Lead Engineer - DevOps

ValGenesis

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Chennai on site Until 10/3/2026 7+ years exp First posted August 4, 2026 Last posted August 4, 2026
Job description
About ValGenesis 
ValGenesis is a leading digital validation platform provider for life sciences companies. ValGenesis suite of products are used by 30 of the top 50 global pharmaceutical and biotech companies to achieve digital transformation, total compliance and manufacturing excellence/intelligence across their product lifecycle. 
 
Learn more about working for ValGenesis, the de facto standard for paperless validation in Life Sciences: https://www.valgenesis.com/about

About the Role:

Requirements:

    • 7+ years of hands-on experience in development or operations (developing, implementing and optimizing DevOps processes and practices) on Azure  

    • Must have 3+ years of experience of owning deployment of microservices architectures based solutions on Azure Cloud Services with experience in AKS, ASB, App Services, App Insights etc 

    • Must have 3+ years of experience in Azure, GitHub, Azure DevOps,  GitHub Actions, Linux shell script and python 

    • Strong experience in implementing and managing containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) on Azure 

    • Good Knowledge on Grafana, Prometheus, Loki and similar tools to develop, implement and automate monitoring and logging 

    • Excellent interpersonal skills  

    • Azure DevOps or Cloud Certification is a great plus 

    • Exposure/experience with MLOps and/or LLMOps on Azure is a great plus 

    • Familiarity with AI, ML, GenAI concepts is a great plus 

Responsibilities:

    • Responsible for creating, optimizing and implementing DevOps and deployment strategies partnering with engineering teams  

    • Responsible for maintaining and updating CI/CD pipelines 

    • Responsible for monitoring and optimizing cloud resources to enhance performance and cost-efficiency 

    • Responsible and accountable to handle critical support and deployment requests, collaborating with multiple other teams such as IT, SaaS, and test teams for effective resolutions 

    • Responsible for creating and implementing deployment strategies for various deployment scenarios, minimizing deployment risk, downtime, and user impact 

    • Own and drive the evaluation and adoption of Azure cloud tools and technologies 

    • Own and be accountable for the Performance, Scalability, Reliability and Sustainability of cloud deployments. 

    • Set up robust observability (logging, metrics, and tracing) and embed DevSecOps practices into the development lifecycle 

We’re on a Mission
In 2005, we disrupted the life sciences industry by introducing the world’s first digital validation lifecycle management system. ValGenesis VLMS® revolutionized compliance-based corporate validation activities and has remained the industry standard.
Today, we continue to push the boundaries of innovation ― enhancing and expanding our portfolio beyond validation with an end-to-end digital transformation platform. We combine our purpose-built systems with world-class consulting services to help every facet of GxP meet evolving regulations and quality expectations.

The Team You’ll Join
Our customers’ success is our success. We keep the customer experience centered in our decisions, from product to marketing to sales to services to support. Life sciences companies exist to improve humanity’s quality of life, and we honor that mission.​
We work together. We communicate openly, support each other without reservation, and never hesitate to wear multiple hats to get the job done.
We think big. Innovation is the heart of ValGenesis. That spirit drives product development as well as personal growth. We never stop aiming upward.
We’re in it to win it. We’re on a path to becoming the number one intelligent validation platform in the market, and we won’t settle for anything less than being a market leader.​

How We Work
Our Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore offices are onsite, 5 days per week. We believe that in-person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, and a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. 
ValGenesis is an equal-opportunity employer that makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Our goal is to have the best-qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristics protected by local law.
About this role

Summary

Manage DevOps processes, optimize cloud deployment, ensure performance and reliability on Azure.

Job title

Lead Engineer - DevOps

Experience level

7+ years

Minimum experience

7+ years exp

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Chennai, onsite, 5 days/week, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

AzureGitHubAzure DevOpsGitHub ActionsLinux shell scriptpythonDockerKubernetes

Preferred skills

Azure Cloud CertificationMLOpsLLMOpsAIMLGenAI

Specializations

DevOpsAzureKubernetesCI/CDmonitoring
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

On-site City
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