Devops Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Automation & Scripting: Automate repetitive tasks using Python to streamline infrastructure management, monitoring, and reporting.

• Azure Cloud Infrastructure: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure on Azure. Ensure optimal use of cloud services to support both production and development environments.
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build, manage, and enhance robust CI/CD pipelines to automate code deployment, testing, and delivery across various environments. Use tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar.
• Configuration Management: Implement and manage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates.
• Monitoring & Logging: Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana) to track performance, detect issues, and ensure system reliability.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure all DevOps processes comply with industry standards and best practices for security and compliance, including regular auditing and securing access to cloud resources.
• Incident Management: Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, bottlenecks, and performance inefficiencies. Implement disaster recovery strategies to minimize downtime and ensure business continuity.
• Collaboration: Work closely with software development, QA, and operations teams to align DevOps strategies with business and project goals.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, and introduce best practices to improve DevOps processes, system scalability, and performance.

Preferred candidate profile

DevOps Engineer to manage our cloud infrastructure, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and automation processes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Azure Cloud, building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring efficient deployment, scalability, and security of cloud-based applications

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Experience:
• 4-8 years of experience in a DevOps engineering role with strong expertise in Azure Cloud services.
• Proven experience in designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps and Jenkins
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible and Puppet.
• Technical Skills:
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure management and deployment on Azure (Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, etc.).
• Proficiency in Python for automating cloud infrastructure tasks.
• Good understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with monitoring tools like Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, and logging tools such as ELK stack or Azure Log Analytics.
• Strong knowledge of version control systems (Git) and branching strategies.
• Experience with security best practices for cloud infrastructure, including encryption, key management, and role-based access control (RBAC).

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with serverless technologies like Azure Functions or AWS Lambda.
• Knowledge of cloud cost optimization strategies.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and related DevOps strategies.