DevOps + Team Lead

DEVOPS TEAM LEAD DEVOPS TEAM LEAD Skill Set • Technical Leadership: Platform squad oversight; sprint task definition; infrastructure architectural decisions • Containers & Orchestration: Docker; Kubernetes/AKS (RBAC, HPA/KEDA, PDB); Helm (chart authoring, library charts) • IaC: Terraform (Azure — AKS, PostgreSQL, Service Bus, Key Vault, APIM); Atlantis/Terraform Cloud • CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions; ArgoCD/Flux; Trivy, Checkov, OWASP dep-check • Cloud & Observability: Azure AKS/Service Bus/Monitor; Prometheus + Grafana; OpenTelemetry; ELK/OpenSearch • Messaging & Security: Kafka; RabbitMQ; Azure Key Vault / HashiCorp Vault; mTLS; Trivy/Snyk; FCA/PCI-DSS • Scripting: Python, Bash, Groovy — pipelines, runbooks, automated incident response • People: Mentoring/line management of 3–6 DevOps engineers; 1:1s, onboarding, performance reviews Key Responsibilities • Lead the DevOps/platform squad; own Definition of Done/Ready; track velocity and flag risks. • Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines; implement blue/green, canary, and feature-flag progressive delivery. • Manage AKS clusters: node pool sizing, upgrades, namespace isolation, network policies, cost optimisation. • Author and maintain Terraform modules for all Azure infrastructure; enforce IaC review and state lock. • Design and operate observability stack: Prometheus, per-squad Grafana dashboards, distributed tracing. • Manage Kafka clusters and Azure Service Bus; drive pipeline security automation (SAST, scanning, secrets). • Maintain Elasticsearch cluster health; tune ILM policies for 52M+ invoice documents. • Lead on-call rotation; own post-incident reviews; mentor DevOps engineers and run knowledge-sharing sessions. • Coordinate with software delivery squads on platform enablement and pipeline improvements. Requirements • 8+ yrs DevOps / Platform Engineering / SRE; 2+ yrs in a team lead or tech lead role. • Expert Kubernetes (CKA or equivalent) and Helm; strong Terraform on Azure or AWS. • Production Kafka operations and Elasticsearch cluster management. • CI/CD pipeline design (Jenkins / GitLab CI / GitHub Actions) and GitOps (ArgoCD or Flux). • Python for operational automation; FCA/PCI-DSS cloud security understanding essential. • Fintech or financial services background advantageous; Azure certs (AZ-104, AZ-400, CKA) a plus. • Nice to have: RabbitMQ; Groovy pipeline scripting; GitHub Actions ### Responsibilities Key Responsibilities • Lead the DevOps/platform squad; own Definition of Done/Ready; track velocity and flag risks. • Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines; implement blue/green, canary, and feature-flag progressive delivery. • Manage AKS clusters: node pool sizing, upgrades, namespace isolation, network policies, cost optimisation. • Author and maintain Terraform modules for all Azure infrastructure; enforce IaC review and state lock. • Design and operate observability stack: Prometheus, per-squad Grafana dashboards, distributed tracing. • Manage Kafka clusters and Azure Service Bus; drive pipeline security automation (SAST, scanning, secrets). • Maintain Elasticsearch cluster health; tune ILM policies for 52M+ invoice documents. • Lead on-call rotation; own post-incident reviews; mentor DevOps engineers and run knowledge-sharing sessions. • Coordinate with software delivery squads on platform enablement and pipeline improvements. ### Qualifications Skill Set • Technical Leadership: Platform squad oversight; sprint task definition; infrastructure architectural decisions • Containers & Orchestration: Docker; Kubernetes/AKS (RBAC, HPA/KEDA, PDB); Helm (chart authoring, library charts) • IaC: Terraform (Azure — AKS, PostgreSQL, Service Bus, Key Vault, APIM); Atlantis/Terraform Cloud • CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions; ArgoCD/Flux; Trivy, Checkov, OWASP dep-check • Cloud & Observability: Azure AKS/Service Bus/Monitor; Prometheus + Grafana; OpenTelemetry; ELK/OpenSearch • Messaging & Security: Kafka; RabbitMQ; Azure Key Vault / HashiCorp…