Lead DevOps
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaOn-siteFull TimeSenior Level
Full TimeSenior Level
Job Summary
Design and maintain Google Cloud Platform infrastructure using Terraform and Deployment Manager. Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines with Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD. Define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets while leading incident response and post-mortems. Manage GKE clusters for autoscaling, upgrades, and security. Establish observability standards using Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki. Drive capacity planning, cost optimization, and enforce security best practices including IAM least-privilege and secret management. Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and design discussions.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering roles
- Hands-on expertise with Google Cloud Platform — Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, VPC, and IAM
- Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code — Terraform (preferred) or Pulumi
- Deep experience with Kubernetes/GKE: Helm, Kustomize, namespaces, RBAC, network policies
- Proficiency in at least one scripting/programming language — Python, Go, or Bash
- Proven track record designing and operating large-scale CI/CD pipelines
- Strong understanding of Linux internals, networking (DNS, TCP/IP, TLS), and distributed systems
- Experience defining SLOs and running incident management (on-call, RCA, post-mortems)
Desired Qualifications
- Google Cloud Professional certifications (Cloud DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architect, or equivalent)
- Familiarity with GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux
- Knowledge of data infrastructure on GCP — BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc
- Prior experience in a lead or staff-level role with mentorship responsibilities
- Exposure to FinOps practices and GCP cost management tools
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