Lead Devops Engineer IaC Automation(Azure and AWS)

Lead Enterprise Software Engineer Location: Chennai Experience Range: 10 to 16 Years Wolters Kluwer is looking for a hands-on Automation Engineer in our Enterprise Systems Software Engineering Team to design, deploy, support, operation, and integrate next generation of Enhanced Monitoring Observability cloud applications. Working within our Engineering/Automation areas, the senior cloud engineer (Lead Enterprise Software Engineer) will be collaborating closely with Architecture, Networking, Global Hosting, Cloud Operations, GIS Security, Compliance, Product Development teams and other key stakeholders, to ensure the applications are built in a resilient, secure, and scalable manner along with the standards. This role will be pivotal in driving automation across Enterprise Cloud infrastructure as part of Dev Sec Ops portfolio. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in IaC, production-grade automation, cross-cloud resiliency, and operational excellence. The engineers are relied on for automating activities that are otherwise manual and bringing efficiencies to existing processes. In addition, automation engineers champion the development of reusable solutions/templates taking advantage of the latest capabilities that cloud monitoring has to offer. Essential Duties and responsibilities Implementation/support/maintenance of AIOps/ system which is used by multiple development and operations teams. Implementation of plugins / integration components to existing monitoring solutions (commercial and custom). Work with product team in containerizing applications, debugging issues and assisting with app transformation. Implement full stack monitoring to ensure infra, cloud platform, OS, apps telemetry Work to continually improve time to market products and releases by proposing innovative solutions to automate Provide input into architecture and engineering standards Prepare and maintain the architectural documentation Explore new technologies, development patterns, and partake in pilots/POC/technology evaluations Coordinate and assist in complex troubleshooting in production support/operations IaC Development & Automation Design, develop, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules using tools such as Terraform, ARM, Bicep, CloudFormation, and Ansible for multi-cloud environments. Build Just-In-Time reusable ADO pipelines integrated with YAML-based deployment patterns and application-driven inputs for automated recovery and provisioning. Disaster Recovery & AIops Engineering Lead technical design and implementation of automated DRA pipelines including failover/failback strategies across AWS and Azure. Implement infrastructure workflows as part of AIOps for automated trend analysis, load balancer control, firewall posture tracking, and vulnerability remediation. Production Reliability & Incident Support Act as Tier-4 engineering escalation point for complex production incidents, root cause analysis, and recovery automation. Develop self-healing mechanisms and monitoring enhancements using cloud-native tools (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Tanium). Ability to debug and handle complex incidents in production environments with composure. Security & Compliance Integration Support infrastructure compliance with frameworks such as NIST, SOC2, PCI-DSS, by embedding automated posture checks and remediation in CI/CD. Participate in weekly vulnerability reviews, risk register updates, and remediation rollout across cloud environments. Collaboration & Documentation Collaborate with product owners, QA, business analysts, and application teams to translate functional use cases into automated infrastructure solutions. Maintain documentation for automation workflows, pipeline standards, and reusable modules. Required Skills & Qualifications Tools and Tech Proficiency needed (out of 5) CI/CD with Azure DevOps 4 Git/Github 4 Jenkins 3 API development 3 SQL server database management (good to have) 2 Oracle server database management 2 IaC - Terraform , Arm/Bicep/ Cloud formation 4 Bash scripting 2 Powershell scripting 4 Azure function 4 Python (AWS lambda) 4 Prompt engineering AI (AWS Q, Bedrock , Anthropic, Gen AI) integration - plug and play 3 Preferred Qualifications Certifications: Terraform Associate, AWS/Azure Architect, CKA/CKAD preferred. Experience with AI/ML-driven operations tools or auto-remediation frameworks. Exposure to SRE practices, Observability stack, and incident automation. Soft Skills Proactive ownership of initiatives with a delivery-first mindset. Strong cross-functional communication and ability to work in agile pods. Clear documentation and reporting skills (contributing to audit and security reviews). Actively explore new trends and identify new ways of solving old problems Serves as a peer leader to other developers and develops technical skills and practices for high-quality software development Liaise with other teams and stakeholders, adhering to standards and coordinating approaches. participate in Agile activities and assist the development and testing process changes as and when required. Other Duties Performs other duties as assigned by management Job Qualifications & EXPERIENCE Education: Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field Experience: Required: 10+ years’ experience in Software Engineering, Cloud DevOps Role 6+ years’ experience in writing IaC templates 6+ years’ writing programmatic deployment artifacts for enterprise applications 6+ years’ experience working with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins or other well-known tools) 6+ years’ experience with Kubernetes and Prometheus 6+ years’ experience in Monitoring systems: Zabbix and/or Prometheus; (experience in Data Dog / New Relic / Dynatrace / AppDynamics will be plus), cloud native monitoring solutions (AWS CloudWatch/X-Ray, Azure Monitoring); 5+ years’ experience in Logging solutions: preferable Elasticsearch 4+ years’ experience in Visualization tools: Grafana/Kibana 4+ years’ experience in Scripting: Bash and/or PowerShell, Python 4+ years’ strong experience in Architectural 4+ years’ strong experience in Networking skills 4+ years’ strong experience in Linux A strong DevOps experience on AWS & Azure Expertise in a SCM/CI/CD tool like GitHub, Gitlab, Jenkins 4+ experience with SQL 2+ Certifications in AWS and Azure Soft Skills Required: Able to work independently, Lead the initiatives, Mentor/help the Org to build next gen team Seniority: Individual Contributor Lead TraVEl requirements None Physical Demands Normal professional office environment. 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We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process. Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process. If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us. Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. 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