DevOps - Lead Software Engineer - Pune

About the Role

The role is for a Lead Software Engineer - DevOps candidate with a solid and successful background in driving CI/CD, automation, infrastructure as code, configuration management, monitoring, and custom tool development for enterprise software and systems. These systems operate in cloud environments, private data centers, on-premises VMs, and Kubernetes clouds using Python, Groovy, Shell scripting, Perl, and Java .

This role will design and support continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and engineering processes. The candidate will provide direct support to software engineers in testing and pre-production environments.

By developing original code and integrations, this role will enhance CI/CD tooling and applications to accelerate feature delivery by reducing human effort, eliminating process bottlenecks, increasing repeatability, and enabling self-service . The ideal candidate must possess strong communication skills, a passion for CI/CD, and a strong sense of ownership . A proven track record of designing, developing, and maintaining reliable, repeatable, and mission-critical build pipelines, systems, and products is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist in interpreting DevOps product requirements and designing corresponding solutions.
• Collaborate with the Architecture team to develop technical designs and drive DevOps architecture evolution .
• Develop original tools, enhancements to existing tools/pipelines, and new services using Python, Java, and Groovy .
• Conduct peer code reviews.
• Proactively identify automation and self-service opportunities.
• Continuously monitor the health of CI/CD tools and take corrective actions when needed.
• Investigate and resolve CI/CD tooling issues .
• Assist in triaging custom and third-party application environments .
• Investigate pipeline and build failures , determine root causes, and implement fixes.
• Support Production Support teams in the use of release and other tooling.
• Research, design, and implement new CI/CD technologies and standalone applications .
• Collaborate with feature developers to onboard/integrate applications per WSI best practices.
• Support the development team s delivery process through the SDLC up to production handoff.
• Work with the Infrastructure team to provision and deprovision capacity.
• Lead or participate in major updates supporting new requirements and system maintenance .
• Develop and maintain procedures and system documentation .
• Enforce and contribute to best practices, strategies, and standards .
• Optimize system resources and implement monitoring tools and thresholds .
• Support the resolution of production incidents .
• Provide work breakdown planning and estimation .
• Anticipate risks and propose contingency plans and timelines .
• Suggest and implement process improvements and best practices .
• Interact with business users, functional teams, and management .
• Guide contract resources , providing direction and quality assessments.
• Share technical and professional knowledge through mentorship and training .
• Foster team collaboration and ensure consensus .

Criteria

• 8+ years of relevant DevOps experience .
• Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes stack .
• Experience using Helm/Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments.
• Strong knowledge of Jenkins and Jenkins Pipeline .
• Proficiency in Groovy, Python, Shell scripting, and/or Java .
• Experience with Maven .
• Expertise in Git and GitHub Enterprise .
• Experience with Node/npm .
• Ability to interpret Java stack traces and Node.js error logs .
• Bachelor s or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Role: Software Development - Other

Industry Type: IT Services & Consulting

Department: Engineering - Software & QA

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Software Development

Education

UG: Any Graduate

PG: Any Postgraduate