DevOps Lead/Architect

Location: Gurugram, India

Department: Technology

Experience: 6-10 Years

Skills: Project Delivery, DevOps, AWS, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Python, Quality Assurance, Project Management

• Delivery & Operations
  • Lead and mentor a DevOps/SRE team (10+ engineers) across multiple client projects.
  • Own delivery of projects – SOW, milestones, SLAs, and client expectations.
  • Conduct sprint planning, standups, and reviews to ensure accountability and quality.
  • Ensure smooth resource onboarding, allocation, and project execution.
  • Track and report on KPIs, delivery metrics, and client success outcomes.
• Technical Leadership & Architecture
  • Design and review multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem solution architectures.
  • Participate in client discovery calls, requirements gathering, and solutioning.
  • Drive adoption of automation, observability, and incident management best practices.
  • Contribute to architecture diagrams, case studies, technical blogs, and whitepapers.
• Quality & Strategy
  • Define and enforce Quality Assurance (QA) processes for project delivery.
  • Develop and execute a technology operations strategy aligned with business goals.
  • Ensure compliance with delivery standards, security policies, and governance frameworks.
• People & Project Management
  • Act as a Hiring Manager: recruit, onboard, and scale engineering teams.
  • Provide career guidance, training, and mentorship to build high-performance teams.
  • Effectively manage project planning, timelines, and human resource allocation.
• Client & Business Engagement
  • Build strong relationships with US-based and global clients, ensuring proactive engagement and satisfaction.
  • Identify service expansion, upsell, and cross-sell opportunities within accounts.
  • Support pre-sales activities: solution proposals, RFP responses, and client presentations.
  • Collaborate with marketing to support thought leadership, campaigns, and market positioning.

• We are looking for a mix of Solution Architect, Delivery Excellence, and Client Partner:
• Career Path: Started as a DevOps Engineer and grew into Lead / Architect / Manager
• Experience: Hands-on with DevOps services and managed multiple projects/deliveries.
• Product/Consulting Exposure: Experience as a DevOps Lead/Architect in mid-to-large product/consulting companies.
• Leadership: Managed teams of 8–15+ engineers with proven mentoring and scaling capability.
• Client Exposure: Worked with US/global clients, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion: Strong interest in DevOps tools, automation, and building scalable cloud solutions.

• Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) & On-prem Experience
• DevOps & SRE: Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, CI/CD pipelines.
• Observability & Incident Response: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, PagerDuty.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ
• Automation & Infra: Python/Go scripting, Linux, DNS, Networking.
• Other Tools: Git, APM (NewRelic, OpenTelemetry), incident management & RCA writing.

• Experience: 7-10 years in technology operations (DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure), with 3+ years in leadership/delivery management.
• Education: Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.