Technical Lead - DevOps.

About US: -

We turn customer challenges into growth opportunities.

Material is a global strategy partner to the world’s most recognizable brands and innovative companies.

Our people around the globe thrive by helping organizations design and deliver rewarding customer

experiences.We use deep human insights, design innovation and data to create experiences powered by modern

technology. Our approaches speed engagement and growth for the companies we work with and

transform relationships between businesses and the people they serve.

Srijan, a Material company, is a renowned global digital engineering firm with a reputation for solving

complex technology problems using their deep technology expertise and leveraging strategic

partnerships with top-tier technology partners. Be a part of an Awesome Tribe

JD - Technical Lead - DevOps

Technical Skills: - You can translate logical designs into physical designs. You can produce detailed designs and

document all work using required standards, methods, and tools, including prototyping tools where

appropriate. You can design systems characterized by managed levels of risk, manageable business,

and technical complexity, and meaningful impact. You know how to work with well-understood

technology and identify appropriate patterns. You can manage the availability of different service

components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets.

You can troubleshoot and identify problems across systems: including computing, storage,

networking, physical infrastructure, software, COTS and open-source packages and solutions, and

virtual and cloud computing, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. Automation mindset is appreciated to

manage mundane or repetitive tasks. You are aware of Information Security at large Networks,

Docker Security, K8S Security. You can analyze current processes, identify and implement

opportunities to optimize processes, and lead and develop a team of experts to deliver service

improvements. You can help to evaluate and establish requirements for the implementation of

changes by setting policy and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the migration of services from Nomad and Consul to Amazon ECS (Fargate or EC2
  
  

launch type).

• Redesign service discovery and networking patterns in the AWS ecosystem.
• Manage and evolve infrastructure using Terraform (modular, reusable code).
• Collaborate with development teams to containerize applications and adapt them to ECS
  
  

architecture.

• Optimize and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for consistent build, test, and deploy
  
  

workflows.

• Integrate ECS with AWS-native services (e.g., CloudWatch, IAM, ALB, Route53, EFS, RDS).
• Conduct performance testing and tuning of migrated services.
• Implement observability best practices for the new environment (logging, tracing, metrics).
• Ensure security, reliability, and scalability of the new platform.
  
  

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles.
• Experience in Docker
• Deep knowledge of AWS ECS (Fargate/EC2), networking, IAM, and container lifecycle
  
  

management.

• Expertise with Terraform for infrastructure automation (workspaces, modules, state
  
  

backends).

• Proficiency with GitLab CI/CD, including runners, pipelines, and environment deployments.
• Strong understanding of microservices, container orchestration, and cloud-native patterns.
• Experience with service mesh, load balancing, and traffic routing.
• Solid grasp of system monitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK, etc.).
• Familiarity with Docker best practices and security hardening.
• Good communication skills and experience working with cross-functional teams.
  
  

Who We Are & What We Care About

• Material is a global company and we work with best-of-class brands worldwide. We also create
  
  

and launch new brands and products, putting innovation and value creation at the center of our

practice. Our clients are in the top of their class, across industry sectors from technology to

retail, transportation, finance and healthcare.

• Material employees join a peer group of exceptionally talented colleagues across the company,
  
  

the country, and even the world. We develop capabilities, craft and leading-edge market

offerings across seven global practices including strategy and insights, design, data & analytics,

technology and tracking. Our engagement management team makes it all hum for clients.

• We prize inclusion and interconnectedness. We amplify our impact through the people,
  
  

perspectives, and expertise we engage in our work. Our commitment to deep human

understanding combined with a science & systems approach uniquely equips us to bring a rich

frame of reference to our work.

• A community focused on learning and making an impact. Material is an outcomes focused
  
  

company. We create experiences that matter, create new value and make a difference in

people's lives.

What We Offer

• Professional Development and Mentorship.
• Hybrid work mode with remote friendly workplace. (6 times in a row Great Place To Work
  
  

Certified).

• Health and Family Insurance.
• 40+ Leaves per year along with maternity & paternity leaves.
• Wellness, meditation and Counselling sessions.