Principal Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Ampere; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off

Fully catered lunches and healthy snacks

Job summary

Ampere in Bengaluru is seeking a Principal Cloud & DevOps Engineer to enhance cloud platforms and CI/CD infrastructure. This position requires extensive experience in cloud governance, automation, and maintaining cloud configurations.

The ideal candidate will have strong proficiency in Azure and experience in building CI/CD systems, Kubernetes, and security controls. Join our innovative team dedicated to sustainable computing and growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree with significant experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering.
• Strong experience in CI/CD systems and cloud administration.
• Experience with public-facing web applications and automation projects.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance CI/CD platforms for internal applications.
• Design and maintain automated deployment and release pipelines.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure for health and security.

Skills

CI/CD system design and building

Automation

Azure cloud administration

Kubernetes

Docker

Security controls implementation

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field with 8 years of experience or Master's degree with 6 years of experience

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Job description

Invent the future with us. Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient AI compute.

Description

As a pioneer in the new frontier of energy efficient high‑performance computing, Ampere is part of the Softbank Group of companies driving sustainable computing for AI, Cloud, and edge applications.

Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team.

About the Role

We are looking for a Principal Cloud & DevOps Engineer to support and enhance our cloud platforms, CI/CD infrastructure, and engineering automation capabilities. This role will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing cloud configuration, administration, infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, security controls, and operational tooling across multiple cloud providers.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience designing enterprise CI/CD platforms while also possessing deep expertise in cloud administration, infrastructure as code, automation, and cloud governance.

What You’ll Achieve

• Own and enhance CI/CD platforms supporting internal applications and web properties
• Design, implement, and maintain automated build, test, deployment, and release pipelines
• Support Kubernetes clusters, container platforms, and application deployment automation
• Implement cloud governance, security controls, IAM policies, and operational best practices
• Focus on administering and configuring cloud environment Azure
• Partner with engineering teams
• Develop automation solutions to reduce manual operational effort
• Monitor cloud infrastructure, instance health, availability, performance and security patching
• Maintain documentation and operational processes
• Support cloud cost management, optimization, and resource governance initiatives

About You

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience or Master's degree with 6 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Engineering
• Strong experience designing and building CI/CD systems
• Expertise with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or equivalent platforms
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads
• Experience implementing security controls, secrets management, and access governance
• Experience administering Azure cloud environment
• Multi‑cloud enterprise experience
• Experience supporting public‑facing web applications
• Knowledge of cloud security frameworks and compliance requirements
• Knowledge of CI/CD platform operations
• Automation projects that reduced deployment time of resources and operational overhead
• Improved cloud governance, security posture, and configuration management
• Consistent operational excellence across cloud environments
• Nice to have experience administering cloud environments including OCI, Azure, AWS, or GCP

What We’ll Offer

At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, cash long‑term incentive, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits Highlights Include

• Premium medical, dental, vision insurance, and parental benefits including creche reimbursement, as well as a retirement plan
• Generous paid time off policy
• Fully catered lunch in our office along with a variety of healthy snacks, energizing coffee or tea, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day

Ampere is an inclusive and equal‑opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.