Head of Devops

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities Leadership & Strategy Define and execute the organization’s DevOps, SRE, and infrastructure strategy. Build, lead, and mentor multi-disciplinary teams (DevOps, SRE, Cloud, Platform Engineering). Drive a culture of automation, security, reliability, and continuous improvement. Work closely with engineering leaders, product, and security teams to align technology with business goals. Infrastructure & Cloud Own cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) including architecture, cost optimization, governance, and compliance. Lead design and scaling of distributed microservices, containerized workloads, and Kubernetes clusters. Oversee capacity planning, resilience engineering, and multi-region HA/DR strategy. Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi/CloudFormation). CI/CD, Automation & Tooling Build and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Spinnaker). Automate provisioning, deployments, and rollback strategies. Drive adoption of GitOps, policy-as-code, and zero-downtime deployment approaches. Establish golden standards for release management and environment lifecycle. Observability & Reliability Implement end-to-end observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry). Lead incident management, RCA processes, SLO/SLI definitions, and reliability best practices. Reduce MTTR and improve system availability with proactive monitoring. Security, Governance & Compliance Own DevSecOps integration—shift-left security, vulnerability scanning, secrets management. Ensure compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, GDPR, PCI-DSS if applicable). Define access control, IAM, network segmentation, and secure cloud architecture. Cost, Performance & Efficiency Build cloud cost reporting, forecasting, and optimization frameworks. Optimize infrastructure performance and reduce operational overhead through automation. Implement self-service platforms for developers to improve productivity.

Job Roles & Responsibilities

• Leadership & Strategy
• Define and execute the organization’s DevOps, SRE, and infrastructure strategy.
• Build, lead, and mentor multi-disciplinary teams (DevOps, SRE, Cloud, Platform Engineering).
• Drive a culture of automation, security, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with engineering leaders, product, and security teams to align technology with business goals.
• Infrastructure & Cloud
• Own cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) including architecture, cost optimization, governance, and compliance.
• Lead design and scaling of distributed microservices, containerized workloads, and Kubernetes clusters.
• Oversee capacity planning, resilience engineering, and multi-region HA/DR strategy.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi/CloudFormation).
• CI/CD, Automation & Tooling
• Build and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Spinnaker).
• Automate provisioning, deployments, and rollback strategies.
• Drive adoption of GitOps, policy-as-code, and zero-downtime deployment approaches.
• Establish golden standards for release management and environment lifecycle.
• Observability & Reliability
• Implement end-to-end observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry).
• Lead incident management, RCA processes, SLO/SLI definitions, and reliability best practices.
• Reduce MTTR and improve system availability with proactive monitoring.
• Security, Governance & Compliance
• Own DevSecOps integration—shift-left security, vulnerability scanning, secrets management.
• Ensure compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, GDPR, PCI-DSS if applicable).
• Define access control, IAM, network segmentation, and secure cloud architecture.
• Cost, Performance & Efficiency
• Build cloud cost reporting, forecasting, and optimization frameworks.
• Optimize infrastructure performance and reduce operational overhead through automation.
• Implement self-service platforms for developers to improve productivity.

Cultural Expectations

• Collaborate effectively with diverse teams and contribute to a rich culture of learning and knowledge sharing.
• Demonstrate adaptability and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Communicate openly, ensuring clarity and transparency with team members.
• Embrace change and innovation, always seeking efficient solutions to challenges.

Hiring Process

• Technical assignment tailored for the role.
• Interview with hiring manager to assess technical skills.
• Live coding task to evaluate coding proficiency.
• Technical interview with senior member from the technical team.
• Final interview with Tech Lead/CTO.