Senior Project Lead

HCL Technologies Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and cloud-native deployment strategies across platforms. The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and scalability, with hands-on work on GitLab CI, Spinnaker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Ansible, and observability tools like Dynatrace and CloudWatch.

On-call rotation and cross-functional collaboration are expected.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS cloud services.
• Experience with IaC and monitoring/observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and Spinnaker.
• Manage and optimize containerized apps on Kubernetes (EKS).
• Implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible to provision cloud environments (AWS).
• Ensure observability with Dynatrace, CloudWatch, Logstash, OpenSearch.
• Support Kafka-based streaming and messaging systems.
• Develop automation scripts with Python and Bash.
• Manage RDBMS and NoSQL databases; support performance tuning.
• Implement and manage API Gateways and secure microservice integrations.
• Plan Disaster Recovery strategies and deployment methods like Blue-Green and Canary.
• Collaborate with Dev/QA to ensure smooth deployments; participate in on-call.

Skills

CI/CD tools

GitLab CI

Spinnaker

Kubernetes

EKS

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

RDBMS

NoSQL

API Gateways

Blue-Green

Canary

Disaster Recovery

Kafka

Tools

GitLab CI

Spinnaker

Kubernetes

Amazon EKS

Terraform

Ansible

Dynatrace

CloudWatch

Logstash

OpenSearch

Kafka

Python

Bash

RDBMS

NoSQL

Job description

Job Title:Senior DevOps Engineer
Location:Hyderabad
Employment Type:Full-Time
Experience Level: 7+ years in DevOps or related engineering roles

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilledSenior DevOps Engineerto join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, observability tools, and deployment strategies in cloud-native environments. You will play a critical role in driving automation, reliability, and scalability across our platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain robustCI/CD pipelinesusingGitLab CIandSpinnakerto support agile development and continuous delivery.
• Manage and optimize containerized applications onKubernetes, preferablyAmazon EKS.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code usingTerraformandAnsibleto provision and manage cloud environments inAWS.
• Ensure observability and monitoring using tools likeDynatrace,CloudWatch,Logstash, andOpenSearch.
• Support streaming and messaging systems usingKafka.
• Develop and maintain scripts and automation tools usingPythonandBash.
• Manage bothRDBMSandNoSQLdatabases for application support and performance tuning.
• Implement and manageAPI Gatewaysand secure integrations between microservices.
• Plan and executeDisaster Recovery (DR)strategies and support deployment methodologies likeBlue-GreenandCanary.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure a seamless integration and deployment experience.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response to ensure system uptime and reliability.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong hands-on experience withCI/CD tools(GitLab CI, Spinnaker).
• Deep understanding ofKubernetesandEKSfor container orchestration.
• Expertise inAWScloud infrastructure services.
• Proficiency inTerraform,Ansible, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong knowledge ofmonitoring/loggingtools (Dynatrace, CloudWatch, Logstash, OpenSearch).
• Experience withKafkain a production environment.
• Proficiency inPythonandBashscripting.
• Hands-on experience withrelational (RDBMS)andNoSQLdatabases.
• Familiarity withAPI Gatewaysand microservice architecture.
• Experience implementingBlue-GreenandCanarydeployment strategies.
• Understanding ofDisaster Recovery (DR)planning and execution.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience in highly regulated or high-availability environments.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

DevOps Lead Engineer Job Description:

DetailedJD:

• Strong hands-on on AWS Cloud Infra setup & Services: API Gateway, IAM,EKS, ECS, S3, Lambda, CDK and configuration for logging & monitoring
• Setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines [GitLab based]
• Use of monitoring tools for monitoring performance and incident reporting – Dynatrace, Spinnaker, Splunk
• Venafi:
• Managing and automating the lifecycle of digital certificates using Venafi.
• Integrating Venafi with otherDevOps tools and platforms.
• Ensuring the security and compliance of certificate management processes.
• Troubleshooting and resolving certificate-related issues.
• Kafka: Maintaining Kafka clusters, including configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-Starter and excellent communication skills
• Handling and Coordinating Dev/UAT/ Prod deployments

Required Skills:

Name of skill

Mandatory/Good to have

AWS Services: ECS/EKS, API Gateway, IAM, S3, Lambda, AWS CDK

Mandatory

EKS, ECS configuration and monitoring

Mandatory

AWS Lambda/serverless service programming using Typescript/Python

Mandatory

Setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines [Manual & IaC]

Mandatory

Terraform

Mandatory

monitoring tools for monitoring performance and incident reporting – Dynatrace, Spinnanker, Splunk

Mandatory

Good to have

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Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robustCI/CD pipelinesusingGitLab CIandSpinnakerto support agile development and continuous delivery.
• Manage and optimize containerized applications onKubernetes, preferablyAmazon EKS.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code usingTerraformandAnsibleto provision and manage cloud environments inAWS.
• Ensure observability and monitoring using tools likeDynatrace,CloudWatch,Logstash, andOpenSearch.
• Support streaming and messaging systems usingKafka.
• Develop and maintain scripts and automation tools usingPythonandBash.
• Manage bothRDBMSandNoSQLdatabases for application support and performance tuning.
• Implement and manageAPI Gatewaysand secure integrations between microservices.
• Plan and executeDisaster Recovery (DR)strategies and support deployment methodologies likeBlue-GreenandCanary.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure a seamless integration and deployment experience.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response to ensure system uptime and reliability.

Skill Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience withCI/CD tools(GitLab CI, Spinnaker).
• Deep understanding ofKubernetesandEKSfor container orchestration.
• Expertise inAWScloud infrastructure services.
• Proficiency inTerraform,Ansible, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong knowledge ofmonitoring/loggingtools (Dynatrace, CloudWatch, Logstash, OpenSearch).
• Experience withKafkain a production environment.
• Proficiency inPythonandBashscripting.
• Hands-on experience withrelational (RDBMS)andNoSQLdatabases.
• Familiarity withAPI Gatewaysand microservice architecture.
• Experience implementingBlue-GreenandCanarydeployment strategies.
• Understanding ofDisaster Recovery (DR)planning and execution.

Other Requirements

• AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience in highly regulated or high-availability environments.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026totaled $14.8billion.