Lead DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com

Job Description

We are hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer to support our cloud modernization initiatives within Credit & Verification Services. This is a hybrid role based in Hyderabad, requiring approximately 40% office attendance each month.

In this role, you will lead an Agile DevOps team responsible for delivering the Credit Report Cloud Foundation Platform backlog.

You will be based in Hyderabad and reporting to Director Engineering.

You will work closely with engineering teams to enable reliable infrastructure provisioning, automation, and cloud-native platform capabilities. The role includes leadership responsibilities across platform engineering, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud operations, security, and operational reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of DevOps engineers, promoting collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to support the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support multiple engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) components using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Provision, manage, and optimize AWS infrastructure to support availability, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Integrate DevSecOps practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities across platforms and services.
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with security, compliance, scalability, and cost management requirements.
• Drive automation across engineering workflows, infrastructure management, and deployment processes.
• Provide technical leadership for non-functional requirements, including reliability, scalability, performance, and operational resilience.
• Participate in Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, refinement sessions, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform capabilities, operational efficiency, and engineering practices through automation and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, MCA, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, including 2+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience building and supporting cloud-native solutions on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience working with stakeholders across engineering and business functions.
• Experience analyzing technical challenges and supporting solution delivery.
• Experience working in Agile environments and participating in sprint planning, refinement sessions, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience identifying opportunities to automate and optimize engineering workflows.

Required Technical Skills

• Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Harness, AWS CodeBuild/CodeDeploy, or Azure Pipelines.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CDK, and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of networking concepts including IP addressing, DNS, routing, firewalls, and web application firewalls (WAFs).
• Experience scripting and automation using Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
• Experience developing and operating containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes, including Amazon EKS.