SA/AVP, DevOps Lead, SRE & Governance, Group Technology

Role Overview

The DevOps Lead is responsible for end-to-end release governance, DevOps strategy, and operational excellence across Avaloq and its ecosystems. This role ensures stable, secure, and efficient delivery of changes while driving automation, CI/CD maturity, and production resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end Avaloq release lifecycle (DEV → SIT → UAT → PROD) ensuring smooth deployments
• Plan and coordinate release schedules across Development, Infrastructure, and Business teams
• Ensure compliance with Change Management processes and release governance standards
• Conduct release readiness checks including impact analysis, rollback planning, and dependency validation
• Maintain release calendars, documentation, and governance dashboards
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for application deployments
• Automate build, deployment, and configuration management processes
• Drive automation-first approach to reduce manual effort and improve efficiency
• Standardize DevOps practices, tools, and frameworks across environments
• Manage and maintain multiple environments (Dev, SIT, UAT, Performance, DR, Production)
• Ensure environment consistency, configuration alignment, and deployment reliability
• Support database and infrastructure changes related to Avaloq (Oracle, RAC, Exadata)
• Implement and manage infrastructure-as-code and configuration management (where applicable)
• Collaborate with Development and Infrastructure teams to enable faster and reliable delivery pipelines
• Continuously improve DevOps maturity by enhancing deployment speed, quality, and automation coverage.
• Promote best practices, standardization, and governance across teams

Mandatory Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in Avaloq platform (MANDATORY) and familiar with Avaloq tools and framework.
• Strong experience in Release Management and DevOps practices in banking/wealth domain
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins/GitLab/Drone) and scripting (Shell/Python)
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, OpenShift, Alauda).
• Good understanding of Oracle databases (preferably RAC/Exadata environments)
• Experience managing mission-critical production systems with high availability requirements
• Experience with configuration management and automated deployment processes.