Associate Data Engineer

Role description

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud DevOps Team Lead to join our Cloud Operations team. This role will be responsible for leading a team of engineers in designing, building, and supporting cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks. The Team Lead will provide technical guidance, ensure best practices, and drive initiatives that enable secure, scalable, and reliable application delivery.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead and mentor the Cloud DevOps team, providing technical guidance, coaching, and performance management while fostering collaboration and innovation.

* Actively design, deploy, and support cloud infrastructure, including provisioning, lifecycle management, and recovery support.

* Oversee and contribute to implementation and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.

* Guide the team in designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, while also contributing to complex pipeline configurations.

* Define standards for configuring and supporting tools such as GitHub, Bitbucket, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ADO, Bamboo, Tekton, Argo CD and Docker, while assisting with critical tool integrations.

* Drive automation initiatives and personally develop scripts using Python, PowerShell, Shell scripting, and terraform.

* Supervise and contribute to the design and maintenance of Ansible playbooks and roles for infrastructure automation.

* Ensure effective cloud image build automation across Azure, AWS, and GCP using HashiCorp Packer and Ansible, while supporting complex builds directly.

* Oversee and contribute to the configuration and management of artifact and image repositories such as JFrog Artifactory.

* Champion integration of security tools (Checkmarx, Prisma Cloud, SonarQube, Undraleu) into CI/CD pipelines, while validating critical implementations.

* Establish secure processes for secrets management using CyberArk and HashiCorp Vault, while supporting sensitive configurations directly.

* Oversee CI/CD pipeline configurations to support release management and change management (ServiceNow), while contributing to complex release cycles.

* Drive adoption of automated testing frameworks (Java, Selenium, UiPath) and personally contribute to high-impact test automation.

Required Qualifications

* Strong hands-on experience with any cloud services(Microsoft Azure/AWS).

* Minimum of seven years' experience in DevOps and Infrastructure.

* Strong programming and scripting skills in Python, Shell scripting, and terraform with proven ability to develop automation scripts, and support infrastructure workflows..

* Proven experience designing and implementing Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code.

* Extensive experience with CI/CD pipeline architecture and DevOps tooling specifically Jenkins

* Hands-on experience with Ansible automation and configuration management.

* Experience with containerization, image automation, and artifact management tools.

* Practical exposure to leveraging AI/ML techniques for enhancing CI/CD processes.

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience working in large-scale or enterprise cloud environments.

* Strong knowledge of DevSecOps practices and secure pipeline design.

* Experience supporting mission-critical or regulated workloads.

Core Competencies

* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

* Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in cross-functional teams.

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

* Strong focus on automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Python