Skills

Communication Leadership Problem Solving Bash PowerShell Jira GitHub CI/CD DevOps Docker Kubernetes Monitoring Ansible Azure DevOps Stakeholder Management Scrum Strategic thinking Training Architecture Azure AWS Agile GCP CI/CD Pipelines Terraform Prometheus Grafana Infrastructure as Code GitHub Actions

Job Specifications

Job Title: Devops Lead with DataAI - Gen AI

Location: Onsite Santa Clara CA

Job Type: Contract to Hire

Job Description:

Experience 13 to 20 yrs

Educational Qualification*

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Certification in DevOps, Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), or CI/CD tools is preferred

Experience Range

8-12 years

Primary (Must have skills)* - To be Screened by TA Team

5+ years of experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipeline design

5+ years of hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

3+ years of experience with scripting (Bash, PowerShell) for automation

3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

3+ years experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) and observability frameworks

5+ years experience in managing cloud-native deployments on Azure

Job Description of Role* (RNR) - To be Evaluated by Technical Panel (Define it to give more clarity)

Key technical skills :

Lead the design and implementation of scalable CI/CD pipelines for multi-tenant cloud applications

Architect and automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including customer stakeholders, developers, QA, and cloud architects

Ensure high availability, performance, and security across environments

Drive DevOps best practices including DevSecOps, FinOps, and compliance-by-design

Act as a technical liaison with customer teams to translate business requirements into DevOps solutions

Soft skills/other skills - To be Evaluated by Hiring Manager (To define how this will be evaluated)

Communication & Stakeholder Management:

Strong verbal and written communication skills to engage with customer teams and internal stakeholders

Ability to present technical solutions and architecture decisions to non-technical audiences

Experience in managing customer expectations and aligning delivery with business goals

Leadership & Mentorship:

Lead and mentor DevOps engineers across geographies

Facilitate knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team

Problem Solving & Strategic Thinking:

Proactive in identifying bottlenecks and proposing scalable solutions

Ability to balance technical depth with business priorities

Work Management:

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with tools like Jira/Azure DevOps

Regular updates and proactive communication with customer and internal tea

Expected Outcome

Seamless integration of DevOps practices into customer delivery workflows

Improved deployment velocity and system reliability

Enhanced customer satisfaction through proactive engagement and delivery excellence

Secondary Skills to be planned Post Hiring - Training Plan

Advanced Kubernetes operations (multi-cluster, service mesh)

DevSecOps practices including policy-as-code and vulnerability scanning

Multi-cloud strategy and hybrid cloud integration

Customer onboarding automation and tenant-specific CI/CD customization7

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