Harman

About the Role

Seasoned DevOps, CI/CD, and automation expert who leads and delivers complex, enterprise-scale cloud projects. Tech guiding a team of ~10 high expert global DevOps engineers for software product delivery platform. He / She will need to be responsibility for the current legacy frameworks as well as take the team to create our future modern CI/CD framework including automation and observability.

Experienced as a DevOps CI/CD Architect to design and implement of our Continuous Integration and Deployment including developer workflow solutions. You will work cross-functionally to optimize our build, test, and release processes. Key focus areas will include improving developer productivity, application quality, and release velocity. Come to work with a community of innovators making an immediate and significant impact on Harman's Continuous Integration and development process.

Strong hands-on ability to both architect, define, and direct technical solution delivery, as well as a proven track record of leading and managing teams in various domains and environments
Cloud services, configuration management, version control, build tools, dependency management, monitoring, incident management, log analysis, code review, code analysis, programming and scripting languages, platforms, and agile methodologies.

What You Will Do

• Architecture of cloud-agnostic infrastructure solutions that can operate across multiple cloud providers

• Focus on Azure & AWS implementation as the primary cloud platform, with planned expansion to AWS support in subsequent phases

• Ensuring the architecture remains provider-independent as much as possible.

• Implement infrastructure automation using provider-agnostic tools and practices:

  • HashiCorp Vault for secrets management instead of cloud-native secret stores

  • Terraform for infrastructure provisioning across all cloud providers

  • Platform-agnostic monitoring and observability solutions

• Architect and maintain our Kubernetes-based container orchestration platform using cloud-agnostic principles

• Develop and optimize automated CD pipelines using GitOps tools (ArgoCD) and methodologies 

• Create and maintain Helm charts for consistent application deployments across cloud providers

• Build and maintain unified observability solutions that work consistently across cloud platforms

• Develop automation scripts and tools using Shell, Python, and Golang

• Design and implement disaster recovery and high availability solutions that can span multiple cloud providers

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• 8+ year’s experience in a DevOps tech Lead role

• 15+ years of experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering roles

• Proven track record of designing and implementing large-scale infrastructure solutions

• Strong understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements

• Experience with microservices architecture and deployment patterns

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Strong communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams

• Experience with multiple cloud providers (Azure, AWS)

• Knowledge of infrastructure security and compliance frameworks

• Experience with multi-cloud deployments and migrations

• Experience with infrastructure cost optimization across cloud providers

• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)

• Knowledge of infrastructure security and compliance frameworks

• Cloud Platform Architecture

  • Strong expertise in designing cloud-agnostic solutions

  • Advanced knowledge of Azure services and infrastructure

  • Understanding of cloud platform differences and commonalities

  • Experience in abstracting cloud-specific services into platform-agnostic solutions

• Infrastructure Management

  • Advanced expertise with Terraform for multi-cloud infrastructure provisioning

  • Experience with HashiCorp Vault for cloud-agnostic secrets management

  • Strong knowledge of infrastructure abstraction patterns and practices

• Container Orchestration & DevOps Tools

  • Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes administration with multi-cloud considerations

  • Expertise in creating portable Helm charts that work across cloud providers

  • Hands-on experience with ArgoCD and GitOps workflows

  • Experience with cloud-agnostic service mesh solutions

• CI/CD & Version Control

  • Advanced experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions

  • Expertise in designing cloud-agnostic CD pipelines

  • Strong understanding of GitOps principles and practices

• Observability & Monitoring

  • Experience implementing cloud-agnostic logging, monitoring, and tracing solutions

  • Knowledge of platform-independent monitoring tools and practices

  • Understanding of SLI/SLO principles across cloud platforms

• Programming & Scripting

  • Strong scripting skills in Shell and Python

  • Working knowledge of Golang

  • Experience developing cloud-agnostic automation tools

What is Nice to Have

• Cloud platform certifications (Azure, AWS, or multi-cloud)

• Contributions to open-source projects

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 25%, domestic and international travel

• This role is eligible to work 50:50 in HARMAN global location and remotely

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment

• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)

• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University

• Competitive wellness benefits

• Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria

• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

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