Lead DevOps Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of DevOps infrastructure and cloud environments.
• Manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP, ensuring scalability, availability, and performance.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for automated build, deployment, and release management.
• Oversee network security, including firewalls, VPNs, VPCs, load balancers, and network access controls.
• Ensure infrastructure security through IAM, encryption, vulnerability management, and security monitoring.
• Manage Kubernetes, Docker, containerization, and orchestration environments.
• Implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, troubleshoot production issues, and ensure high system availability.
• Establish disaster recovery, backup, business continuity, and incident management processes.
• Work closely with engineering, security, and product teams to ensure smooth infrastructure operations.
• Ensure compliance with financial industry security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and mentor the DevOps and Infrastructure team.

The core requirements for the job include the following:

Cloud and Infrastructure:

• Strong experience with either AWS / Azure / GCP.
• Cloud infrastructure architecture, deployment, and management.
• Experience with VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, load balancers, DNS, and networking.
• Infrastructure scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery.

DevOps and Automation:

• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Docker and Kubernetes.
• Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Linux administration and shell scripting.
• Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog.

Network Security:

• Strong understanding of network architecture and security.
• Experience with firewalls, VPN, WAF, IDS/IPS, and network access controls.
• Knowledge of SSL/TLS, encryption, IAM, and security protocols.
• Experience with network monitoring, vulnerability assessment, and security incident management.

Infrastructure and Security Compliance:

• Experience managing production-grade infrastructure.
• Knowledge of security best practices and cloud security frameworks.
• Understanding of compliance requirements such as PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2.
• Experience with disaster recovery, backup management, and business continuity planning.

Must Have:

• Candidates must have worked in at least one of the following domains: fintech, NBFC (non-banking financial company), payment gateways/payment processing companies, digital banking/financial services, or digital lending/financial technology platforms.