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Lead I - DevOps Engineering

UST · IT Services & Consulting

  • Trivandrum, Kochi
  • On-site
  • Posted yesterday
  • IT & Infrastructure

About the job

DevOps Lead

Job Title

DevOps Lead

Location

Offshore (India)

Experience

6-10 Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support our Healthcare payor application development, maintenance, and production support landscape. The role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines, release automation, cloud infrastructure, monitoring solutions, and DevOps best practices across healthcare payer applications. The candidate will work closely with development, QA, support, infrastructure, and business teams to improve deployment efficiency, system reliability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD & Release Management

Design, develop, and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Automate application build, deployment, and release processes.

Support release planning, deployment coordination, and rollback strategies.

Improve deployment frequency while ensuring platform stability.

Manage source control, branching, and versioning strategies.

Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM Templates, or equivalent tools.

Support Azure cloud infrastructure provisioning and optimization.

Manage environments across Development, QA, UAT, and Production.

Ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience of applications.

Automation & Platform Engineering

Automate repetitive operational and deployment activities.

Develop scripts using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

Enable self-service deployment and environment management capabilities.

Create reusable DevOps templates, frameworks, and standards.

Monitoring & Reliability

Configure and maintain monitoring solutions for applications and infrastructure.

Support observability through dashboards, s, and logging platforms.

Analyze performance trends and proactively resolve reliability issues.

Participate in incident resolution and root-cause analysis activities.

DevSecOps & Compliance

Integrate security scanning and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines.

Implement vulnerability management and remediation processes.

Ensure adherence to healthcare and enterprise security standards.

Production Support

Support deployment activities, batch operations, and environment stability.

Collaborate with ServiceNow and support teams for incident/problem management.

Participate in on-call production support rotations as required.

Troubleshoot deployment failures and environment issues.

Required Skills

Core DevOps

Azure DevOps (ADO)

CI/CD Pipeline Development

Git / GitHub / Azure Repos

Release Management

Build Automation

Cloud & Infrastructure

Microsoft Azure

Azure App Services

Azure Functions

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Azure Storage

Azure Monitoring

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

ARM Templates

Bicep

Scripting

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Monitoring & Reliability

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

Splunk / Dynatrace / AppDynamics (preferred)

Log Analytics

ITSM & Operations

ServiceNow

Incident Management

Problem Management

Change Management

Root Cause Analysis

Database & Middleware

SQL Server

API Integrations

Web Services

Container Technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting healthcare payer applications.

Exposure to Facets ecosystem and related healthcare platforms.

Experience with production support and AMS engagements.

Knowledge of AutoSys or enterprise batch scheduling tools.

Familiarity with SRE and platform engineering practices.

Azure certifications preferred.