployment governance, release automation, and rollback mechanisms

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Build reusable automation frameworks (Python/Java) for provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management
• Drive an automation‑first operating model across the organization

Observability, SRE & Security

• Design monitoring/observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Dynatrace)
• Establish SLO/SLI frameworks, incident automation, and DR/HA strategy
• Embed security and compliance controls into pipelines and infrastructure

Technical & Delivery Leadership

• Serve as technical authority; lead architecture/design reviews
• Own end‑to‑end delivery — scope, schedule, budget, SLAs, KPIs
• Manage escalations, risks, and cross‑team dependencies

Stakeholder & People Leadership

• Engage CIO/CTO/CISO‑level stakeholders as a trusted advisor
• Lead and grow teams of Cloud, DevOps, SRE, and Platform engineers
• Drive hiring, capability building, and succession planning

Required Technical Skills

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong hands‑on technical credibility combined with senior delivery/people leadership
• Track record leading large‑scale, multi‑cloud transformation programs
• Excellent executive communication and customer relationship management skills
• Comfortable balancing deep technical involvement with P&L/delivery accountability