Technical Lead-DevOps

Birlasoft; Pune District; Remote; INR 4,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Birlasoft, a leading technology services company, is seeking an experienced DevOps Architect (12+ years) to lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-grade DevOps and Data Platform infrastructure in an Offshore India setup.

The role focuses on scalable CI/CD, containerized deployments, secure cloud-native environments, and data operations across Snowflake and DBT + Airflow, with strong emphasis on security-first architecture and leadership for DevOps and Data Engineering

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Enterprise Data Platforms.
• Deep hands-on expertise in: Jenkins (Pipeline as Code, shared libraries, distributed builds), Kubernetes (cluster architecture, scaling, security), Data coves (DBT + Airflow orchestration)
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, Git branching strategies, and release management.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise DevOps architecture, standards, and best practices.
• Design scalable CI/CD frameworks using Jenkins.
• Provide technical leadership to DevOps and Data Engineering teams.
• Architect and manage containerized workloads with Kubernetes.
• Architect and govern DBT + Airflow data pipelines and transformations.
• Lead Snowflake platform administration and RBAC and data security considerations.

Skills

Jenkins

Kubernetes

DBT

Airflow

Job description

Area(s) of responsibility

• DevOps Architect – Data & Cloud Platforms

Location: Offshore India

Experience: 12+ Years

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Architect (12+ years of experience) to lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-grade DevOps and Data Platform infrastructure. This role will be responsible for architecting scalable CI/CD frameworks, containerized deployments, secure cloud-native environments, and enterprise data operations across Snowflake and Data coves (DBT + Airflow). The ideal candidate will combine deep DevOps expertise with strong data platform experience and security-first architecture thinking.

Key Responsibilities

• DevOps Architecture & Strategy
• Define and implement enterprise DevOps architecture, standards, and best practices.
• Design highly scalable and resilient CI/CD frameworks using Jenkins.
• Provide technical leadership, governance, and mentoring to DevOps and Data Engineering teams.
• Kubernetes & Containerization
• Architect and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes.
• Design Kubernetes cluster strategy (multi-namespace, multi-environment, HA, auto-scaling).
• Optimize container orchestration for Airflow and related data services.
• Data coves (DBT + Airflow) Platform Architecture
• Architect and govern DBT transformation layers:
  • Staging models
  • Intermediate models
  • Data marts
• Implement:
  • Incremental models
  • Snapshot strategies for historical tracking
  • Surrogate key management
• Establish testing, lineage, and observability standards for data pipelines.
• Snowflake Administration & Optimization
• Lead Snowflake platform administration including:
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Secure data sharing
• Security & SSL Management
• Architect and manage SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management.
• Implement certificate rotation, renewal automation, and secure endpoint configurations.
• Ensure secure communication between services, APIs, and data platforms.
• Enforce encryption standards for data at rest and in transit.
• Collaborate with InfoSec teams to meet enterprise compliance requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Enterprise Data Platforms.
• Deep hands‑on expertise in:
  • Jenkins (Pipeline as Code, shared libraries, distributed builds)
  • Kubernetes (cluster architecture, scaling, security)
  • Data coves (DBT + Airflow orchestration)
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, Git branching strategies, and release management.