Senior Technical Lead - DevOps

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

Requirements:

Experience:

• 10+ years in a DevOps role.
• 8+ years working with Kubernetes in production, including on-premises Kubernetes deployments
• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps experience in a GCP cloud production environment.

Infrastructure & Automation:

• Proven ability to build projects from scratch.
• Strong expertise in writing Terraform modules(experience with Terragrunt is an advantage).
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitLab CI (GitLab CI preferred).
• Proficiency in Python and Bash (proven Python experience is an advantage).
• Deep understanding of Linux OS administration and management.

Monitoring & Logging:

• Experience creating Grafana dashboards (Prometheus backend preferred).
• Familiarity with ES-based centralized logging solutions (e.g., Coralogix, Logz.io).

Soft Skills:

• Self-motivated, able to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with R&D teams and support their daily operations.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enhance deployment processes.
• Develop automated infrastructure provisioning frameworksand ensure their reliability.
• Manage and oversee code deployments across all environments.
• Create and maintain monitoring dashboards, continuously improving observability.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring team members on best practices in DevOps.
• Drive innovation by brainstorming and implementing new development and delivery strategies.
• Handle day-to-day project management and administration.
• Document and refine processes, ensuring up-to-date and efficient workflows.
• Continuously improve infrastructure and application development practices.
• Adhere to and promote industry best practices and company standards.