Azure IoT DevOps Specialist

Azure IoT DevOps Specialist(Freelancer)

Key Responsibilities

I. Solution Architecture and Development Leadership

• Lead

  the design and hands-on implementation of resilient and secure IIoT solutions utilizing the

  Azure IoT suite

  (IoT Hub, IoT Edge, IoT Central, Device Provisioning Service).

• Architect

  and develop

  serverless

  and

  containerized

  backend services using

  Azure Functions

  ,

  App Services

  ,

  Azure Container Registry (ACR)

  , and

  Docker

  to process high-volume, real-time telemetry data.

• Collaborate

  with enterprise architects to define scalable application frameworks and integrate

  industrial protocols

  such as

  OPC UA

  and

  MQTT

  with enterprise systems for seamless data flow.

• Contribute

  to workflow and governance automation using

  Azure Logic Apps

  and

  Microsoft Entra ID

  (formerly Azure AD) for Identity & Access Management (IAM) and governance.

II. DevOps and Infrastructure Automation

• Drive

  the implementation and maintenance of robust, end-to-end

  CI/CD pipelines

  (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) for infrastructure and application code.

• Own

  the

  Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

  strategy, utilizing

  Terraform

  to provision and manage the entire IoT infrastructure, including Azure IoT Hubs, networking, and security resources.

• Guide

  the team in advanced

  containerization

  and

  Kubernetes

  orchestration (e.g., AKS or K3s on Edge devices) for optimal resource utilization and deployment consistency.

• Implement

  and champion

  Observability

  practices, including advanced monitoring, tracing, and logging using Azure Monitor/Application Insights and potentially open-source tools like

  Prometheus

  and

  Grafana

  .

• Define

  and implement high-availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity strategies for critical IoT workloads.

III. Data and Security

• Establish

  and optimize data pipelines using

  Azure Data Services

  such as

  Service Bus

  ,

  Event Hub

  ,

  Stream Analytics

  , and

  Azure Data Explorer

  for ingestion and analysis.

• Apply

  strong working knowledge of various data stores, including

  SQL Azure Database

  ,

  CosmosDB

  (NoSQL), and

  Azure Blob Storage

  , focusing on efficient data modeling for IoT time-series data.

• Enforce

  and audit security best practices across the entire IoT stack, covering device identity, secure communication (PKI), platform security, and

  Entra ID

  federation (ADFS, etc.).

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years

  of progressive experience in Software Development, DevOps Engineering, and complex IoT solution delivery.

• Deep, expert-level proficiency

  in the

  Azure IoT suite

  and a proven track record of designing and deploying mission-critical, production-scale IoT/IIoT systems.

• Mastery

  of IaC principles and extensive hands-on experience with

  Terraform

  for provisioning and managing Azure infrastructure.

• Strong command

  of containerization (

  Docker

  ) and production-grade

  Kubernetes (AKS)

  orchestration.

• Solid experience

  integrating industrial machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols (e.g.,

  OPC UA

  ,

  Modbus

  ,

  MQTT

  ) and working with telemetry data pipelines.
• Excellent working knowledge of

  Azure security models

  , networking, business continuity, and disaster recovery architectures.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with advanced IoT data processing and analytics, including

  Azure Stream Analytics

  and

  Machine Learning at the Edge

  .
• Familiarity with other components of the Azure Digital Twins and industrial suite (

  Azure Digital Twins

  ,

  Azure IoT Fabric

  ,

  Twin Builder

  ).
• Practical experience with high-throughput messaging systems like

  Kafka

  or

  RabbitMQ

  .
• Active professional certification such as

  Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty

  or

  Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

  .

  Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile