Platform/DevOps Lead

Overview

Platform/DevOps Lead providing technical direction, mentorship, and escalation ownership across DevOps and Platform Engineering. Leads the platform practice supporting an enterprise Data Platform, including ingestion, orchestration, CI/CD, and observability layers.

What you'll do

• Set technical direction for DevOps and Platform Engineering, covering CI/CD standards, IaC patterns, orchestration, and observability.
• Own the architecture roadmap for the ingestion layer, scheduling, and deployment automation.
• Serve as the single technical escalation point for platform incidents and change management.
• Drive problem management to reduce recurring incidents and champion permanent fixes.
• Track platform KPIs including reliability, incident volume, deployment success rate, and cost efficiency.
• Mentor Platform and DevOps Engineers on best practices, code quality, and career growth.
• Manage vendor coordination with Databricks and adjacent platform vendors, including upgrade planning and license/capacity discussions.

What you'll need

• 10+ years overall experience in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps, including 2+ years in a technical lead capacity.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Hands-on background in Databricks, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience leading platform or DevOps teams supporting enterprise data workloads.
• Proven experience managing vendor relationships and complex upgrade programs.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering and business audiences.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Unity Catalog governance and Databricks-native AI capabilities.
• Exposure to industry-standard maturity models for data and platform operations.
• Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Cloud Solutions Architect Professional certification.

Details

• Location: Bangalore.