Job Profile: Dev Ops Principal Engineer – Tech Lead
Role Overview
The Dev Ops Principal Engineer – Tech Lead provides senior technical leadership across cloud engineering, automation, and Dev Ops practices. The role blends hands‑on engineering excellence with leadership responsibility to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient Dev Ops solutions across global, multi‑region environments.
The Principal Engineer collaborates with architects, product owners, QA, Security, and global engineering teams to define standards, guide solution design, and mature Dev Ops capabilities across the program.
Key Responsibilities
1. Technology Leadership & Solution Design
Architect and implement Dev Ops solutions including CI/CD, containerization, Ia C, and cloud‑native designs in Azure.
Design multi‑stage CI/CD pipelines for complex applications with automation‑first, zero‑touch principles.
Lead Helm chart design, Kubernetes manifests, and release templates for enterprise deployments.
Drive AKS strategy: lifecycle, security, networking, scaling, and multi‑region resiliency.
Ensure alignment with EY reference architectures, governance, and security controls.
Evaluate and select Dev Ops and automation tooling to improve reliability and delivery velocity.
Lead modernization from classic/legacy pipelines to YAML and Git Hub Actions.
2. Delivery Oversight & Engineering Excellence
Oversee backlog execution, ensuring automated build, test, and deployment processes.
Drive consistent delivery of Dev Ops capabilities aligned to defined standards.
Lead configuration management and environment alignment for multi‑region deployments.
Lead troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis of complex deployment or automation incidents.
Advance Dev Ops maturity through measurable improvements in delivery and reliability metrics.
3. Governance, Standards & Best Practices
Implement mandatory scanning, secrets management, dependency governance, and hardening.
Define standards for branching, versioning, Helm packaging, release governance, and promotions.
Ensure compliance with EY security requirements using Sonar Qube, Aqua Sec, Mend.
Establish RBAC, audit trails, and governance across Azure, AKS, and CI/CD.
4. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
Serve as senior Dev Ops authority for architecture, cybersecurity, QA, and product teams.
Drive cross‑team decision‑making with clear communication and proactive risk escalation.
Work with engineering leads to embed Dev Ops practices and self‑service capabilities.
5. Documentation & Team Development
Maintain high‑quality documentation across architecture, CI/CD, runbooks, and dependencies.
Mentor engineers and promote Dev Ops maturity across the organization.
Deliver training on CI/CD, Kubernetes, automation, and Dev Ops best practices.
Must‑Have Skills & Experience
5–10 years hands‑on Azure experience.
Strong knowledge of Azure Networking, App Gateway/WAF, App Service, Functions, Logic Apps, Storage, Azure SQL, Traffic Manager, Key Vault, Service Bus, Monitoring suite.
Dev Ops, CI/CD & Automation – Expert
Git Hub / ADO: branching, YAML pipelines, release governance.
Advanced CI/CD design including platform migrations.
Docker and multi‑stage Dockerfiles; image optimization.
Terraform or Bicep (preferred); ARM templates.
HPA/VPA scaling; Git Ops tooling (Flux/Argo CD) preferred.
Security & Compliance – Advanced
Experience with Sonar Qube, Mend, Aqua Sec.
Secrets management with Key Vault or Vault.
Container security and vulnerability management.
C#, Python, or Node JS (for understanding application build/test requirements)
Strong scripting in Power Shell, Bash or Python.
Strong YAML proficiency for CI/CD and Kubernetes.
REST APIs and integration patterns.
Automation via Azure, Git Hub, and Kubernetes APIs.
Observability & Monitoring – Proficient
Logging and analytics with Log Analytics.
AI Knowledge (Plus)
Experience with Git Hub Copilot, AI agents, automation opportunities.
Understanding of AI/ML ops or Open AI integration (plus).
