Lead Devops engineer

Agivant Technologies; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Agivant Technologies in Chennai seeks a Lead Automation Engineer to head a four-person engineering pod, driving automation milestones. You will architect tooling, optimize CI/CD workflows, and mentor three senior engineers while delivering critical migrations and integrations.

You will work closely with clients and stakeholders, design Terraform modules, coordinate Gerrit to GitLab migrations, and develop intermediate services like RelayProxy to trigger Jenkins jobs from GitLab events.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of DevOps and IaC experience.
• Hands-on Kubernetes cluster management; CKА certification adds value.
• Expert Terraform and reusable modules.
• Experience migrating Gerrit to GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of automated migration strategies for 40+ repos.
• Architect Terraform templates to migrate users/groups/repos Gerrit → GitLab.
• Develop RelayProxy service translating GitLab webhooks to Jenkins triggers.
• Integrate with GitLab REST API and manage CI/CD triggers.

Skills

DevOps

IaC

CI/CD

Terraform

GitLab

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Scripting

Communication

Education

CKA certification

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description:

About the Role

Agivant is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer to head a specialized 4-person engineering pod dedicated to our engagement. This role focuses heavily on script tooling optimizations, specifically bridging and automating complex CI/CD and repository management workflows. You will architect solutions, mentor a team of three Senior Engineers, and ensure the successful delivery of critical automation milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Lead the design and implementation of automated migration strategies for a portfolio of 40+ source code repositories.
• Terraform Architecture: Architect and standardize a set of Terraform templates to automate the migration of users, groups, and repositories from Gerrit to GitLab, eliminating manual configuration overhead.
• Service Development: Design an intermediary web service (RelayProxy) that translates a limited set of standard GitLab webhooks into multiple Jenkins job triggers.
• System Integration: Deeply integrate with the GitLab REST API and GUI configurations to ensure seamless program execution.
• Ongoing Support: Establish SLAs and provide ongoing operational support and troubleshooting for the deployed proxy services and Terraform modules post-cutover.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 6 to 8 years of proven experience in DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and build automation.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes Cluseter management is extremely useful.
• Kubernetes certification will add lot of value (CKA).
• Expert-level proficiency in Terraform and creating reusable modules.
• Strong administrative and integration experience with GitLab and Jenkins, specifically handling webhooks and CI/CD triggers.
• Experience in backend scripting/development (Python, Go, or Node.js) to build custom translation proxies or intermediate API services.
• Prior experience migrating source control systems (ideally Gerrit to GitLab).
• Excellent communication skills to interface directly with client stakeholders and manage pod deliverables.