Azure Devops Engineer

Job Title:

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage applications on Microsoft Azure.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using

  Azure DevOps

  (YAML pipelines, release management) and GitHub Actions.
• Containerize applications with Docker and orchestrate them on Kubernetes (

  AKS

  ).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates).
• Monitor application health using Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics; troubleshoot deployment and production issues.
• Optimize infrastructure for performance, cost and reliability.
• Collaborate with development teams to automate build, test, release and deployment processes.
• Ensure security, scalability and high availability of cloud infrastructure (RBAC, Key Vault, network security, secrets management).

Must-Have Skills (Priority Order)

1. Microsoft Azure

   cloud services and

   Azure DevOps

   (

   primary skills

   )
2. CI/CD pipelines: Azure DevOps (YAML, release pipelines, environments, approvals) and GitHub Actions
3. Azure deployment and release management
4. Docker containerization
5. Kubernetes (AKS preferred)
6. Linux administration and shell scripting
7. Monitoring and logging: Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics

Good to Have

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates
• Helm, GitOps (Argo CD / Flux), Azure Container Registry (ACR)
• DevSecOps tooling (SonarQube, Trivy, Defender for Cloud)
• Certifications: AZ-104, AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert) or CKA

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or a related field
• 3-5 years of relevant DevOps/cloud experience with real Azure production exposure
• Currently based in

  Chennai

  or willing to relocate; must be available for a

  face-to-face interview