Role Description

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced CI/CD Architect to design, implement, and govern scalable CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks across cloud and enterprise environments. The role combines DevOps architecture, RPA-driven automation, and application lifecycle optimization, with a strong focus on Azure-based platforms and modern development stacks.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD and DevOps Architecture

Design and implement end-to-end CI/CD architectures for enterprise-grade applications and automation platforms.
Define CI/CD best practices, engineering standards, governance controls, and reusable pipeline templates across teams.
Enable secure, scalable, resilient pipelines for cloud-native and hybrid deployments.
Integrate code quality, security scanning, testing, compliance, approval, and audit controls into delivery pipelines.

Automation and RPA Enablement

Architect and integrate RPA-based automation into CI/CD and operational workflows.
Design automation solutions using Automation Anywhere and Microsoft Power Automate.
Enable unattended and attended automation for build, deployment, testing, environment provisioning, and operational activities.

Application and Cloud Engineering

Support application delivery for .NET Core, Web API, ASP.NET Core MVC, C#, and Python solutions.
Design CI/CD pipelines for applications hosted on Azure App Service.
Implement of deployment strategies such as blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments, including rollback mechanisms.

Scripting and Tooling

Develop automation scripts using Shell scripting, PowerShell, and Python.
Create reusable scripts for environment setup, configuration management, deployment orchestration, and operational tasks.

Collaboration and Governance

Collaborate with developers, architects, QA, security, and operations teams to improve application delivery outcomes.
Provide CI/CD architecture guidance, technical leadership, and design reviews.
Support DevOps maturity assessments and roadmap development.
Troubleshoot complex pipeline, automation, integration, and deployment issues.
Document architecture standards, reusable patterns, runbooks, and operational procedures.

Core Technical Skills | Mandatory

CI/CD architecture and DevOps enablement

RPA: Automation Anywhere

RPA: Microsoft Power Automate

Shell scripting

PowerShell

Python

C#

.NET Core, Web API, and ASP.NET Core MVC

Azure App Service

Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills

Experience with Azure DevOps, Git-based CI/CD pipelines, or comparable platforms.
Understanding cloud security, identity and access management, and secrets management.
Exposure to containerization and infrastructure automation.
Experience in large enterprise or regulated environments.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
8–11 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native application delivery.
Strong architectural thinking with the ability to design scalable, secure, reusable solutions.
Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder collaboration, documentation, and technical communication skills.

Senior Specialist - Architecture