Lead DevOps Engineer

Job Title- Lead DevOps Engineer

Position type- Full Time

Work Location- Bangalore

Working style- Hybrid

Shift Time- 12:30pm - 9:30pm (Flexible)

People Manager role: No

Required education and certifications critical for the role- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Finance, or related field or equivalent experience.

Required years of experience - 10+ years of work experience in relevant field

AON IS IN THE BUSINESS OF BETTER DECISIONS

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are committed to our purpose as one firm, united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:

We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to drive DevOps strategy and execution across a portfolio of Azure-hosted applications. This is a hands-on player-coach role where you will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and deployment strategies while mentoring a small DevOps team.

You'll work closely with engineering, cloud, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions aligned with enterprise standards. This role requires strong technical depth, ownership mindset, and the ability to balance execution with leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

1. DevOps Strategy, Architecture & Delivery (Hands-On)

• Own DevOps strategy across multiple applications
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps)
• Implement and run low-downtime deployments (blue/green, canary)
• Develop and manage Terraform-based IaC
• Architect and operate Azure infrastructure
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability
• Embed security and compliance into pipelines
• Deliver DevOps outcomes end-to-end

1. Leadership, Coordination & Execution (Player-Coach)

• Mentor and guide the DevOps engineer
• Act as hands-on lead (player-coach)
• Prioritize and manage work across applications
• Coordinate with dev, QA, product, and business teams

1. Operations, Support & Continuous Improvement

• Lead incident response and root cause analysis
• Ensure system reliability and performance
• Continuously improve pipelines, tooling, and practices
• Use AI to enhance delivery with proper governance

Core technical profile

• CI/CD & Azure DevOps
  • Strong experience withAzure DevOps Pipelines
  • Able to design and operateblue/green deploymentsand other low‑downtime deployment strategies
• Infrastructure as Code
  • Hands‑on experience withTerraformfor Azure
  • Able to define and maintain reusable IaC patterns and modules
• Azure Services
  • Solid understanding of coreAzure services(compute, storage, networking, monitoring, etc.)
  • Experiencepartnering with central Cloud/Azure teamsto get designs implemented and approved

Leadership / ownership

• Comfortabletaking the leadon DevOps for a complex application
• Candesign an overall DevOps solution(build, release, environments, monitoring, rollback)
• Able totrack work from initiation through completion, coordinating across developers, PM/BA, and cloud/platform teams

AI usage

• UsesAI effectivelyto improve pipeline reliability, infrastructure quality, and documentation
• Applies appropriateguardrails(e.g., validation of AI output, security and compliance awareness)