Staff DevOps Engineer / Team Lead - Chennai, India

🚀 Why Exasol? Why Now?

At Exasol, we believe that speed is the key to turning data into impact. Our in-memory, massively parallel processing (MPP) database is one of the fastest in the world, built from the ground up for analytics at scale. We help financial institutions, retailers, governments, and defense organizations make better decisions faster, by turning complex data into actionable insights in seconds, not hours.

This is a pivotal moment for Exasol. As we double down on our growth in Germany and across Europe, we are building a commercial team that thrives on curiosity, grit, and action. And it starts with you, our next Business Development Representative.

💼 Overview (Role Purpose)

We are looking for an experienced Staff DevOps Engineer / Team Lead that can lead the DevOps team in supporting our development teams. You’ll thrive in this role if you love both leading other engineers to deliver valuable systems and getting hands on with design and implementation. You will be responsible for maintaining our Linux-based build and test infrastructure, which runs thousands of tests every hour supporting our development teams. You will drive the design, development, and migration to a modern CICD pipeline with automated quality gates, working closely with development, testing, and IT teams to understand requirements and develop efficient solutions.

🎯 Responsibilities

Lead DevOps team, mentoring and growing senior DevOps engineers, as together you accomplish the following:

• Collaborate with development, quality engineering, and IT teams to design, implement, and maintain a scalable, secure, and high-availability Linux-based build and test infrastructure
• Work with development and testing teams to maintain and improve the test orchestration and scheduling tool chain
• Proactively optimize system performance and troubleshoot issues as they arise to ensure smooth operations
• Handle system updates, upgrades, and patch management to keep the environment secure and up to date
• Set up monitoring tools to track system performance, application metrics, and infrastructure health
• Utilize configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt) to automate provisioning and installations
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides

✅ Required Qualifications

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. This role needs to align priorities with development teams and IT department, and this requires active stakeholder engagement.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of professional experience as a DevOps Engineer
• 2+ years managing other engineers and high impact projects
• Strong proficiency in Linux system administration and shell scripting
• Strong proficiency in Python development
• Proficient in configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt)
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad)
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with C++ is a plus
• Experience with workload manager software (Nomad, Slurm, etc.) is a plus
• Experience with cloud technology is a plus (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with OpenStack is a plus
• Fluent in English

💡 Preferred Qualifications (if applicable)

• Familiarity with Exasol or other analytics databases
• Experience with OpenStack or workload managers (Nomad, Slurm)

📆 A Day in the Life

Your day may begin by reviewing the performance of the Linux-based build and test infrastructure and ensuring CI/CD pipelines are running smoothly. You collaborate with development, QA, and IT teams to improve automation, optimize system performance, and resolve infrastructure issues. As a team lead, you mentor DevOps engineers, guide technical decisions, and work on improving scalable and reliable infrastructure that supports development teams.

📈 What’s in It for You

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Flexible and remote-first working environment
• Monthly home office allowance and flexible working hours
• Opportunities to work on cutting-edge cloud infrastructure
• Continuous learning through internal knowledge sharing and technical sessions
• A collaborative global team where your contributions truly matter

Location Requirements

Chennai, India (Hybrid)

About Exasol

Take the next step in your career journey. Visit www.exasol.com to explore our current job openings and follow us on LinkedIn to see what it is like to work at Exasol.

Exasol is a proud equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive working environment and therefore base all our employment selection decisions, within all aspects of our business, on experience, skill, and integrity. We strongly encourage applicants from all walks to life to apply for our positions, irrespective of age, sex, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, etc.