Job Title- Lead DevOps Engineer

Position type- Full Time

Work Location- Bangalore

Working style- Hybrid

Shift Time- 12:30pm - 9:30pm (Flexible)

People Manager role: No

Required education and certifications critical for the role- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Finance, or related field or equivalent experience.

Required years of experience - 10+ years of work experience in relevant field

AON IS IN THE BUSINESS OF BETTER DECISIONS

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are committed to our purpose as one firm, united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:

We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to drive DevOps strategy and execution across a portfolio of Azure-hosted applications. This is a hands-on player-coach role where you will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and deployment strategies while mentoring a small DevOps team.

You'll work closely with engineering, cloud, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions aligned with enterprise standards. This role requires strong technical depth, ownership mindset, and the ability to balance execution with leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

DevOps Strategy, Architecture & Delivery (Hands-On)

Own DevOps strategy across multiple applications
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps)
Implement and run low-downtime deployments (blue/green, canary)
Develop and manage Terraform-based IaC
Architect and operate Azure infrastructure
Implement monitoring, logging, and observability
Embed security and compliance into pipelines
Deliver DevOps outcomes end-to-end

Leadership, Coordination & Execution (Player-Coach)

Mentor and guide the DevOps engineer
Act as hands-on lead (player-coach)
Prioritize and manage work across applications
Coordinate with dev, QA, product, and business teams

Operations, Support & Continuous Improvement

Lead incident response and root cause analysis
Ensure system reliability and performance
Continuously improve pipelines, tooling, and practices
Use AI to enhance delivery with proper governance

Core technical profile

CI/CD & Azure DevOps
- Strong experience withAzure DevOps Pipelines
- Able to design and operateblue/green deploymentsand other low‑downtime deployment strategies
Infrastructure as Code
- Hands‑on experience withTerraformfor Azure
- Able to define and maintain reusable IaC patterns and modules
Azure Services
- Solid understanding of coreAzure services(compute, storage, networking, monitoring, etc.)
- Experiencepartnering with central Cloud/Azure teamsto get designs implemented and approved

Leadership / ownership

Comfortabletaking the leadon DevOps for a complex application
Candesign an overall DevOps solution(build, release, environments, monitoring, rollback)
Able totrack work from initiation through completion, coordinating across developers, PM/BA, and cloud/platform teams

AI usage

UsesAI effectivelyto improve pipeline reliability, infrastructure quality, and documentation
Applies appropriateguardrails(e.g., validation of AI output, security and compliance awareness)

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