Cloud Engineer — DevOps

About the role

Cloud Engineer (DevOps) at HPE Hyderabad — hybrid / multi-cloud infrastructure, IaC automation, CI/CD, monitoring & security for HPE's edge-to-cloud and GreenLake solutions.

This Cloud Engineer — DevOps listing on cloudsoftsol.com is curated for engineers in India who are actively interviewing for AWS / Azure cloud and DevOps roles. The role is permanent / full-time at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), based in Hyderabad, and the salary band reflects mid-2026 market rates for 5-12 years experience. Read the responsibilities, requirements and interview-prep sections below carefully — applications that reflect each one specifically convert at roughly 4-6x the rate of generic CV blasts.

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Responsibilities

Architect and own AWS / Azure landing zones for the company's most strategic accounts — multi-account / multi-subscription topology, hub-spoke networking, identity federation and unified observability. Lead Kubernetes platform engineering at production scale across AWS / Azure (EKS / AKS / GKE): cluster lifecycle, platform add-ons, IRSA / Workload Identity, service mesh, OPA / Kyverno policy, and progressive-delivery patterns (canary, blue-green, traffic-shifting). Set the CI/CD direction for the engineering organisation — pick the right toolchain per client / product, design reusable workflow libraries, and gate higher environments on signed-artefact promotion. Lead AWS Well-Architected, Azure WAF or GCP Architecture-Framework reviews with client architects; document findings; own remediation plans across operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost and sustainability pillars. Set the DevSecOps and FinOps bar for the engineering organisation — runtime threat detection, SIEM correlation, monthly cost-anomaly reviews, and quarterly compliance reporting against ISO 27001 / SOC 2 / PCI-DSS / HIPAA / RBI / SEBI. Mentor 4-8 mid-level engineers, lead architecture review boards, run blameless post-incident reviews and represent the company at AWS / Microsoft / Google partner days.

Requirements & qualifications

7+ years of DevOps / Platform Engineering, with 4+ years on AWS / Azure and 3+ years operating production Kubernetes at scale. Architectural thinking — landing zones, multi-region active-active, identity federation, FinOps. Strong written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting trade-offs to client architects and engineering leadership. Cloud Professional / Expert certifications expected.

Why this role in 2026

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) operates one of the most respected AWS / Azure engineering teams in the Hyderabad market. Senior engineers leaving here move into Lead / Architect / Engineering Manager roles at top-tier product companies and SIs within 1-2 years.

Application tips

Apply via the company's official careers portal (link below). Senior loops at this level care about three things: architectural depth, communication, and stakeholder presence. Lead the CV with one high-leverage architecture decision you owned end-to-end, including the trade-off you rejected.

Interview preparation

Five-to-six rounds typical: recruiter, technical screen, hands-on Terraform / Kubernetes review, system-design (large-scale multi-cloud or multi-region architecture), a stakeholder / behavioural round, and an engineering leadership round. Senior loops weight architectural communication and judgement at least 50%.

Career growth

Inside Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE): Principal Engineer / Lead Architect (year 1-2) → Engineering Manager (year 3+) → Practice Lead / Director (year 5+). Strong senior profiles also rotate into client-facing pre-sales / advisory tracks.

Company & benefits

INR 25-42 LPA fixed CTC plus 12-20% target bonus. RSU / ESOP grants for senior individual contributors. Comprehensive private medical for self + family + parents. Sponsored Professional / Expert certifications and conference attendance. Hybrid 2-3 days office. 26-30 days annual leave plus statutory holidays. Generous parental and wellness leave.