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At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.
This Position reports to:
Digital Solution Engineering Manager
What We Believe In
ABB’s Process Automation business area enables customers to operate some of the world’s largest and most complex industrial infrastructures, helping them outrun – leaner and cleaner.
We offer a broad range of automation, electrification and digital solutions for process, hybrid and maritime industries, including industry-specific integrated control and software as well as measurement and analytics solutions and services.
Your Role And Responsibilities
This is a DevOps Architect role in Cloud and AI Platform, reporting to the Digital Solutions Engineering Manager within the Process Automation business area, located in Bangalore.
You will work closely with Product Delivery, Platform Services, Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Engineering leadership at the Ability Innovation Center (AIC)—ABB’s largest global technology and engineering hub. AIC brings together research, development, engineering, and services under one roof, enabling high collaboration, accelerated innovation, and uncompromised quality.
The work model for the role is: Hybrid
Your Responsibilities
DevOps & CI/CD Architecture
- Define and own the end-to-end DevOps architecture blueprint for cloud-native and AI-driven platforms.
- Design scalable, secure, and resilient CI/CD frameworks using Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions for multi-team and multi-product environments.
- Establish enterprise-grade pipeline standards for build, test, security scanning, artifact management, and deployments.
- Embed security-by-design principles including SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and compliance checks across pipelines.
- Define deployment strategies (rolling, blue-green, canary) to reduce risk, downtime, and mean time to recovery.
- Drive standardization of pipeline templates, reusable components, and automation libraries across teams.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Cloud Architecture
- Architect and govern Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for Azure-based platforms.
- Design modular, reusable, and compliant IaC frameworks aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
- Define environment strategies (dev/test/stage/prod) with automated provisioning and lifecycle management.
- Partner with security and cloud teams to ensure adherence to cloud governance, cost optimization, and resilience standards.
GitOps Strategy & Implementation
- Define and institutionalize GitOps reference architecture for infrastructure and application deployments.
- Establish Git-based workflows for Kubernetes, IaC, and platform configurations.
- Evaluate and implement GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux) at scale.
- Drive governance models ensuring all infrastructure and configuration changes flow through pull-request–based approvals.
Developer Platform & Service Management
- Architect and lead implementation of a Developer Platform / Internal Developer Portal.
- Define service ownership models, golden paths, and self-service capabilities for development teams.
- Integrate the developer portal with CI/CD pipelines, IaC, observability, and documentation systems.
- Establish role-based access control, authentication, and authorization for platform services.
- Enable service lifecycle visibility—from creation to deployment, operation, and decommissioning.
Workflow Automation & Platform Engineering
- Design automated workflows that unify CI/CD, GitOps, IaC, and Developer Portal capabilities.
- Enable self-service provisioning for services, environments, and infrastructure.
- Drive consistency, reliability, and velocity through platform engineering best practices.
- Identify opportunities to reduce toil and operational overhead through intelligent automation.
Observability, Monitoring & Reporting
- Architect end-to-end observability including metrics, logs, traces, and deployment insights.
- Integrate monitoring and reporting into the developer portal for real-time visibility.
- Enable tracking of deployment history, performance KPIs, SLOs, and reliability metrics.
- Partner with operations teams to improve incident response and platform availability.
Technical Leadership, Education & Adoption
- Act as a technical authority and mentor for DevOps and platform engineering teams.
- Educate teams on CI/CD, GitOps, IaC, DevSecOps, and developer platform practices.
- Drive adoption through reference architectures, best practices, and enablement sessions.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, automation-first mindset, and continuous improvement.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8–15 years of overall experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Architecture roles.
- Proven experience designing enterprise-scale CI/CD and DevOps architectures.
- Strong hands-on expertise with Azure cloud services and DevOps ecosystems.
- Expert-level experience with Git, branching strategies, and version control governance.
Technical Expertise
- Terraform for enterprise-grade Infrastructure as Code – Must Have
- CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions – Must Have
- DevSecOps tooling integration: SonarQube, Trivy, MetaDefender – Must Have
- Kubernetes & cloud-native deployment patterns – Must Have
- Experience with blue-green, canary, and progressive delivery strategies – Good to Have
- Exposure to GitOps frameworks and tooling – Good to Have
- Strong scripting and automation capabilities (YAML, Bash, Python, etc.)
Soft Skills & Leadership
- Excellent architecture documentation and technical communication skills.
- Ability to translate business and platform goals into technical strategies.
- Strong collaboration skills across engineering, security, and leadership stakeholders.
- Proven experience influencing teams and driving organization-wide DevOps maturity.
More About Us
ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. The Process Automation (PA) business area (>$6B revenue in 2021, 22,000 employees), automates, electrifies and digitalizes some of the most complex industrial infrastructures on this planet. Through its five divisions, it serves customers in the energy, process and hybrid industries – from hydrocarbons, chemicals, water, mining, minerals, pulp & paper to marine and ports, and many more. PA stands at the heart of some of the most important shifts in society, helping the energy-intense industries to safer, smarter and more sustainable operations to enable a prosperous, low-carbon society.
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
Ready to make an impact? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
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