Team Leader – Automation Engineering (Cloud Operations)

Radware is a global leader in cybersecurity and application delivery solutions for physical, cloud, and software-defined data centers.

At Radware, we live and breathe cybersecurity. It is our passion. Every day, our global team works to earn the trust of more than 12,500 organizations worldwide. Protecting them is our mission. We operate in a dynamic environment, combating sophisticated cyber threats from hacktivists to nation-state actors. With nearly 30 years of expertise, Radware is known for its technical excellence and innovation—making it essential to build our team with strong leadership talent.

📍 Location

Chennai, India

🎓 Educational Qualification

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field

🔹 Role Overview

We are looking for a Team Leader – Automation Engineering to lead and drive automation initiatives for global Cloud Operations. This role combines technical leadership and hands-on development, focusing on building scalable automation frameworks, improving operational efficiency, and mentoring a team of engineers.

You will work closely with Operations, Support, and Engineering teams to convert operational workflows, alerts, and incidents into robust automated solutions, while ensuring reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement.

🔹 Key Responsibilities

👥 Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and mentor a team of automation engineers
• Drive technical direction, best practices, and code quality
• Conduct performance reviews and support team growth
• Collaborate with global stakeholders and align priorities

⚙️ Automation & Engineering

• Design and implement end-to-end automated workflows for cloud operations
• Build and manage alert auto-handling systems (classification, validation, execution, rollback)
• Develop Python-based services and automation scripts
• Integrate automation solutions with internal systems via REST APIs
• Drive event-driven automation and workflow orchestration

🚨 Operations & Reliability

• Improve incident management through automation of resolution and diagnostics
• Ensure observability (logs, metrics, monitoring) across automation systems
• Own production systems including debugging, optimization, and scaling
• Ensure automation solutions are secure, auditable, and resilient

🤝 Collaboration & Strategy

• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Support teams
• Identify and prioritize automation opportunities
• Document workflows and create runbooks for operations teams
• Stay updated with industry trends and introduce best practices

🔹 Requirements

🎯 Experience

• 7–10+ years of experience in automation, DevOps, SRE, or backend engineering
• 2+ years of team leadership / mentoring experience

💻 Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on expertise in Python development
• Solid Linux fundamentals
• Experience with alerting/monitoring platforms
• Strong knowledge of event-driven systems and workflow automation
• Experience integrating systems using REST APIs
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Exposure to containers (Docker) and cloud environments

🧠 Core Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Ability to design scalable and maintainable systems
• Good understanding of incident management and operational reliability
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

➕ Nice to Have

• Knowledge of OSI Model (L1–L7)
• Experience in cloud platforms
• Exposure to workflow engines / schedulers

🌟 Why Join Us

• Work with a globally recognized cybersecurity leader
• Be part of a diverse team spanning 40+ countries
• Recognized as one of the World’s Best Places to Work
• Opportunity to lead impactful initiatives in cloud security and automation
• Culture focused on innovation, ownership, and growth

If you are passionate about leading teams, driving automation, and building reliable cloud operations systems, and want to contribute to securing organizations against modern cyber threats, this is the right opportunity for you at Radware.