Job Description
Job Description: IaC & Automation Solution Architect - Lateral Hire (Minimum Relevant Experience 10 Years)
Location: Pune
Overview
Seeking a highly experienced Solution Architect with 10-15 years of strong technical and architectural expertise across software design, infrastructure automation, hybrid cloud platforms, and DevOps toolchains, with a strong background in infra/platform development and hands-on experience with configuration management tools and RESTful APIs. The ideal candidate will possess deep hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization, orchestration platforms, and modern automation practices, along with solid proficiency in designing scalable, secure, and high-performing enterprise solutions.
This role demands strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills, as the architect will collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, senior stakeholders, and customers to define end-to-end architecture, drive technical strategy, and lead execution.
Primary Responsibilities
Design and develop automation and DevSecOps solutions
Implement and manage configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Chef
Establish standards and guardrails for automated provisioning, configuration management, and CI/CD integration.
Drive automation across infrastructure, deployment, and operational workflows for improved efficiency and repeatability.
Own architectural decisions across application, infrastructure, integration, data, and security layers.
Define reference architectures, design patterns, and reusable frameworks to accelerate solution development.
Work with RESTful APIs to automate infrastructure and platform tasks
Manage and maintain Linux-based infrastructures
Analyze and solve problems related to infrastructure and platform automation
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members
Continuously improve and optimize automation processes
Collaborate with other teams such as Development, Operations and Security to identify opportunities for automation
Required Skills
Strong experience with end-to-end solution architecture, including design of scalable, reliable, and secure systems.
Architectural and implementation experience with IaC solutions using Terraform, Ansible, and related tools.
Strong understanding of infrastructure and platform development principles and experience with programming languages such as Python, GoLang, Ruby and/or Java for developing automation scripts.
Hands-on experience with at multiple configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, or Chef. This includes proficiency in writing playbooks, cookbook, modules & creating and modifying data structures.
Experience with creating, troubleshooting, and maintaining automation scripts, utilizing libraries and frameworks such as Python's Ansible custom module and libraries, Chef's knife and Terraform s provider plugins.
Working experience with RESTful APIs and understanding of API integration with automation tools
Strong experience with Linux-based infrastructures and administration, including proficiency in command-line interface and shell scripting.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or CircleCI
Expertlevel knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker and container lifecycle management
Strong understanding of Bare-Metal Server, Storage (SAN/NAS), Network, Security, Enterprise Business Applications, and related technologies
Experience in leading teams, leading solutions during pursuit/solutioning process
Experience in preparing end to end architecture diagram for the solution
Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and roadmap planning sessions.
Provide mentorship, thought leadership, and technical guidance to engineering teams and junior architects.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to debug and troubleshoot complex automation issues
Desired Skills
Expertlevel knowledge of:
Docker and container lifecycle management
Kubernetes (deployment patterns, networking, security, operators, Helm, GitOps)
Extensive experience with Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash and PowerShell scripting
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or CircleCI
Experience with Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack
Exclusions
DevOps engineers with public cloud work experience (AWS DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer, Build and Release DevOps Engineer) and no prior programming expertise
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