India - Bangalore, India
Hybrid
Trintech is an award-winning AI-driven Fintech SaaS organisation transforming the way finance teams operate.
We are seeking a Principal Cloud Ops Engineer. This is a senior hands-on technical leader responsible for the oversight, architecture, implementation, and operational readiness of a new Microsoft Azure environment. This role provides deep technical guidance across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes/AKS, containerized application platforms, CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and production operations.
The Principal Cloud Ops Engineer will work across cloud engineering, DevOps, application, security, and infrastructure teams to define scalable Azure platform patterns and implement reliable cloud services. The role requires a wealth of experience across a broad range of technologies, advanced troubleshooting skills, and the ability to operate as both an architect and hands-on engineer.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Provide technical oversight and architecture for a new Azure cloud environment supporting Kubernetes and web application deployments.
Design, implement, and maintain Azure platform capabilities, including AKS, Azure Container Registry, Key Vault, service principals, app registrations, and related cloud services.
Serve as a principal hands-on engineer for the implementation, configuration, automation, and operational support of Azure cloud services.
Architect and support Kubernetes/AKS platforms, including cluster deployment, workload configuration, maintenance, scaling, resiliency, and operational best practices.
Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform to provide repeatable, secure, and consistent cloud environments.
Design, enhance, and support CI/CD practices using Azure DevOps, pipelines, deployment automation, and release management patterns.
Provide advanced containerization expertise across Kubernetes deployments, maintenance, image management, runtime configuration, and platform lifecycle activities.
Partner with application, DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to define cloud standards, deployment patterns, operational runbooks, and platform documentation.
Troubleshoot complex cloud, Kubernetes, networking, identity, pipeline, infrastructure, and application deployment issues across Azure environments.
Evaluate and recommend Azure PaaS offerings where appropriate to improve scalability, reliability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
Support monitoring, metrics gathering, alerting, observability, and operational reporting for cloud platforms and hosted workloads.
Lead technical design discussions, mentor engineers, and provide guidance on cloud operations, platform engineering, automation, and troubleshooting practices.
Ensure production changes are documented, tested, and aligned with change control, security, compliance, and operational readiness requirements.
Anticipate technical risks, remove implementation blockers, and escalate issues where necessary to protect delivery timelines and platform stability.
WHO YOU ARE
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
8-12 years of progressive experience in cloud operations, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, systems engineering, platform engineering, or related technical roles.
Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and public cloud operating models.
Strong AKS experience, including Kubernetes cluster deployment, configuration, operations, maintenance, scaling, and troubleshooting.
Advanced containerization experience with Kubernetes, including workload deployments, platform maintenance, image management, and operational support.
Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices for cloud environment provisioning and lifecycle management.
Experience with CI/CD concepts and implementation, including Azure DevOps, pipelines, automated deployments, and release orchestration.
Hands-on knowledge of Azure service principals, app registrations, managed identities, Key Vault, Azure Container Registry, and related platform services.
Knowledge of Azure PaaS offerings and ability to evaluate appropriate use cases for cloud-native services.
Strong IT fundamentals across networking, DNS, Active Directory, identity, compute, storage, firewalls, load balancing, and related infrastructure services.
Advanced troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose complex issues across cloud, Kubernetes, networking, identity, pipelines, and application layers.
Ability to create and maintain technical documentation, standards, runbooks, diagrams, and implementation guidance.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to communicate architecture, status, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to work independently, drive complex technical initiatives, mentor others, and influence engineering direction across teams.
NICE TO HAVE
Experience with monitoring, metrics gathering, observability, alerting, and operational health reporting for cloud platforms.
Team lead experience or demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, coordinate technical work, and guide implementation efforts across teams.
Experience supporting SaaS, hosted, or customer-facing production applications in cloud environments.
Familiarity with cloud security, governance, policy management, cost management, and reliability engineering practices.
At our core, Trintechers stand committed to fostering a culture rooted in our core values – Humble, Empowered, Reliable, and Open. Together, these values guide our actions, define our identity, and inspire us to continuously strive for excellence in everything we do.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability.