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DeviceDriven (India) Pvt. Ltd

Padmanabham, Technopark Campus, Trivandrum , 695581

DevOps Lead Engineer

Closing Date:09,Oct 2026
Job Published: 09,Sept 2026

Brief Description

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.

 

 

 

Preferred Skills

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.

Why DeviceDriven

  • Work on a global-scale fintech platform with advanced cloud engineering challenges.

  • Architect systems using GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, and multi-cloud.

  • High autonomy, senior technical ownership, and leadership opportunities.

  • Ability to grow into Principal DevOps Architect or Cloud Platform Director roles.

How to Apply

Send your resume, GitHub/LinkedIn profile, and a short note about your interest to: jobs@devicedriven.com