Technical Lead-Cloud & Infra Engg

Birlasoft Limited

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Designs, implements, and optimizes DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and cloud-native delivery platforms. Enables secure, reliable, and efficient software delivery by improving development workflows, release processes, infrastructure automation, platform reliability, and operational resilience across enterprise environments.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in DevOps, software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering roles.
Strong experience designing, implementing, and supporting CI/CD pipelines and release management processes.
Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, or comparable DevOps platforms.
Strong understanding of source control, branching strategies, release management, and deployment methodologies.
Experience administering container platforms and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes.
Strong understanding of containerization concepts and application deployment patterns.
Experience supporting cloud-native application environments and distributed systems.
Strong proficiency with PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
Experience developing automation solutions that improve deployment efficiency and operational consistency.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts and deployment automation frameworks.
Experience implementing monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting solutions.
Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capabilities across application and platform environments.
Experience supporting highly available and resilient production systems.
Knowledge of DevSecOps principles and secure software delivery practices.
Experience integrating security controls, vulnerability scanning, and compliance requirements into deployment pipelines.
Understanding of identity management, secrets management, and access control practices within DevOps environments.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
Ability to manage multiple priorities within complex enterprise environments.
Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across technical disciplines.
Ability to influence engineering practices and promote continuous improvement.
Strong organizational and documentation skills.
Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Azure cloud environments.
Experience with Terraform, Bicep, or other Infrastructure as Code platforms.
Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
Relevant DevOps, Kubernetes, Azure, or cloud certifications.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
DevOps, Kubernetes, Azure, cloud, or automation-related certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting enterprise application delivery and release management processes.
Engineer deployment automation frameworks that improve release quality, consistency, scalability, and efficiency.
Administer container platforms, Kubernetes environments, and supporting orchestration technologies.
Enable development teams by improving build, test, deployment, and release workflows.
Integrate automated testing, validation, security scanning, and compliance controls into delivery pipelines.
Monitor platform health, deployment performance, and application reliability metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
Resolve deployment failures, application delivery issues, and platform incidents through troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
Implement DevOps best practices that improve software delivery speed, operational stability, and engineering productivity.
Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, security, and application teams to deliver scalable and resilient technology solutions.
Develop automation scripts and tooling using modern scripting and programming languages to reduce manual effort and operational risk.
Maintain deployment standards, release procedures, operational documentation, and support runbooks.
Evaluate emerging DevOps technologies and recommend improvements that enhance platform capabilities and software delivery processes.
Mentor engineers and team members on DevOps methodologies, automation frameworks, and platform engineering practices.
Participate in operational support activities and serve as an escalation resource for critical deployment and platform issues.