DevOps Team Lead
First seen by Alion on Sep 12, 2026.
Job Role : DevOps Team Lead.
Experience : 5+ years of experience.
Location : Ahmedabad.
We are looking for a DevOps Team Lead who can build and scale a highly reliable infrastructure for globally deployed SaaS platforms. This is not a maintenance-only role. The expectation is to architect systems that improve uptime, deployment speed, scalability, observability, security, and operational efficiency across multiple products and business units.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, manage, and optimize cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
- Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines.
- Establish strong monitoring, alerting, and observability systems.
- Implement infrastructure security best practices.
- Manage Dockerized environments and orchestration platforms.
- Work closely with backend and database teams on performance tuning.
- Lead and mentor DevOps engineers.
- Handle production incidents with urgency and ownership.
Technical Skills :
Strong Expertise In :
- Linux Server Administration, AWS / GCP / Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI, Nginx / Apache, Load Balancers, Networking & Security, Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK), Shell Scripting / Python.
Good Understanding Of :
- High-availability architecture, Distributed systems, Database replication, Message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis), API infrastructure.
Leadership Expectations :
We expect the person to think proactively, build systems before problems become incidents, create operational leverage through automation, and build infrastructure that supports aggressive business growth.
KPIs / Success Metrics :
The DevOps TL will be evaluated on : Platform uptime, Deployment frequency & stability, MTTR, Infrastructure scalability, Security incident reduction, and Team efficiency.
Skills
DevOps, SaaS, CI/CD Pipeline, Observability Services, Monitoring Tools, IT Infrastructure, Docker, Cloud Services, Scripting, Python