Senior Staff Engineer, DevOps

Semtech; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Semtech is seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Architect to design and evolve scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure across multiple regions and providers. You will lead IaC initiatives, implement disaster recovery, drive cost optimization, and establish security baselines.

The role requires strong CI/CD, observability, and Kubernetes expertise, plus leadership across cross-functional teams. The candidate should bring 15+ years in software/systems/infrastructure, with deep production

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 15+ years of overall experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or infra operations.
• 5-10+ years hands-on DevOps/SRE/platform engineering experience.
• Proven expertise with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) in production at scale.
• Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Deep experience with Kubernetes in production; container tech (Docker).
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, Go, or similar.
• Extensive experience designing and maintaining enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, ELK, Datadog).
• Ability to mentor engineers and collaborate cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, multi-region cloud infra across providers (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Lead IaC initiatives with patterns and governance.
• Architect disaster recovery and resilience strategies.
• Drive cloud cost optimization and security baselines.
• Design and manage CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Lead testing shift-left and automated deployment validation.
• Oversee monitoring, logging, and incident response.
• Architect Kubernetes clusters and container strategies.
• Mentor DevOps engineers and promote automation-first culture.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and network teams.

Skills

AWS/Azure/GCP

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Linux

Python

SRE/Platform engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

ArgoCD/ Flux

Prometheus/Grafana

Job description

Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Architecture & Strategy (30%)

• Design and evolve scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure spanning multiple regions and cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Lead infrastructure-as-code (IaC) initiatives using CloudFormation, Terraform, and other tooling; establish patterns and standards for infrastructure management

• Architect and implement disaster recovery, business continuity, and infrastructure resilience strategies

• Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives, implementing governance, monitoring, and rightsizing strategies to achieve operational efficiency

• Establish and maintain security baselines, compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.), and infrastructure hardening standards

CI/CD Platform & Automation (15%)

• Design and manage enterprise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms

• Build and maintain self-service deployment platforms that enable developers to ship code with confidence

• Lead testing shift left initiatives, including static code analysis, security scanning, and automated deployment validation.

• Establish release engineering practices, version control strategies, and deployment orchestration across environments

Observability, Monitoring & Incident Response (15%)

• Design comprehensive monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing infrastructure using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, or equivalent

• Establish SLI/SLO frameworks and error budgeting practices; define meaningful alerting and on-call procedures

• Lead incident response and post-mortem processes; drive reliability improvements through systematic root cause analysis

• Implement security monitoring, threat detection, and DevSecOps practices integrated with CI/CD workflows

Container Orchestration & Kubernetes (10%)

• Architect, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters in production environments; optimize resource utilization and cost

• Design containerization strategies, container image management, and registry solutions

• Implement service mesh, networking policies, and security controls within container platforms

• Drive adoption of Helm, operators, tooling (ArgoCD, Flux) for declarative infrastructure management

Technical Leadership & Collaboration (20%)

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level DevOps engineers; establish technical standards, code reviews, and best practices

• Collaborate with software engineering, security, database, and network teams to align on infrastructure requirements

• Drive technical documentation, architecture decision records (ADRs), and knowledge sharing initiatives

• Participate in architectural reviews, capacity planning, and technology evaluation for infrastructure modernization

• Advocate for operational excellence, automation-first mindset, and continuous improvement culture

Network & Security Infrastructure (10%)

• Design and implement cloud networking architecture including VPC, subnets, routing, and security group policies

• Manage firewalls, WAF, DDoS protection, VPN, and ingress/egress patterns

• Implement zero-trust security principles, identity and access management (IAM), and secrets management solutions

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)

• 15+ years of overall experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or infrastructure operations

• 5-10+ years of hands‑on DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or platform engineering experience

• Proven expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) in production environments at scale

• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent)

• Deep experience with Kubernetes in production; strong understanding of container technologies (Docker, containerd)

• Expert‑level proficiency with Linux/Unix system administration, networking, and security fundamentals

• Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages

• Extensive experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines at enterprise scale

• Demonstrated expertise with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Prometheus, ELK, Datadog, etc.)

• Exceptional problem‑solving, troubleshooting, and diagnostic skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to document processes and architect complex systems

• Ability to lead and mentor engineers; demonstrated experience mentoring junior and mid‑level staff

• Experience working in fast‑paced, collaborative environments with cross‑functional teams

Desired Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

• Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul)

• Experience with advanced configuration management (Helm, Kustomize) and templating solutions

• Exposure to distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event‑driven design

• Experience with multi‑cloud or hybrid cloud strategies

• Knowledge of advanced security practices (DevSecOps, supply chain security, secrets management)

• Experience with backup strategies, and infrastructure disaster recovery

• Familiarity with software defined networking (SDN) and advanced networking concepts

• Experience with observability and cost management tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudHealth, etc.)

• Track record of implementing cost optimization initiatives resulting in measurable savings

• Open source contributions or involvement in DevOps/infrastructure communities