Senior Technical Lead
India
Job Description
Senior Technical Lead
Hyderabad, Telangana

Job Summary

Skill / Category Mandatory / Non-Mandatory Evaluation Focus Rationale
GCP Data Platform Engineering & Operations Mandatory Design, deployment and operational support of cloud-native data platforms, infrastructure and platform services Core platform ownership responsibility.
Kafka & Streaming Data Platform Engineering Mandatory Topics, producers, consumers, schema management, throughput optimization, lag management, resilience and platform monitoring Critical for event-driven data integration and real-time processing.
Data Pipeline Engineering & Data Integration Mandatory Data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, integration patterns and operational support
Database operations, scalability, performance tuning, backup, recovery and high availability
Data validation, reconciliation controls, quality monitoring and issue resolution processes
BigQuery & Cloud-Native Analytics Platform Engineering
Core capability for data movement across the ecosystem.
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) & Platform Automation Mandatory Automated provisioning, configuration management and platform lifecycle management Enables scalable and consistent platform deployment.
CI/CD Engineering & Data Platform Release Automation ( Harness Exposure ) Mandatory Automated deployment, testing and operational workflows supporting data platforms Improves engineering efficiency and operational reliability.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) for Data Services Mandatory Metrics, logs, traces, pipeline monitoring, health dashboards and actionable alerting
Production readiness, operational support, root cause analysis and continuous improvement
Scalability planning, resilience testing, disaster recovery and business continuity preparedness
Reliability engineering, toil reduction, operational excellence and service performance optimization
Service measurement, error budgets, reliability targets and operational health indicators
End-to-end monitoring, tracing, platform telemetry and operational insights
Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry & Observability Tooling
Essential for proactive platform support and issue detection.

 

Key Responsibilities

Skill / Category Mandatory / Non-Mandatory Evaluation Focus Rationale
GCP Data Platform Engineering & Operations Mandatory Design, deployment and operational support of cloud-native data platforms, infrastructure and platform services Core platform ownership responsibility.
Kafka & Streaming Data Platform Engineering Mandatory Topics, producers, consumers, schema management, throughput optimization, lag management, resilience and platform monitoring Critical for event-driven data integration and real-time processing.
Data Pipeline Engineering & Data Integration Mandatory Data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, integration patterns and operational support
Database operations, scalability, performance tuning, backup, recovery and high availability
Data validation, reconciliation controls, quality monitoring and issue resolution processes
BigQuery & Cloud-Native Analytics Platform Engineering
Core capability for data movement across the ecosystem.
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) & Platform Automation Mandatory Automated provisioning, configuration management and platform lifecycle management Enables scalable and consistent platform deployment.
CI/CD Engineering & Data Platform Release Automation ( Harness Exposure ) Mandatory Automated deployment, testing and operational workflows supporting data platforms Improves engineering efficiency and operational reliability.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) for Data Services Mandatory Metrics, logs, traces, pipeline monitoring, health dashboards and actionable alerting
Production readiness, operational support, root cause analysis and continuous improvement
Scalability planning, resilience testing, disaster recovery and business continuity preparedness
Reliability engineering, toil reduction, operational excellence and service performance optimization
Service measurement, error budgets, reliability targets and operational health indicators
End-to-end monitoring, tracing, platform telemetry and operational insights
Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry & Observability Tooling
Essential for proactive platform support and issue detection.

 

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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.