Senior DevOps Team Lead: Drive Modern Delivery & Automation

NTT DATA, Inc.; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Senior Team Lead, DevOps to guide a diverse team across design, build, release and support activities. You will ensure continuous delivery and operational excellence, collaborating with multiple stakeholders to sustain scalable and reliable business experiences.

This role emphasizes leadership, DevOps best practices, and delivery across geographies. The position requires solid DevOps expertise, agile leadership, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in leading DevOps teams and delivering scalable, reliable platforms.
• Experience with SOAR playbook development and automation of security operations.
• Proven ability to manage multi-geography teams and complex projects.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices balancing speed and security.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps operations and coordinate product design with business units.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to implement DevOps strategy.
• Oversee design, development, and implementation of processes and tools.
• Ensure agile processes are deployed from development to production.
• Monitor and improve automated deployment and testing pipelines.
• Drive continuous delivery and rapid release of enhancements and fixes.
• Ensure quality and operational readiness of production systems.
• Manage teams and assign responsibilities and tasks.

Skills

Technical leadership

DevOps expertise

People management

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile / SCRUM / Kanban

Automation & CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

DevOps certification

Agile certification

Cloud platform certification (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Scripting (Python/Bash/Ruby)

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

Git

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a Senior Team Lead, DevOps to guide a diverse team across design, build, release and support activities. You will ensure continuous delivery and operational excellence, collaborating with multiple stakeholders to sustain scalable and reliable business experiences.

This role emphasizes leadership, DevOps best practices, and delivery across geographies. The position requires solid DevOps expertise, agile leadership, and strong communication.