Lead Associate - DevOps

Davies; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Davies is seeking a Lead Associate - DevOps to design, build, and sustain our Azure cloud environment in Pune. You will drive automation, IaC patterns, and CI/CD pipelines while aligning with our cloud-first strategy.

Collaborate with architects, developers, PMs, and security teams to ensure robust, scalable platforms and governance across cloud services. The role emphasizes expert Azure services experience, automation tooling, and operational excellence as we move from on-prem to cloud-native

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS in a DevOps setup.
• Strong proficiency in building Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML).
• Extensive IaC experience with Terraform or similar tooling.
• Scripting skills using PowerShell and AZ CLI.
• Understanding of cloud governance, security, networking, identity and RBAC.
• Knowledge of DevOps principles including automation and GitOps.
• Experience migrating on-prem workloads to Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain Davies’ Azure cloud environment with a focus on automation and IaC.
• Lead cloud platform projects, including architecture, proof-of-concepts, and production deployments.
• Develop and manage automated CI/CD pipelines and monitoring patterns.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, product managers and security teams to meet governance and compliance goals.
• Support cloud migrations from on-prem to cloud-native operations and continually improve DevOps maturity.

Skills

Azure IaaS & PaaS

Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML)

Terraform (IaC)

PowerShell & AZ CLI

Cloud governance & RBAC

GitOps & CI/CD practices

Cloud migration from on-prem

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

AZ CLI

Job description

DescriptionThe Lead Associate - DevOps plays a central role in designing, building, and maintaining Davies’ Azure cloud environment. The role supports the organisation’s cloud-first strategy, enabling scalable, secure, and automated delivery of modern platform services and helping accelerate our transition from on‑premise infrastructure into cloud‑native operations. This role is responsible for delivering high-quality automation, infrastructure-as-code patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud governance structures. You will work closely with Application Architects, Developers, Product Managers, and Infrastructure Engineers to ensure cloud services are robust, efficient, and aligned to strategic technology direction. The Lead Associate - DevOps contributes to the evolution of DevOps capabilities, driving best practices across engineering teams and acting as a subject matter expert in Azure services, automation tooling, and operational cloud excellence.

Department: ITLocation: PuneDescriptionThe Lead Associate - DevOps plays a central role in designing, building, and maintaining Davies’ Azure cloud environment. The role supports the organisation’s cloud-first strategy, enabling scalable, secure, and automated delivery of modern platform services and helping accelerate our transition from on‑premise infrastructure into cloud‑native operations. This role is responsible for delivering high-quality automation, infrastructure-as-code patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud governance structures. You will work closely with Application Architects, Developers, Product Managers, and Infrastructure Engineers to ensure cloud services are robust, efficient, and aligned to strategic technology direction. The Lead Associate - DevOps contributes to the evolution of DevOps capabilities, driving best practices across engineering teams and acting as a subject matter expert in Azure services, automation tooling, and operational cloud excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture, Design & Implementation Design, plan and implement Azure cloud solutions with a strong focus on automation, IaC, and DevOps principles. Lead and deliver cloud platform projects including systems architecture, proofs-of-concept, and production deployments. Support the transition of on-premise workloads into Azure, ensuring resilience, scalability, and cost efficiency. Contribute to the development of cloud governance frameworks covering networking, identity, security, tagging, and operational processes.

Automation, Tooling & DevOps Build, maintain, and optimise Azure CI/CD pipelines (YAML-based), integrating automated testing and quality checks. Develop infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, and Git-based workflows. Create and maintain scripts using PowerShell and AZ CLI to drive automation, repeatability, and operational efficiency. Ensure cloud environments follow best practice for monitoring, logging, backup, and disaster recovery.

Collaboration & Delivery Partner closely with .NET development teams to strengthen cloud-native development and deployment skills. Work alongside Application Architects and Security teams to ensure platform designs meet strategic and compliance requirements. Support Product Managers to ensure platform initiatives align to business objectives and delivery timelines. Provide technical input on solution designs, cloud patterns, and build/release strategies.

Support, Operations & Continuous Improvement Resolve cloud-related issues, ensuring reliability, performance, and security of Azure services. Identify opportunities for automation, optimisation, and governance improvement across the platform. Actively contribute to continuous improvement in DevOps maturity, engineering tooling, and cloud operating models. Maintain high-quality documentation covering cloud environments, patterns, and processes.

Coaching & Mentoring Provide coaching and mentorship to less experienced developers. Support skill development across teams using the SFIA-based capability framework. Lead by example in professionalism, technical discipline, and collaboration.

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS services in a DevOps environment.
• Advanced experience building Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (including YAML).
• Strong proficiency in Terraform (or comparable IaC tooling).
• Strong scripting skills using PowerShell and AZ CLI.
• Understanding of cloud governance, security, networking, identity, RBAC, and resource organisation.
• Knowledge of DevOps principles including automation, observability, GitOps, and continuous delivery.
• Experience supporting cloud migrations from on-premise environments.