Weekday AI

Lead DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru
Level
Lead

Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.

Open. First seen 2 November 2026.

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About the role

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 1500000 - Rs 3000000 (ie INR 15 - 30 LPA)

Min Experience: 7+ years
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, containerization, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). The ideal candidate will have deep, hands-on experience designing and managing large-scale cloud environments, building robust deployment pipelines, strengthening security practices, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of production systems.

The candidate should demonstrate strong scripting capabilities, infrastructure-as-code expertise, and the ability to lead technical initiatives while mentoring engineers and collaborating across teams.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure across AWS and other cloud platforms.
  • Develop automation scripts using Python and/or Bash to streamline infrastructure operations and deployment workflows.
  • Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and/or Ansible.
  • Design, implement, and govern Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient build, testing, integration, and deployment processes.
  • Manage production environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
  • Establish and improve observability frameworks, monitoring systems, and SRE practices to ensure platform reliability and performance.
  • Own and strengthen cloud security posture, particularly across AWS infrastructure.
  • Manage advanced cloud networking components, including routing, Transit Gateways, Site-to-Site VPNs, and Client VPNs.
  • Collaborate with data and analytics teams to support platforms and tools such as Lakehouse, Data Warehouses, Databricks, Amazon QuickSight, and Power BI.
  • Drive technical decision-making, mentor team members, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure initiatives.
  • Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure efficiency, scalability, security, and operational performance.

Required Skills and Expertise

  • Strong scripting experience in Python and/or Bash.
  • Deep, architecture-level, hands-on expertise in AWS, with experience in Azure or other cloud platforms.
  • Strong understanding of multi-cloud architecture and infrastructure management.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Ansible.
  • Proven experience designing and governing Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong knowledge of Git and version control practices.
  • Production-level experience managing Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift environments.
  • Hands-on experience with observability frameworks, monitoring, and SRE practices.
  • Strong understanding of AWS security posture management and cloud security best practices.
  • Knowledge of advanced cloud networking, including routing, Transit Gateways, Site-to-Site VPN, and Client VPN.
  • Familiarity with Lakehouse architecture, Data Warehousing, Databricks, QuickSight, and Power BI.
  • Strong leadership, mentoring, problem-solving, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience implementing and managing AIOps solutions at scale.
  • Deep multi-cloud expertise across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Experience managing FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization at an organizational scale.
  • Exposure to large-scale cloud infrastructure and enterprise DevOps environments.

Must-Have Skills

  • Python
  • Bash
  • AWS

Good-to-Have Skills

  • FinOps
  • AWS DevOps
  • OpenShift

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Ansible · Bash · Data Warehousing · Databricks · Git · OpenShift · Power BI

Rare in Weekday AI's other 299 open postings.

Standard for DevOps / SRE / cloud roles

AWS · Azure · CI/CD · Docker · GCP · Kubernetes · Python · Terraform

Common in DevOps / SRE / cloud postings at any company.

Compared with Weekday AI's other open jobs.

The team: Weekday's Client via platform HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 375 open in Weekday's Client via platform. 240 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in September: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (123 of 375), CI/CD (109 of 375), AWS (103 of 375), SQL (92 of 375), Azure (81 of 375), REST (77 of 375), Agile (68 of 375)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Weekday AI's own job board.

Salary context

8 other open postings titled Lead DevOps Engineer state a salary: median USD 175,000 to USD 232,500 a year.

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