Sr Tower Lead (Tools & Automation)
India
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Job Description
Sr Tower Lead (Tools & Automation)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Job Summary

The Automation SME is responsible for designing, standardizing, and governing Day 0 and Day 1 automation capabilities across hybrid, multi‑cloud, and sovereign cloud environments.
The role ensures that security, compliance, regional sovereignty, and operational resilience are embedded by design using Policy as Code and automation frameworks.

The SME acts as a technical authority, defining automation patterns, enforcing guardrails, and enabling platform and application teams to consume compliant automation at scale.

Key Responsibilities

1. Day 0 Automation – Platform & Environment Readiness

  • Design and implement Day 0 automation for:
    • Cloud account/subscription landing zones
    • Network topologies and segmentation
    • Identity foundations (IAM, RBAC, ABAC)
    • Logging, monitoring, and audit enablement
  • Embed security and compliance controls by default, eliminating post‑deployment hardening.
  • Define region‑specific and sovereign cloud baselines, including:
    • Approved regions and services
    • Mandatory encryption and key management
    • Data residency and locality enforcement

2. Day 1 Automation – Workload Onboarding

  • Build Day 1 automation for:

Skill Requirements

  • Strong expertise in:
    • Terraform / OpenTofu
    • Bicep / ARM
    • CloudFormation
  • Configuration and orchestration:
    • Ansible / AWX

Other Requirements

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Information at a Glance

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 226,300 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 December 2025 totaled $14.5 billion.
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