Cloud Platform Engineer / DevOps, Officer

About the role

Senior architecture-focused Azure role at State Street / Charles River Development — AKS at enterprise scale, GitOps with ArgoCD, Terraform + Terragrunt, monitoring for regulated financial services.

This Cloud Platform Engineer / DevOps, Officer listing on cloudsoftsol.com is curated for engineers in India who are actively interviewing for Azure cloud and DevOps roles. The role is permanent / full-time at State Street (Charles River Development), based in Hyderabad, and the salary band reflects mid-2026 market rates for 10-15 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

Drive Azure infrastructure and networking implementation. Hands-on Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt. Provide cloud engineering support across build, migration, and operations of Azure infra. Research and evaluate emerging cloud technologies. Define standards and best practices through POCs. Act as Subject Matter Expert on Cloud topics. Design and deploy enterprise-scale solutions. Establish automated DevOps release-management pipelines. Cultivate a CI/CD mindset across teams. Provide thought leadership.

Requirements & qualifications

7+ years of DevOps / Platform Engineering, with 4+ years on 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

State Street (Charles River Development) operates one of the most respected 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 State Street (Charles River Development): 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 35-55 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.