Cloud Solutions Architect

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan, schedule, and manage all releases across product and customer projects.
• Define and maintain the release calendar, identifying dependencies and managing risks proactively.
• Partner with engineering, QA, DevOps, and product management to ensure release readiness.
• Create release documentation (notes, guides, videos) for both internal stakeholders and customers.
• Run a release review process with product leads before publishing.
• Publish releases and updates to the company website release section.
• Drive communication of release details to internal teams and customers in a clear, concise way.
• Manage post-release validation and rollback procedures when required.
• Continuously improve release management through automation, tooling, and process refinement.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• 3+ years of experience in Release Management, DevOps, or related roles.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, source control (Git), and build/deployment practices.
• Experience creating release documentation and customer-facing content (videos, notes, FAQs).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to translate technical changes into business impact.
• Familiarity with SaaS, iPaaS, or enterprise software environments is a strong plus.

PERKS, BENEFITS AND WORK CULTURE:

• Competitive salary package.
• Opportunity to learn from and work with senior leadership & founders.
• Build solutions for large enterprises that move from concept to real-world impact.
• Exceptional career growth pathways in a highly innovative and rapidly scaling environment.

Required Skills

● Experience: Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in a DevOps Engineer

role

● Cloud Proficiency: Proven experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS,

Azure, or GCP).

● Scripting & Programming: Strong scripting skills in languages such as Bash, Python,

or Go.

● IaC Tools: Hands-on experience with Terraform.

● Container Technology: Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes.

● CI/CD Tools: Proficient with CI/CD platforms like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Travis CI.

● Configuration Management: Experience with configuration management tools like

Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.

● Version Control: Strong knowledge of Git and branching strategies.

● Problem-Solving:Excellent problem-solving abilities and a commitment to automation

and continuous improvement.

Job Description

Role: Sr. DevOps – Architect

Location: Bangalore

Who are we looking for?

A senior level DevOps consultant with deep DevOps related expertise. The Individual should be passionate about technology and demonstrate depth and breadth of expertise in similar roles and Enterprise Systems/Enterprise Architecture Frameworks;

Technical Skills:

• 8+ years of relevant  DevOps /Operations/Development experience working under Agile  DevOps  culture on large scale distributed systems.

• Experience in building a DevOps platform in integrating DevOps tool chain using REST/SOAP/ESB technologies.

• Required hands on programming skills on developing automation modules using one of these scripting languages Python/Perl/Ruby/Bash

• Require hands on experience with public cloud such as AWS, Azure, Openstack, Pivotal Cloud Foundry etc though Azure experience is must.

• Experience in working more than one of the configuration management tools like Chef/Puppet/Ansible and building own cookbook/manifest is required.

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience in Building CI/CD pipelines using any of the continuous integration tools like Jenkins, Bamboo etc.

• Experience with planning tools like Jira, Rally etc.

• Hands on experience on continuous integration and build tools like (Jenkins, Bamboo, CruiseControl etc.) along with version control system like (GIT, SVN, GITHUB, TFS etc.), build automation tools like Maven/Gradle/ANT and dependency management tools like Artifactory/Nexus.

• Experience with more than one deployment automation tools like IBM urban code, CA automic, XL Deploy etc.

• Experience on setting up and managing  DevOps  tools on Repository, Monitoring, Log Analysis etc. using tools like (New Relic, Splunk, App Dynamics etc.)

• Understanding of Applications, Networking and Open source tools.

• Experience on security side of DevOps i.e. DevSecOps

• Good to have understanding of Micro services architecture.

• Experience working with remote/offshore teams is a huge plus

• Experience in building a Dashboard based on latest JS technologies like NodeJS

• Experience with NoSQL database like MongoDB

• Experience in working with REST APIs

• Experience with tools like NPM, Gulp

Process Skills:

• Ability in performing rapid assessments of clients’ internal technology landscape and targeting use cases and deployment targets

• Develop and create program blueprint, case study, supporting technical documentations for DevOps to be commercialized and duplicate work across different business customers

• Compile, deliver, and evangelize roadmaps that guide the evolution of services

• Grasp and communicate big-picture enterprise-wide issues to team

• Experience working in an Agile / Scrum / SAFe environment preferred

Behavioral Skills :

• Should have directly worked on creating enterprise level operating models, architecture options

• Model as-is and to-be architectures based on business requirements

• Good communication & presentation skills

• Self-driven + Disciplined + Organized + Result Oriented + Focused & Passionate about work

• Flexible for short term travel

Primary Duties / Responsibilities:

• Build Automations and modules for DevOps platform

• Build integrations between various DevOps tools

• Interface with another teams to provide support and understand the overall vision of the transformation platform.

• Understand the customer deployment scenarios, and Continuously improve and update the platform based on agile requirements.

• Preparing HLDs and LLDs.

• Presenting status to leadership and key stakeholders at regular intervals

Qualification:

• Somebody who has at least 12+ years of work experience in software development.

• 5+ years industry experience in DevOps architecture related to Continuous Integration/Delivery solutions, Platform Automation including technology consulting experience

• Education qualification: B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, M. Tech or equivalent technical degree from a reputed college

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools(IaS) like Terraform and Cloud Formation.
• Proficiency in cloud-native technologies and architectures (Docker/ Kubernetes), Ci/CD pipelines.
• Good experience in Javascript.
• Expertise in Linux / Windows environment.
• Good Experience in Scripting languages like PowerShell / Bash/ Python.
• Proficiency in revision control and DevOps best practices like Git

You will make an ideal candidate if you have: 

• Experience of building a range of Services in a Cloud Service provider

• Expert understanding of DevOps principles and Infrastructure as a Code concepts and techniques

• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub)

• Managed an infrastructure that involved 50+ hosts/network 

• 3+ years of Kubernetes experience & 5+ years of experience in Native services such as Compute (virtual machines), Containers (AKS), Databases, DevOps, Identity, Storage & Security

• Experience in engineering solutions on cloud foundation platform using Infrastructure As Code methods (eg. Terraform)

• Security and Compliance, e.g. IAM and cloud compliance/auditing/monitoring tools

• Customer/stakeholder focus. Ability to build strong relationships with Application teams, cross functional IT and global/local IT teams

• Good leadership and teamwork skills - Works collaboratively in an agile environment

• Operational effectiveness - delivers solutions that align to approved design patterns and security standards

• Excellent skills in at least one of following: Python, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, Go, Node.JS

• Experienced in full automation and configuration management

• A track record of constantly looking for ways to do things better and an excellent understanding of the mechanism necessary to successfully implement change

• Set and achieved challenging short, medium and long term goals which exceeded the standards in their field

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences

• Built effective networks across business areas, developing relationships based on mutual trust and encouraging others to do the same

• A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, utilizing appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success

• A comprehensive understanding of risk management and proven experience of ensuring own/others' compliance with relevant regulatory processes

Essential Skills :

• Demonstrable Cloud service provider experience - infrastructure build and configurations of a variety of services including compute, devops, databases, storage & security

• Demonstrable experience of Linux administration and scripting preferably Red Hat

• Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing tools

• Experience working within an Agile environment

• Programming experience in one or more of the following languages: Python, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, Go, Node.JS

• Server administration (either Linux or Windows)

• Automation scripting (using scripting languages such as Terraform, Ansible etc.)

• Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools

Required Skills :

• Linux & Windows Server Certification

• Engineering in computer science
• 3-5 years of experience in setup and management of Kubernetes infrastructure
• Expert level skills in analytical & problem solving
• Ability to communicate clearly in English

• Microsoft Azure
• Kubernetes, AKS services as well as custom clusters on bare metal infrastructure
• Linux internals & services
• Docker, Docker Registry
• NGINX, Load Balancing, Firewall, Security, PKI
• Shell & Awk Script, Azure Templates & scripting, Python Scripting
• Knowledge of NoSQL Databases

About the company:

Tathastu, the next-generation innovation labs is Future Group’s initiative to provide a new-age retail experience - combining the physical with digital and enhancing it with data. We are creating next-generation consumer interactions by combining AI/ML, Data Science, and emerging technologies with consumer platforms.

The E-Commerce vertical under Tathastu has developed online consumer platforms for Future Group’s portfolio of retail brands -Easy day, Big Bazaar, Central, Brand factory, aLL, Clarks, Coverstory. Backed by our network of offline stores we have built a new retail platform that merges our Online & Offline retail streams. We use data to power all our decisions across our products and build internal tools to help us scale our impact with a small closely-knit team.

Our widespread store network, robust logistics, and technology capabilities have made it possible to launch a ‘2-Hour Delivery Promise’ on every product across fashion, food, FMCG, and home products for orders placed online through the Big Bazaar mobile app and portal. This makes Big Bazaar the first retailer in the country to offer instant home delivery on almost every consumer product ordered online.

Job Responsibilities:

• You’ll streamline and automate the software development and infrastructure management processes and play a crucial role in executing high-impact initiatives and continuously improving processes to increase the effectiveness of our platforms.
• You’ll translate complex use cases into discrete technical solutions in platform architecture, design and coding, functionality, usability, and optimization.
• You will drive automation in repetitive tasks, configuration management, and deliver comprehensive automated tests to debug/troubleshoot Cloud AWS-based systems and BigData applications.
• You’ll continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize the development and operational efficiency of the platforms.
• You’ll determine the metrics that will define technical and operational success and constantly track such metrics to fine-tune the technology stack of the organization.

Experience: 4 to 8 Yrs

Qualification: B.Tech / MCA

Required Skills:

• Experience with Linux/UNIX systems administration and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Kubernetes and container orchestration, Web servers (Nginx, Apache), Application Servers(Tomcat,Node.js,..), document stores and relational databases (AWS RDS-MySQL).
• Site Reliability Engineering patterns and visibility /performance/availability monitoring (Cloudwatch, Prometheus)
• Background in and happy to work hands-on with technical troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Supportive and collaborative personality - ability to influence and drive progress with your peers

Our Technology Stack:

• Docker/Kubernetes
• Cloud (AWS)
• Python/GoLang Programming
• Microservices
• Automation Tools

• Expertise in Infrastructure & Application design & architecture
• Expertise in AWS, OS & networking
• Having good exposure on Infra & Application security
• Expertise in Python, Shell scripting
• Proficient with Devops tools Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, GIT
• Solid background in systems engineering and operations
• Strong in Devops methodologies and processes
• Strong in CI/CD pipeline & SDLC.