Lead Devops Engineer

About the opportunity:

Role: Lead Devops Engineer

Location: Gurgaon

About the function:

At MakeMyTrip (MMT), technology is at the heart of everything we do. As a leading player in the travel industry, we leverage cutting-edge solutions like AI, machine learning, and cloud infrastructure to create seamless and innovative travel experiences. We prioritize a tech-first mindset, where our engineering teams lead the charge in transforming the way people travel.

Our culture encourages collaboration, creativity, and thought leadership, empowering engineers to challenge the status quo and develop impactful, game-changing solutions. At MMT, you'll work with the latest technologies, continually push boundaries, and have the chance to shape the future of travel.

Join us and become part of a forward-thinking, tech-driven organization that thrives on innovation and continuous learning.

About the role:

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Linux, containers, multi-cloud platforms (preferably AWS, GCP), CI/CD, and scripting to help streamline and enhance our development and deployment processes. You will be responsible for managing infrastructure, automating workflows, and ensuring high availability and performance of our applications.

What will you be doing:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Jenkins.

• Install and configure SAST tools such as SonarQube, Nexus, and enforce CI best practices.

• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker.

• Manage AWS cloud infrastructure, focusing on services such as VPC, EC2 ECS, EKS, S3 IAM, ALB, Lambda, etc., and associated networking components.

• Analyze and optimize the Cost of the cloud infrastructure.

• Install and manage third-party tools like Kong, Consul, Redash, Debezium, Kafka, and RabbitMQ (RMQ).

• Perform application-level debugging and provide L2 support to the SRE team for production incidents.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Ansible and Terraform across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

• Manage monitoring and logging pipelines using tools like Zabbix and ELK.

• Build internal tools and automate routine tasks using Bash and/or Python scripting.

• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure reliable and frequent software delivery.

• Continuously improve internal processes to enhance team efficiency and performance.

• Mentor junior team members through regular code reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and hands-on technical guidance, ensuring consistent growth and alignment.

Qualification & Experience:

• 6 to 9 years of experience in DevOps or related roles.

• Strong experience in Linux system administration.

• Hands-on experience with Docker for containerization.

• Deep understanding of AWS Cloud services, especially VPC, ALB, EC2 ECS, EKS, and S3 IAM.

• Proven experience with Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, and GitHub.

• Familiarity with build tools such as Maven (mvn) and npm.

• Strong scripting skills in Bash and/or Python.

• Solid experience with application debugging and system troubleshooting.

• Exposure to Mobile CI/CD pipelines is a plus.

• Familiarity with at least one programming language (e. g., Java, Node.js, Go, Python).

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e. g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).