Lead Engineer - IT (Security, Operations & AI)

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

Modern IT Infrastructure and Endpoint Engineering:

• Own the Fleet: Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of all physical machines, network devices, and office IT infrastructure.
• Hands-on Troubleshooting (Break/Fix): In our startup culture, no job is too small. When a machine breaks, a network drops, or an engineer is blocked by hardware, you roll up your sleeves and fix it.
• Zero-Touch Provisioning: Engineer modern Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions so new teammates auto-configure securely on day one.

Cloud Budgeting and Deep FinOps:

• Engineering Cost-Efficiency: You will act as the financial gatekeeper for our tech stack. Go beyond basic budget tracking to implement aggressive FinOps practices.
• Right-Sizing: Spot anomalies, right-size workloads, and creatively optimise our AWS/GCP cloud footprint and SaaS licences to ensure we operate lean.

AI-Driven Productivity and Operations:

• Reinvent Internal IT: Actively identify and deploy GenAI tools, Copilots, and LLMs to radically boost internal productivity. If an AI tool can automate an operation or cut costs, you have the mandate to build and deploy it.

Security as an Enabler (Zero-Friction, Zero-Trust):

• Secure Paved Roads: Design a modern, zero-trust security architecture embedded directly into the developer workflow. Security should be invisible to the engineer but impenetrable to the threat.
• National-Grade Privacy: Act as the technical guardian of data privacy. Translate the DPDP Act and SOC2/ISO 27001 requirements into automated code and infrastructure guardrails.
• Threat Defence: Own IAM, endpoint security across all physical devices, and automated incident response pipelines.

Ecosystem Orchestration:

• Manage our vendor ecosystem (hardware suppliers, software licences, and SaaS platforms) as an engineer, integrating external tools into our internal operating system.
• Demand engineering excellence from external partners, ensuring strict SLA adherence.

Requirements:

• You are a Builder: You have 6-8 years of deep, hands-on experience spanning internal IT infrastructure, FinOps/budget management, and information security.
• You aren't afraid of the Hardware: You are just as comfortable opening up a machine to troubleshoot a hardware failure as you are running a security audit.
• You are a creative problem solver: You look at developer friction - whether it's a slow laptop or a strict firewall - as an engineering bug to be fixed.
• You are Forward-Looking: You play with modern GenAI tools on the weekends and constantly think about how to apply them to enterprise architecture.
• You are Mission-Driven: You aren't just looking for a tech job. You want to use your engineering talents to build, maintain, and protect the digital public infrastructure that will transform the Indian economy.

Skills

FinOps, IAM, IT, MDM, cloud, endpoint, information security, infosec, security