Devops - Devops Lead

DevOps - DevOps 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  About the team:Paytm Risk team solves some of the most complex DevOps issues across the globe. Some of our DNA fingerprints are:
1) Cloud-First Paytm is a cloud-first company where we work on some of the largest cloud (AWS) workloads.2) Scalability We tame scale. Our definition of scale is -- PBs of data, millions of requests per minute, few thousand microservices hosted on a few hundred thousand cores.3) Innovation is our blood. Automation is our key Mantra. We work smartly -- We have designed one of the world's largest CI platforms, our own AWS cost management platform, EBS autoscale (Yes we downscale EBS without even an ms of outage), and so on.4) Observability One of the best in-house designed observability systems processing a few 10s of millions of events per second and many more.
About the Role:As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for driving continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), managing cloud-based infrastructure, and ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of our applications. You will work with automation tools, observability solutions, and AI-driven enhancements to optimize DevOps workflows and improve operational efficiency. This role requires deep expertise in cloud cost optimization, infrastructure as code (IaC), monitoring, and zero-downtime deployments.
Key responsibilities1) Work with our engineering team to design and implement a highly available, scalable, cost-effective and secure infrastructure.2) Develop a deep understanding of our complex architecture, automate infrastructure and deployment using code and ensure performance, reliability and uptime of every component of the system.3) Improve observability of the system, troubleshoot production incidents, identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive measures.4) Work with our Information security team to implement security fixes and make systems secure and compliant as per the guidelines.5) Document and implement best practices and strategies around running Low-latency high-throughput applications in the Cloud.6) Manage and improve our NoSQL/big-data infrastructure (Cassandra, EMR etc)7) Participate in weekly On call rotation for the production systems.
Expectations/Requirements:1) 6+ years of overall experience in DevOps.2) Cloud expertise: AWS (Preferred) / Azure / Google Cloud.3) Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on experience with Terraform for cloud resource provisioning.
CI/CD & Deployment Pipelines:1) Experience with Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab CI/CD.2) Expertise in Zero Downtime Deployment strategies.3) Strong knowledge of GitOps practices using ArgoCD.
Containerization & Orchestration:1) Experience with Docker & Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS).
Monitoring & Observability:1) Strong experience with ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for logging and observability.2) Experience with Grafana & Prometheus for system monitoring.
Database Systems: Experience in setting up and administering NoSQL databases including Cassandra and MongoDB.x
Messaging & Caching Systems:1) Experience managing Kafka (production-level clusters).2) Hands-on expertise in Redis (production-level clusters).
Scripting & Automation:1) Python scripting for automation (preferred).
AI & Automation Tools:1) Experience leveraging AI tools (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, etc.) to automate routine DevOps tasks and improve productivity.2) Ability to integrate AI-driven solutions into DevOps workflows.
Cloud Cost Optimization:1) Strong understanding of cost-saving best practices for cloud infrastructure.2) Ability to mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.3) Superpowers/Skills That Will Help You Succeed in This Role:4) High level of drive, initiative, and self-motivation.5) Strong problem-solving skills with a growth mindset.6) Excellent communication and stakeholder management.7) Passion for automation and AI-driven efficiencies.8) Willingness to experiment, innovate, and continuously improve.
Why Join Us?1) A collaborative, output-driven environment that fosters innovation.2) Opportunities to work on large-scale, high-impact projects.3) A culture that values technical excellence, automation, and efficiency.4) Respect that is earned from peers and leadership based on contributions and impact. Compensation:If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you with enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants – and we are committed to it. India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here. It’s your opportunity to be a part of the story!