Platform/DevOps Lead

NXP Semiconductors; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors in Bengaluru, India seeks a DevOps / Platform Lead to steer our platform engineering and DevOps practice. This role combines hands-on depth with technical leadership, owning health, roadmap, and delivery of the platform team supporting data ingestion, orchestration, CI/CD, and observability layers.

You will mentor engineers, manage vendor relationships with Databricks and adjacent vendors, and drive automation and maturity across the platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
• 10+ years in Data/Platform Engineering or DevOps, with 2+ years in a technical lead.
• Hands-on Databricks, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and IaC.
• Experience leading enterprise data workloads and vendor management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Technical Strategy & Architecture: Set direction for DevOps and Platform Engineering, CI/CD standards, IaC patterns, orchestration, and observability.
• Platform Operations & Reliability: serve as escalation point, drive problem management, ensure readiness for audits and year-end activities.
• Automation & Continuous Improvement: champion automation and AI-native operating maturity.
• Leadership & Mentorship: grow Platform/DevOps engineers, shape capacity and workload planning.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: align platform with data needs and manage Databricks and related vendors.

Skills

Databricks

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Leadership

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Observability

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT

Tools

Databricks

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

We are looking for a DevOps / Platform Lead to provide technical direction, mentorship, and escalation ownership across our DevOps and Platform Engineering practice. This is a technical leadership role with hands‑on depth — combining architecture guidance, vendor management, and engineering oversight for the DevOps and Platform Engineer group supporting the enterprise Data Platform, ingestion, orchestration, CI/CD, and observability layers. Leads a team of Platform and DevOps Engineers. You own the health, roadmap, and delivery of the platform practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Strategy & Architecture Set the technical direction for DevOps and Platform Engineering — CI/CD standards, IaC patterns, orchestration, and observability. Own the architecture roadmap for the ingestion layer, scheduling, and deployment automation. Guide the team on modern Databricks-native operating patterns.
• Platform Operations & Reliability Serve as the single technical escalation point for DevOps and Platform incidents and change management. Drive problem management practices — reduce recurring incidents and champion permanent fixes over reactive support. Ensure operational readiness for year-end activities, compliance, and audit requirements. Track platform KPIs — reliability, incident volume, deployment success rate, and cost efficiency.
• Automation & Continuous Improvement Champion automation and agentic operations to reduce manual effort and improve reliability. Drive continuous improvement in ways of working, aligned with industry‑standard operating maturity models.
• Leadership & Mentorship Mentor and grow Platform and DevOps Engineers on best practices, code quality, and career growth. Shape team capacity and capability — hiring input, skills development, and workload planning across the Platform/DevOps group. Represent the DevOps / Platform practice in Data & AI leadership forums and cross‑functional reviews.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management Partner with Data Engineering leadership to align platform capabilities with data delivery needs. Own vendor coordination with Databricks and adjacent platform vendors — case management, upgrade planning, and license/capacity discussions.

What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months):

You’ll establish the platform's CI/CD and observability standards, reduce recurring incidents through problem management, mature vendor and upgrade governance, and lift the team's automation and AI-native operating maturity.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 10+ years of overall experience in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps including 2+ years in a technical lead capacity.
• Strong hands‑on background in Databricks, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Prior experience leading platform or DevOps teams supporting enterprise data workloads.
• Proven experience managing vendor relationships and complex upgrade programs.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering and business audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Unity Catalog governance and Databricks-native AI capabilities.
• Exposure to industry-standard maturity models for data and platform operations.
• Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Cloud Solutions Architect Professional certification.

Competencies:

• Ownership and accountability — end‑to‑end responsibility for platform health and delivery.
• Servant leadership — grows the team while removing blockers.
• Strategic thinking — balances short‑term operational stability with long‑term platform evolution.
• Diplomatic and clear communicator — comfortable with vendors, leadership, and engineering peers.
• Bias for automation, KPIs, and outcome‑driven service delivery.

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