Title: Technical Lead-DevOps
Area(s) of responsibility
.DevOps Architect – Data & Cloud Platforms
Location: Offshore India
Experience: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced DevOps Architect (12+ years of experience) to lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-grade DevOps and Data Platform infrastructure. This role will be responsible for architecting scalable CI/CD frameworks, containerized deployments, secure cloud-native environments, and enterprise data operations across Snowflake and Data coves (DBT + Airflow). The ideal candidate will combine deep DevOps expertise with strong data platform experience and security-first architecture thinking.
Key Responsibilities
1. DevOps Architecture & Strategy
- Define and implement enterprise DevOps architecture, standards, and best practices.
- Design highly scalable and resilient CI/CD frameworks using Jenkins.
- Provide technical leadership, governance, and mentoring to DevOps and Data Engineering teams.
2. Kubernetes & Containerization
- Architect and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes.
- Design Kubernetes cluster strategy (multi-namespace, multi-environment, HA, auto-scaling).
- Optimize container orchestration for Airflow and related data services.
3. Data coves (DBT + Airflow) Platform Architecture
- Architect and govern DBT transformation layers:
- Staging models
- Intermediate models
- Data marts
- Implement:
- Incremental models
- Snapshot strategies for historical tracking
- Surrogate key management
- Establish testing, lineage, and observability standards for data pipelines.
4. Snowflake Administration & Optimization
- Lead Snowflake platform administration including:
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Secure data sharing
5. Security & SSL Management
- Architect and manage SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management.
- Implement certificate rotation, renewal automation, and secure endpoint configurations.
- Ensure secure communication between services, APIs, and data platforms.
- Enforce encryption standards for data at rest and in transit.
- Collaborate with InfoSec teams to meet enterprise compliance requirements.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Enterprise Data Platforms.
- Deep hands-on expertise in:
- Jenkins (Pipeline as Code, shared libraries, distributed builds)
- Kubernetes (cluster architecture, scaling, security)
- Data coves (DBT + Airflow orchestration)
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD, Git branching strategies, and release management.