Technical Lead

NEC Australia Pty Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NEC Corporation India Private Limited is seeking a senior DevOps Engineer in Bangalore to design, implement, and manage cloud-native infrastructure on Azure and Kubernetes. You will own CI/CD pipelines, automation tooling, and secure deployment practices across multi-subscription environments.

You will collaborate with developers, QA, and operations, automate provisioning with Terraform and Python, and stay current with emerging technologies to improve delivery speed and reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on DevOps experience.
• Strong Terraform experience for Azure infra.
• Kubernetes, Helm, and Helmfile expertise.
• Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines experience.
• Python for infrastructure automation.
• Experience with data lakehouse tech (Airflow, Spark, Delta Lake, Hive Metastore).
• Familiarity with Solr/SolrCloud administration.
• Strong Azure cloud services knowledge.
• Automation, CI/CD, security focus.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, maintain, troubleshoot Terraform infra, Helm charts, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Build and maintain CI/CD automation with testing, SonarQube, vulnerability scanning, and secure deployment.
• Support automation and Kubernetes deployments for data lakehouse platform.
• Develop Python-based automation tools for provisioning.
• Apply security patches of OSS and docker images.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, and operations to integrate infra with apps.
• Troubleshoot issues across infra, Kubernetes, pipelines, apps, config.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Follow security and cloud best practices across Azure.
• Stay current with new technologies and improve automation.

Skills

7+ years hands-on DevOps experience

CI/CD automation

Strong communication

Ownership mentality

Problem solving

Adaptability

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Helm

Helmfile

Azure DevOps

Python

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Company: NEC Corporation India Private Limited

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Office Location:

Bangalore, KA, IN, 560029

Work Location: Hybrid

Description:

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Reporting Relationship: Reporting to Group Technical Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot Terraform infrastructure, Helm/Helmfile charts, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Build and maintain CI/CD automation, including testing, SonarQube, vulnerability scanning, and secure deployment processes.
• Support automation and Kubernetes deployments for the data lakehouse platform.
• Develop and maintain Python-based automation tools for infrastructure and application provisioning.
• Apply and maintain security patches of OSS and product docker images.
• Work closely with developers, QA, and operations teams to integrate infrastructure with application requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, Kubernetes, pipelines, applications, and configuration.
• Maintain clear documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Follow security, compliance, and cloud best practices across Azure environments.
• Stay current with new technologies and continuously improve automation and delivery processes.

Prerequesties:

• 7+ years of hands-on DevOps experience, preferably supporting cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Strong experience with Terraform for provisioning and managing Azure infrastructure, including AKS, Azure SQL, Key Vault, networking, Application Gateway, Front Door, and multi-subscription environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm, and Helmfile, including multi-chart deployments, environment-specific configurations, and dependency management.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, including multi-stage YAML pipelines, reusable templates, approvals, and automated build and deployment workflows.
• Proficient in Python for infrastructure and platform automation, including Azure and Kubernetes APIs.
• Working knowledge of Java/Spring Boot and Node.js builds and containerization to support application CI/CD.
• Experience of or exposure to data lakehouse technologies, including Airflow, Spark, Delta Lake, and Hive Metastore, preferably deployed on Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Solr/SolrCloud administration, including collections and configuration management.
• Strong knowledge of Azure cloud services, including AKS, networking, storage, databases, Key Vault, monitoring, and logging.
• Experience with Azure Commercial and Azure Government environments is a plus.
• Strong focus on automation, CI/CD, security, and fast feedback cycles.

Professional Skills

• Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical decisions clearly.
• Comfortable working across teams and collaborating with developers, QA, and product teams.
• Self-directed problem solver who can handle ambiguous and complex issues.
• Strong ownership mindset with a proactive approach to improving systems and processes.
• Adaptable and able to learn new technologies quickly.
• Collaborative and willing to work closely with other engineering teams.

Qualification: Any Bachelor's degree

Base location: Bangalore.

Headquartered in Japan, NEC is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies. With over 123 years of expertise in providing solutions for empowering people, businesses, and society, NEC stands tall as a champion in enabling change and transformation across the globe. Present in India since 1950, NEC has been instrumental in burgeoning India’s digitization journey continually for the past 70 years.

NEC India has proved its commitment to orchestrating a bright future through its diverse businesses from Telecommunications to Public Safety, Logistics, Transportation, Retail, Finance, Unified Communication and IT platforms, serving across the public and private sectors. NEC India, through the deployment of cutting-edge technology, has been powering India in seminal ways, making lives easier, safer, and more productive for all.

With its Centre of Excellence for verticals like Analytics platform solutions, Big Data, Biometrics, Mobile and Retail, NEC India brings to the table, innovative, seamless solutions for India and across the world.

NEC India is headquartered in New Delhi and has its offices panned across the country. It has branches in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Noida and Surat.

Specialties:

IT & Networking Solutions, Unified Communication Solutions, Safety and Security Solutions, Integrated Retail Solutions, Data Centre Solutions, Safe and Smart City Solutions, Transportation Solutions, SDN Solutions, Carrier Telecom Solutions, and Solutions for Society.

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