Lead DevOps Engineer

Techjays; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid holidays

Flexible time off

Job summary

Techjays seeks a DevOps Lead to own cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, reliability and engineering practices for modern software and AI-enabled platforms.

The ideal candidate specializes in AWS or Azure with hands-on DevOps experience and familiarity with AI workloads or AI-enabled products. You will lead design and operation of scalable, secure cloud environments and mentor engineers in a fast-paced, onsite Coimbatore setting.

Qualifications

• Cloud expert: deep hands-on AWS or Azure in production environments.
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Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and operation of scalable, secure cloud infrastructure.
• Own DevOps strategy and technical direction across cloud infra, CI/CD, automation and production operations.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for AI-enabled workloads across development, staging and production.
• Design and manage Kubernetes environments using AKS, EKS, Docker and Helm.
• Implement IaC using Terraform and relevant cloud-native tools.
• Establish deployment standards, templates and automated release processes.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting and operational practices for reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering and AI teams to deploy AI-enabled applications.
• Support cloud environments used by AI/ML apps: compute, networking, containers, storage, security.
• Drive cloud security practices: IAM/RBAC, secrets, networking, governance.
• Troubleshoot production issues, lead RCAs and automate fixes.
• Optimize infra performance and costs while maintaining reliability.
• Evaluate and adopt DevOps tools to improve productivity.
• Mentor DevOps engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.

Skills

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

AWS services

Azure services

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

Containers

Terraform

Automation

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Monitoring

AI workloads

Cloud security

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

AKS

EKS

Helm

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Argo CD

CloudFormation

Job description

Why Techjays

At Techjays, we're helping companies reimagine how they build, operate, and scale with AI at the core.

Why Techjays

At Techjays, we're helping companies reimagine how they build, operate, and scale with AI at the core.
We're part of the small percentage of companies globally building secure, production-grade AI systems
that drive measurable business outcomes. Our team brings together engineers and leaders who have
built and scaled products at organizations like Google, NetApp, ADP, Cognizant Consulting, and
Capgemini.
We're looking for a DevOps Lead who can own cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, reliability and
engineering practices for modern software and AI-enabled platforms. The ideal candidate will be deeply
specialized in either AWS or Azure, with strong hands-on DevOps experience and practical exposure to
AI workloads or AI-driven products.

Key Skills

Cloud Technologies (Expert): Strong hands-on expertise in either AWS or Azure. Deep practical
experience designing, deploying and operating production cloud environments.
AWS: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, EKS, Lambda, ECR, CloudWatch and related infrastructure services.
Azure: Azure VMs, VNets, AKS, Azure DevOps, Azure Container Registry, Azure Monitor, Key Vault and
related infrastructure services.
CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI or equivalent, including multi-stage pipelines,
approvals, artifact management and deployment automation.
Containers & Kubernetes: Docker, Kubernetes, AKS or EKS, Helm, scaling, networking, secrets and
production workload management.
Infrastructure as Code: Strong Terraform experience preferred. Exposure to CloudFormation, Bicep,
ARM or similar IaC tools is valuable.
Automation & Scripting: Strong Python, Bash and/or PowerShell skills for infrastructure automation,
deployment and operational tooling.
Monitoring & Reliability: CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, centralized logging,
alerting, incident management and performance optimization.
AI Exposure: Prior experience supporting AI/ML applications, GenAI platforms, AI services, LLM
applications or AI-enabled products. This is an exposure requirement, not an MLOps-specialist role.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and operation of scalable, secure and highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Own DevOps strategy and technical direction across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, automation and production operations.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and AI-enabled workloads across development, staging and production.
• Design and manage Kubernetes environments using AKS, EKS, Docker and Helm.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and relevant cloud-native tools.
• Establish deployment standards, reusable pipeline templates and automated release processes.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting and operational practices to maintain reliability and performance.
• Work closely with engineering and AI teams to provide the infrastructure required to deploy and operate AI-enabled applications.
• Support cloud environments used by AI/ML applications, including compute, networking, containers, storage, security and observability.
• Drive cloud security practices covering IAM/RBAC, secrets, networking, access controls and infrastructure governance.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, lead RCA and implement permanent fixes through automation and engineering improvements.
• Optimize infrastructure performance and cloud costs while maintaining reliability and scalability.
• Evaluate and introduce DevOps tools and practices that improve engineering productivity and deployment quality.
• Mentor DevOps engineers and provide technical leadership across projects and teams.

What We're Looking For Beyond Skills

• Cloud specialist: Deep hands-on expertise in either AWS or Azure. You do not need to be an expert in both.
• Strong DevOps foundation: Proven experience owning CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, containers, automation and production operations.
• AI exposure: You have worked with or supported AI/ML, GenAI, LLM or AI-enabled applications and understand their infrastructure needs.
• Builder mindset: You can design, implement and improve systems rather than only manage existing environments.
• Ownership: You take responsibility for reliability, delivery, security and operational excellence.
• Leadership: You can mentor engineers, drive technical decisions and work effectively with engineering and product teams.
• Location & availability: Willing to work onsite from the Coimbatore office and available to join immediately / at short notice.

Good to Have

• Experience supporting AI/ML, Generative AI, LLM or AI-agent based applications in production.
• Experience with GitOps and Argo CD.
• Experience with cloud security, governance, networking and enterprise landing zones.
• Experience with blue/green, canary and automated rollback strategies.
• Experience with Python-based automation or AI integrations.
• Experience with FinOps and optimization of cloud infrastructure costs.
• Relevant AWS, Azure or Kubernetes certifications.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Coimbatore office-based role with a strong engineering environment
• Opportunity to lead production-grade cloud and AI-enabled platforms for global clients
• Exposure to modern AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, DevOps and AI engineering practices
• Paid holidays & flexible time off
• Medical insurance (Self & Family, up to ₹4 Lakhs per person)
• A culture that values clarity, integrity and continuous growth