Paytm

mobile payments and financial services

LeadDevOpsEngineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Lead DevOps Engineer at Paytm. Skills: DevOps, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD. Define and evolve DevOps platform architecture. Design and standardize CI/CD and GitOps workflows”

What You'll Achieve.

support scalable and reliable systems; consistent and efficient deployments; minimize risk; ensure production readiness; improved system visibility; faster debugging; efficient resource utilization; automation across infrastructure; automation across deployment workflows; align DevOps with business and scaling needs; deliver software efficiently and reliably at scale

Industry & Context.

mobile payments and financial services
Problems you'll solve

system design and problem-solving skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6–10+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE roles, Kubernetes-based systems (EKS preferred), AWS networking fundamentals (VPC, subnets, routing, security groups, load balancing), containerized workloads across EKS and EC2-based environments, Terraform (or equivalent IaC tools), CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, etc.), GitOps workflows (ArgoCD preferred), observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki or equivalent), managing production systems (Kafka, Redis, etc.), drive cloud cost optimization initiatives, system design and problem-solving skills

Nice to Have

Argo Rollouts or similar progressive delivery tools, service mesh (Istio or similar), multi-cluster or multi-region setups, building internal DevOps tools or platforms, AI-driven automation workflows, configuration management tools (Ansible)

What You'll Do.

Define and evolve DevOps platform architecture

Design and standardize CI/CD and GitOps workflows

Drive adoption of progressive deployment strategies

Own container orchestration platforms

Establish and enhance observability practices

Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives

Build and promote automation-first approach

Define and enforce DevOps governance

Own incident management and reliability improvements

Collaborate with engineering and leadership teams

Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decision-making

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with engineering and leadership teams; align DevOps with business and scaling needs; Mentor engineers; contribute to technical decision-making and design reviews

Communication Scope

communication and stakeholder management skills

Full Job Description

## Description JD - DevOps Lead / Sr Lead About Us: Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology and innovation. About the Role: As a DevOps Lead, you will own the DevOps platform, infrastructure strategy, and operational excellence across systems. You will drive architecture decisions, standardize best practices, and lead initiatives across scalability, observability, cost optimization, and automation. This role requires a strong blend of technical depth, system design thinking, and leadership, enabling teams to deliver software efficiently and reliably at scale. What You Will Do: ● Define and evolve the DevOps platform architecture to support scalable and reliable systems ● Design and standardize CI/CD and GitOps workflows for consistent and efficient deployments ● Drive adoption of progressive deployment strategies (canary, rollouts, etc.) to minimize risk ● Own container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes/EKS/etc) and ensure production readiness ● Establish and enhance observability practices for improved system visibility and faster debugging ● Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives, ensuring efficient resource utilization ● Build and promote an automation-first approach across infrastructure and deployment workflows ● Define and enforce DevOps governance, security, and operational standards ● Own incident management and reliability improvements, including root cause analysis ● Collaborate with engineering and leadership teams to align DevOps with business and scaling needs ● Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decision-making and design reviews AI & Automation Mindset: ● Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and reduce manual effort ● Identify opportuni

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