Principal Dev Ops & SRE Engineer

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities Own end-to-end release management across DEV, SIT, UAT, CERT, and PROD environments. Define and govern release calendars, versioning strategies, go/no-go criteria, rollback plans, and post-release validation. Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines with embedded security, quality, and compliance controls. Drive infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for cloud and hybrid environments. Implement SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, incident response, and blameless postmortems. Lead observability strategy using ELK stack for centralized logging, monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis. Apply AI/AIOps capabilities for anomaly detection, alert noise reduction, predictive monitoring, and automated RCA. Ensure audit readiness, compliance, and traceability across the SDLC. Act as technical authority and mentor for DevOps, SRE, and platform engineers. Desired Candidate Profile 8 12+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Release Engineering roles. Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps). Deep expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and zero-downtime deployment strategies. Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, ARM, or equivalent). Strong understanding of SRE principles (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, incident management). Hands-on expertise with ELK / Elastic Stack for observability. Experience applying AI/AIOps techniques in IT operations. Strong scripting skills (Python, Shell). Experience in regulated environments, preferably Wholesale or Corporate Banking. Preferred Skills Experience with Payments, Cash Management, H2H integrations, or API platforms. Exposure to DevSecOps tools such as SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and hybrid architectures. Familiarity with DORA metrics and engineering productivity measurement. Key Competencies: Strong ownership mindset and accountability for production reliability. Excellent stakeholder communication and cross-team orchestration. Data-driven decision-making using engineering and reliability metrics. Ability to operate under pressure during releases and incidents. Mentorship and technical leadership capabilities. Note: Min-Max years of exp- 8-12 years of relevant exp. Software industry and banking domain is acceptable Top3 Mandatory skills- AWS is mandate but if the candidate has Azure also, it s good. CI/CD tools, GitLab, ELK (MUST), AI techniques (MUST) Cloud certification is required (MUST) Employment Type Full Time Company Industry RecruitmentPlacement FirmExecutive Search Department / Functional Area Engineering Keywords CI/CD PipelinesAutomationTechnical LeadSREEngineering ManagerDevOpsMonitoring & AlertingPrincipal Infrastructure EngineerPerformance TuningCloud Architect Get real-time job updates only on our App