DevOps Lead Engineer

Job Description

Job Description:

As a DevOps Lead Engineer, you will architect and operate a multi-cloud, highly scalable, secure, and compliance-ready cloud platform built on GCP, Kubernetes, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

This is a high-impact role where your decisions directly influence platform reliability, deployment velocity, security posture, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a hands-on DevOps leader with deep expertise in:

● GCP cloud architecture

● Kubernetes platforms (GKE or equivalent)

● Terraform & IaC best practices

● GitOps workflows

● CI/CD pipelines at scale

● Security & compliance (PCI/SOX preferred)

● Production reliability & observability

You will work across engineering, security, SRE, and client architecture teams to shape the platform’s infrastructure direction and ensure operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture (GCP + Multi-Cloud)

● Design and operate cloud infrastructure spanning multiple regions and environments.

● Define networking, identity, security, and infrastructure standards.

● Drive multi-cloud integration patterns (GCP primary, AWS/Azure optional).

Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation

● Own Terraform architecture, module standards, versioning, validation, and automation.

● Establish GitOps workflows for infrastructure and application deployments.

● Lead migration from legacy or manual setups to fully automated IaC-based systems.

Kubernetes Platform Engineering

● Architect and operate production-grade Kubernetes clusters at scale.

● Implement service mesh, observability, deployment strategies, and workload security.

● Define best practices for manifests, Helm/Kustomize, CI-integrated testing, and rollouts.

CI/CD & Deployment Automation

● Design enterprise CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).

● Implement secure build pipelines, artifact management, and progressive delivery.

Security, Compliance & Governance

● Implement cloud security controls aligned with PCI/SOX and enterprise compliance.

● Manage secrets, encryption, IAM, policies, and audit posture.

● Collaborate with security teams on vulnerability management and incident prevention.

Observability & Reliability

● Build unified logging, metrics, tracing, SLO/SLI frameworks, and dashboards.

● Lead incident response, production readiness assessments, and capacity planning.

● Advocate for reliability engineering, chaos testing, and best practices.

Leadership & Collaboration

● Mentor DevOps and platform engineers.

● Lead technical reviews, RFCs, and architecture discussions.

● Enable engineering teams with self-service tooling and platform capabilities.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical

● 10+ years in DevOps, SRE, and cloud platform roles.

● Strong expertise with GCP (VPC, IAM, GKE, Cloud SQL, security products).

● Deep Kubernetes experience (cluster design, service mesh, policies, deployment patterns).

● Expert-level Terraform (modules, state, multi-cloud providers).

● Strong CI/CD experience and GitOps methodologies.

● Strong grounding in cloud security principles, IAM, secrets, encryption.

● Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, etc.).

● Solid scripting: Bash, Python, Go (nice to have).

Leadership

● Ability to lead cloud modernization and DevOps transformation initiatives.

● Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

● Experience working with architects, security, and product teams.

Bonus

● Fintech or regulated domain experience.

● AWS or Azure production experience.

● Platform engineering background building internal developer platforms.