Staff DevOps Engineer

IND002 Thomson Reuters International Services Private Limited; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomson Reuters invites an experienced Staff DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate secure cloud platforms on Azure and AWS. You will lead container modernization, Kubernetes architecture (AKS), and day-to-day operations, including GPU workloads.

The role emphasizes IaC, CI/CD, GitOps, and cost-aware governance across teams. Mentoring engineers, establishing platform standards, and collaborating with security, product, and architecture teams are central.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and AWS.

Responsibilities

• Build and run cloud platforms that are secure, scalable, and highly available on Azure and AWS.
• Lead application modernization and Kubernetes adoption with reusable patterns.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Bicep, and promote self-service patterns.
• Improve CI/CD and GitOps with GitHub Workflows, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD.
• Strengthen cloud networking, observability, and reliability with monitoring tools.

Skills

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Bicep

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Helm

Linux

Python

Tools

AKS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Are you an experienced DevOps leader with deep expertise in Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code? Do you enjoy building cloud platforms that are secure, scalable, and cost-efficient, and helping other engineers improve along the way? If you like hands-on technical leadership at the point where cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and software delivery meet, we want you on our team. As a Staff DevOps Engineer, you'll lead the design and growth of our cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and software delivery practices. You'll lead by example, drive application and platform modernization, and build engineering patterns that teams across the organization can reuse. You'll work closely with software engineering, architecture, security, and product teams to deliver solutions that are secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient.

About the Role:

In this role as a Staff DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Cloud platforms and delivery pipelines become more secure, scalable, and reliable, and easier for engineering teams to use.
• Application modernization and Kubernetes adoption move forward through practical, reusable patterns.
• Automation, standardization, and GitOps improve deployment quality and engineering productivity.
• Cloud costs are actively managed, with measurable savings and effective governance.
• The team gets stronger through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and higher technical standards.

Build and run cloud platforms

Design, build, and run secure, scalable, highly available cloud-native platforms on Microsoft Azure and AWS.

On Azure, you'll build with App Service, Function Apps, AKS, API Management, Key Vault, Service Bus, Logic Apps, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Storage, Virtual Machines, and Azure AI Foundry. On AWS, you'll build with EC2, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Textract, API Gateway, storage, and related services.

Lead application modernization and Kubernetes

Lead the move of legacy and .NET applications to cloud-native, containerized architectures.

Own Kubernetes and AKS architecture, deployment, security, scalability, resiliency, and day-to-day operations, including GPU-based AI and machine learning workloads.

Use Helm to standardize how applications are packaged and deployed, and create platform patterns that can be reused across applications, teams, and environments.

Drive Infrastructure as Code and automation

Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Bicep. Create infrastructure modules and deployment patterns that are reusable, secure, compliant, and version-controlled. Expand automation and self-service so developers can deliver faster and more consistently.

Improve CI/CD and GitOps

Design, build, and improve CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Workflows, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD. Advance GitOps practices and automated deployment strategies across environments to increase deployment frequency, release quality, reliability, and engineering productivity.

Strengthen networking, observability, and reliability

Design and troubleshoot cloud networking, including VNets, subnets, network interfaces (NICs), private endpoints, DNS, load balancing, and network security.

Set up monitoring and observability with Datadog, Azure Application Insights, and related tools. Define useful alerts, health indicators, and incident response practices. Lead root cause analysis to stop incidents from happening again.

Optimize cloud costs

Find and lead cost optimization work across Azure and AWS. Balance cost, performance, security, reliability, and scalability in architecture decisions. Promote practical governance, resource usage standards, and engineering ownership of cloud spend.

Lead and mentor

Act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on cloud, DevOps, and platform engineering. Mentor engineers, constructively challenge existing approaches, and raise the bar for architecture, automation, quality, and delivery.

Lead the creation of reference architectures, technical standards, and best practices. Shape platform strategy and explain decisions, risks, and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About You:

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Deep experience with cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, serverless services, storage, virtual machines, managed application platforms, messaging, APIs, and both relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AKS, including application modernization and GPU workload deployment.
• Hands-on experience with Helm for Kubernetes package management.
• Skill in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Bicep.
• Strong CI/CD experience with GitHub Workflows, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD.
• Experience deploying and supporting .NET applications.
• Good working knowledge of Linux.
• Skill in Shell scripting and Python.
• Experience with Datadog, Azure Application Insights, or similar monitoring and observability tools.
• A track record of finding and delivering cloud cost savings.
• Working knowledge of Azure AI Foundry.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Experience building shared platform engineering capabilities used by multiple product teams.
• Experience putting enterprise-scale GitOps and cloud governance practices in place.
• Experience supporting AI/ML platforms, generative AI solutions, or GPU-enabled infrastructure.
• Relevant Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications.
• Experience working in a complex enterprise or regulated software environment.

What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We have adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

At Thomson Reuters, we are not riding the AI wave - we are reshaping the future of professional work across law, tax, compliance, and journalism. Here, you will collaborate with smart, ambitious people who thrive on solving complex problems, delivering market-leading solutions, and innovating with curiosity and care.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status or any other protected classification under applicable law.

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We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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