Lead DevOps Engineer

InsureTech Co hiring DevOps/ DecSecOps professionals. Advantageos if you have worked in InsureTech environment.

Roles - SSE & Lead DevOps

Experience - 5 yrs to 8 years & 8 yrs to 12 yrs respectively.

Location - Gurgaon/ Noida

Required Skills

DevOps Leadership - Deep expertise in DevOps practices and culture, team building and mentorship, strategic thinking and roadmap development, change management, and organizational influence.

Advanced CI/CD - Enterprise-scale pipeline architecture, multi-environment deployment strategies, GitOps practices (ArgoCD, Flux), pipeline security, and deployment automation patterns (blue/green, canary, progressive delivery).

Infrastructure & Cloud - Advanced Infrastructure as Code patterns (Terraform modules, state

management, policy validation), multi-cloud architecture (Azure, AWS, GCP), Kubernetes at scale

(cluster architecture, operators, service mesh, multi-tenancy), and hybrid cloud connectivity.

Security & Compliance - DevSecOps and shift-left practices, security automation (SAST, DAST, SCA), compliance as code (OPA, Kyverno), secrets management, vulnerability management, and regulatory compliance frameworks.

Site Reliability Engineering - SLO/SLI definition and tracking, observability (metrics, logs, traces),

incident response and on-call management, chaos engineering, capacity planning, and automated

remediation.

Platform Engineering - Internal developer platform design, developer experience optimization, self-service infrastructure, platform as product mindset, and platform API design.

Tools & Technologies - Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Azure services, monitoring platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor), and security scanning tools.

Key Competencies

Strategic Leadership - Defining multi-year DevOps roadmaps, aligning technology initiatives with

business strategy, communicating vision to diverse audiences, and driving organizational change.

Technical Excellence - Deep technical expertise across DevOps disciplines, staying current with

emerging technologies, evaluating tools and practices, and providing technical direction.

Team Development - Building high-performing teams, mentoring engineers, fostering growth and

learning, and creating inclusive, collaborative environments.

Operational Excellence - Driving automation, improving reliability, optimizing costs, measuring

effectiveness, and promoting continuous improvement culture.

Required Certifications

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400), Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect

Expert (AZ-305). Valuable additions: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, Certified

Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), HashiCorp Certified

Terraform - Professional, CISSP (for security focus).

Key Responsibilities

DevSecOps Strategy & Leadership

Enterprise CI/CD Platform Architecture

Standards & Best Practices

Automation & Infrastructure Excellence

Security Integration & Shift-Left

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Team Leadership & Mentorship

Tool Evaluation & Vendor Management

Compliance & Governance

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management