DevOps Lead - Cloud Infrastructure
First seen by Alion on Sep 26, 2026.
Key Responsibilities :
- Own the setup, configuration, and maintenance of VMs, containers, GPU clusters, and cloud-native environments across DEV and PROD ecosystems.
- Design and implement cloud-native platforms for AI/ML and data-driven solutions.
- Define and drive cloud migration strategies across Azure and AWS environments.
- Assess application cloud readiness and analyze dependencies across applications, databases, and middleware.
- Provision Landing Zones, cloud infrastructure, and platform services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Deploy applications using serverless and cloud-native services.
- Build and automate DevOps, DataOps, and MLOps pipelines to enable continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
- Provision GPU clusters and ML container environments for foundation model deployment, fine-tuning, and model optimization.
- Develop cloud service catalogs, reusable cloud blueprints, and automated ML/data workflows.
- Monitor, govern, and optimize cloud consumption using FinOps best practices.
- Ensure security, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence across cloud platforms.
Required Skills & Qualifications :
Cloud & Infrastructure :
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture concepts including : Virtual Machines, Serverless Computing, Private/Public/Hybrid Cloud, API Gateway, Auto Scaling, Cloud Migration, CDN, Event-Driven Architecture, DNS, Microservices, Middleware, VPC, and Storage Services.
Networking and Security :
- Cloud Security experience with IAM, RBAC, MFA, Data Encryption, Container Security, IPS/HIPS, Virtual Firewalls, and Anti-malware solutions.
Storage & Data :
- Knowledge of Block, Object, and Archive Storage, and cost/performance optimization techniques.
Cloud Platforms :
- Expert-level hands-on experience with Azure or AWS infrastructure, platform, and application services.
- Experience designing and deploying large-scale enterprise cloud-native solutions.
AI/ML & Data Platforms :
- Experience supporting AI/ML workloads on cloud platforms.
- Exposure to GPU infrastructure, MLOps, and DataOps frameworks.
- Understanding of cloud-native AI/ML services and data processing platforms.
Migration & Automation :
- Proven experience executing application migration and modernization initiatives, including lift-and-shift migrations.
- Strong automation and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise.
Preferred Skills :
- Data Engineering, DataOps, MLOps, Generative AI / AI-ML platforms, Kubernetes and Container Orchestration, Terraform, Bicep, or CloudFormation.
Skills
DevOps, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, IAC Terraform, Cloud Infrastructure, Native Cloud, AI Integration