Lead DevOps Engineer
Experian
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Job summary
Experian is hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer for our Credit & Verification Services, based in Hyderabad with hybrid work arrangement. You will guide an Agile DevOps team, deliver a cloud-based foundation platform, and enable automated provisioning, security, and platform capabilities.
You will collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams, shaping CI/CD pipelines, IaC components, and cloud operations to ensure reliability and scalability.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Engineering or related field.
- 8+ years in DevOps with 2+ years leading teams.
- Experience building cloud-native solutions on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud.
- Strong collaboration with engineering and business stakeholders.
- Experience in Agile environments and DevSecOps practices.
- Knowledge of automating and optimizing engineering workflows.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support a team of DevOps engineers in delivery and reliability.
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for multiple teams.
- Develop and maintain IaC components (Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation).
- Provision and optimize AWS infrastructure for availability and performance.
- Drive DevSecOps practices and security throughout SDLC.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and observability across platforms.
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Job description
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people first, inclusive and purpose driven culture is multi award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries to name a few.
Check out Experian Life on social or explore our Careers Site (experian.com/careers) to understand why.
Experian is also proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affinitive Action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people first, inclusive and purpose driven culture is multi award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries to name a few.
Check out Experian Life on social or explore our Careers Site (experian.com/careers) to understand why.
Experian is also proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affinitive Action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
We are hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer to support our cloud modernization initiatives within Credit & Verification Services. This is a hybrid role based in Hyderabad, requiring approximately 40% office attendance each month.
In this role, you will lead an Agile DevOps team responsible for delivering the Credit Report Cloud Foundation Platform backlog.
You will be based in Hyderabad and reporting to Director Engineering.
You will work closely with engineering teams to enable reliable infrastructure provisioning, automation, and cloud-native platform capabilities. The role includes leadership responsibilities across platform engineering, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud operations, security, and operational reliability.
- Lead and support a team of DevOps engineers, promoting collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to support the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support multiple engineering teams.
- Develop and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) components using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
- Provision, manage, and optimize AWS infrastructure to support availability, scalability, and performance requirements.
- Integrate DevSecOps practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities across platforms and services.
- Ensure infrastructure aligns with security, compliance, scalability, and cost management requirements.
- Drive automation across engineering workflows, infrastructure management, and deployment processes.
- Provide technical leadership for non-functional requirements, including reliability, scalability, performance, and operational resilience.
- Participate in Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, refinement sessions, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Identify opportunities to improve platform capabilities, operational efficiency, and engineering practices through automation and continuous improvement.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, MCA, or a related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in DevOps, including 2+ years leading engineering teams.
- Experience building and supporting cloud-native solutions on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience working with stakeholders across engineering and business functions.
- Experience analyzing technical challenges and supporting solution delivery.
- Experience working in Agile environments and participating in sprint planning, refinement sessions, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience identifying opportunities to automate and optimize engineering workflows.
- Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Harness, AWS CodeBuild/CodeDeploy, or Azure Pipelines.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CDK, and/or AWS CloudFormation.
- Knowledge of networking concepts including IP addressing, DNS, routing, firewalls, and web application firewalls (WAFs).
- Experience scripting and automation using Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
- Experience developing and operating containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes, including Amazon EKS.
- Knowledge of cloud security practices and Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Experience leading teams and contributing to Agile delivery practices.
- Experience with GitHub Enterprise and GitOps practices.
- Knowledge of serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda and Step Functions.
- Exposure to AI/ML tools and their integration into DevOps workflows.
- Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization.
- AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer.
- Experience using Generative AI (GenAI) within DevSecOps and software engineering practices.
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site and Glassdoor to understand why.
Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affinitive Action employer. Innovation is a critical part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, color, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
Experian care for employee's work life balance, health, safety and wellbeing. In support of this endeavor, we offer best-in-class family well-being benefits, enhanced medical benefits and paid time off.
This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.
- best-in-class family well-being benefits
- enhanced medical benefits
- paid time off
Experian's recruitment process is conducted only through authorised channels. Recruitment communications will only be sent from an @experian.com email address. Experian will never ask candidates to make any payment as part of an application, interview, assessment, onboarding, or recruitment process.
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