Lead Devops Engineer - GEX

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 3500000 - Rs 5000000 (ie INR 35-50 LPA)

Min Experience: 8 years

Location: Chennai

JobType: full-time

We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to drive the design, automation, and management of scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure. This role is ideal for a senior individual contributor with strong ownership, deep technical expertise, and the ability to build reliable, secure, and high-performing platforms across AWS and on-prem environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage scalable AWS infrastructure along with hybrid (cloud and on-prem) environments.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and operational workflows using Python, Bash, and Ansible.
• Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or similar.
• Manage and optimize containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure platform reliability and performance.
• Own production systems, handle incidents, and lead root cause analysis and resolution.
• Implement DevSecOps best practices, including access control, secrets management, and secure deployments.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, QA, and IT teams to improve system stability and developer productivity.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems (Ubuntu, CentOS, Rocky Linux).
• Deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern CI/CD tooling.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
• Proven experience managing hybrid infrastructure environments (cloud and on-prem).

Good to Have

• Experience designing security-focused architectures (DevSecOps, Zero Trust).
• Exposure to large-scale, distributed, or high-availability systems.

Skills

• DevOps & Platform Engineering
• AWS & Cloud Infrastructure
• Linux Server Administration
• CI/CD & Automation
• Kubernetes & Containers