DevOps + Team Lead

<div class="ewa-rteLine">DEVOPS TEAM LEAD</div><div class="ewa-rteLine"> </div><div class="ewa-rteLine">Skill Set</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Technical Leadership: Platform squad oversight; sprint task definition; infrastructure architectural decisions</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Containers & Orchestration: Docker; Kubernetes/AKS (RBAC, HPA/KEDA, PDB); Helm (chart authoring, library charts)</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• IaC: Terraform (Azure — AKS, PostgreSQL, Service Bus, Key Vault, APIM); Atlantis/Terraform Cloud</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions; ArgoCD/Flux; Trivy, Checkov, OWASP dep-check</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Cloud & Observability: Azure AKS/Service Bus/Monitor; Prometheus + Grafana; OpenTelemetry; ELK/OpenSearch</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Messaging & Security: Kafka; RabbitMQ; Azure Key Vault / HashiCorp Vault; mTLS; Trivy/Snyk; FCA/PCI-DSS</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Scripting: Python, Bash, Groovy — pipelines, runbooks, automated incident response</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• People: Mentoring/line management of 3–6 DevOps engineers; 1:1s, onboarding, performance reviews</div><div class="ewa-rteLine"> </div><div class="ewa-rteLine">Key Responsibilities</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Lead the DevOps/platform squad; own Definition of Done/Ready; track velocity and flag risks.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines; implement blue/green, canary, and feature-flag progressive delivery.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Manage AKS clusters: node pool sizing, upgrades, namespace isolation, network policies, cost optimisation.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Author and maintain Terraform modules for all Azure infrastructure; enforce IaC review and state lock.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Design and operate observability stack: Prometheus, per-squad Grafana dashboards, distributed tracing.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Manage Kafka clusters and Azure Service Bus; drive pipeline security automation (SAST, scanning, secrets).</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Maintain Elasticsearch cluster health; tune ILM policies for 52M+ invoice documents.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Lead on-call rotation; own post-incident reviews; mentor DevOps engineers and run knowledge-sharing sessions.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Coordinate with software delivery squads on platform enablement and pipeline improvements.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine"> </div><div class="ewa-rteLine">Requirements</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• 8+ yrs DevOps / Platform Engineering / SRE; 2+ yrs in a team lead or tech lead role.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Expert Kubernetes (CKA or equivalent) and Helm; strong Terraform on Azure or AWS.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Production Kafka operations and Elasticsearch cluster management.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• CI/CD pipeline design (Jenkins / GitLab CI / GitHub Actions) and GitOps (ArgoCD or Flux).</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Python for operational automation; FCA/PCI-DSS cloud security understanding essential.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Fintech or financial services background advantageous; Azure certs (AZ-104, AZ-400, CKA) a plus.</div><div class="ewa-rteLine">• Nice to have: RabbitMQ; Groovy pipeline scripting; GitHub Actions</div><div class="ewa-rteLine"><br> </div> <br>At Zensar, we’re <i>“experience-led everything”</i>. We are committed to conceptualizing, designing, engineering, marketing, and managing digital solutions and experiences for over 130 leading enterprises. We are a company driven by a bold purpose: <i>Together, we shape experiences for better futures</i>. Whether for our clients, our people, or the world around us, this belief powers everything we do. At the heart of our culture is <i>ONE with Client</i> - a set of four core values that reflect who we are and how we work: <i>One Zensar, Nurturing, Empowering, and Client Focus</i>.<br><br> Part of the $4.8 billion RPG Group, we’re a community of 10,000+ innovators across 30+ global locations, including Milpitas, Seattle, Princeton, Cape Town, London, Zurich, Singapore, and Mexico City. Explore <a href="https://www.zensar.com/careers/" target="_blank">Life at Zensar</a> and join us to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i2NZsiQqVnU?autoplay=1&fs=1" target="_blank">Grow. Own. Achieve. Learn.</a> to be the best version of yourself.<br><br> We believe the best work happens when individuality is celebrated, growth is encouraged, and well-being is prioritized. We are an equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action employer, committed to creating an inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veteran status.