Platform DevOps Lead

We are looking for a DevOps / Platform Lead to provide technical direction, mentorship, and escalation ownership across our DevOps and Platform Engineering practice. This is a technical leadership role with hands-on depth — combining architecture guidance, vendor management, and engineering oversight for the DevOps and Platform Engineer group supporting the enterprise Data Platform, ingestion, orchestration, CI/CD, and observability layers. Leads a team of Platform and DevOps Engineers. You own the health, roadmap, and delivery of the platform practice.  **Key Responsibilities:**  **Technical Strategy & Architecture**  * Set the technical direction for DevOps and Platform Engineering — CI/CD standards, IaC patterns, orchestration, and observability.  * Own the architecture roadmap for the ingestion layer, scheduling, and deployment automation.  * Guide the team on modern Databricks-native operating patterns.  **Platform Operations & Reliability**  * Serve as the single technical escalation point for DevOps and Platform incidents and change management.  * Drive problem management practices — reduce recurring incidents and champion permanent fixes over reactive support.  * Ensure operational readiness for year-end activities, compliance, and audit requirements.  * Track platform KPIs — reliability, incident volume, deployment success rate, and cost efficiency.  **Automation & Continuous Improvement**  * Champion automation and agentic operations to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.  * Drive continuous improvement in ways of working, aligned with industry-standard operating maturity models.  **Leadership & Mentorship**  * Mentor and grow Platform and DevOps Engineers on best practices, code quality, and career growth.  * Shape team capacity and capability — hiring input, skills development, and workload planning across the Platform/DevOps group.  * Represent the DevOps / Platform practice in Data & AI leadership forums and cross-functional reviews.  **Stakeholder & Vendor Management**  * Partner with Data Engineering leadership to align platform capabilities with data delivery needs.  * Own vendor coordination with Databricks and adjacent platform vendors — case management, upgrade planning, and license/capacity discussions.  **What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months):**   * You'll establish the platform's CI/CD and observability standards, reduce recurring incidents through problem management, mature vendor and upgrade governance, and lift the team's automation and AI-native operating maturity.  **Required Qualifications:**  * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent relevant experience.  * 10+ years of overall experience in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps including 2\+ years in a technical lead capacity.  * Strong hands-on background in Databricks, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code.  * Prior experience leading platform or DevOps teams supporting enterprise data workloads.  * Proven experience managing vendor relationships and complex upgrade programs.  * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering and business audiences.  **Preferred Qualifications:**  * Familiarity with Unity Catalog governance and Databricks-native AI capabilities.  * Exposure to industry-standard maturity models for data and platform operations.  * Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Cloud Solutions Architect Professional certification.  **Competencies:**  * Ownership and accountability — end-to-end responsibility for platform health and delivery.  * Servant leadership — grows the team while removing blockers.  * Strategic thinking — balances short-term operational stability with long-term platform evolution.  * Diplomatic and clear communicator — comfortable with vendors, leadership, and engineering peers.  * Bias for automation, KPIs, and outcome-driven service delivery.  [More information about NXP in India...](https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/worldwide-locations/india:INDIA) #LI-29f4