DevOps Engineer

• Proven ability to manage infrastructure for mission-critical, high-volume platforms processing thousands of transactions per second, with tight latency requirements and

  99.9999% uptime

  SLAs.
• Own and operate infrastructure in Azure across environments (Dev, Staging, Production, DR)
• Lead cloud-to-cloud migrations (e.g., Azure to GCP)
• Manage CI/CD pipelines, versioned deployments, and environment isolation
• Drive migration from VM/VMSS to Kubernetes (AKS) with minimal disruption
• Set up and manage observability stack including Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Datadog, Sentry and proactive alerting
• Monitor and triage Azure alerts; ensure fast incident response and resolution
• Track and implement Azure platform updates/upgrades (not limited to AGW, LB, AKS, VMs, Storage, DBs) with minimal downtime
• Plan and execute regular infrastructure patching and maintenance across environments
• Assist Development, Support and QA teams with secure and reliable access to Azure VMs, containers, and cloud databases
• Optimize and implement backups and disaster recovery processes
• Monitor and tune database performance (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Mongo)
• Drive infrastructure cost optimization and budget monitoring
• Ensure cloud security, compliance, and governance practices are in place
• Configure and manage Cloudflare for DNS, CDN, WAF, and edge security integration
• Set up and maintain Azure Traffic Manager for global traffic routing and failover
• Manage Azure Application Gateway for layer 7 load balancing, SSL termination, and WAF policies
• Manage Kubernetes internals including pods, replica sets, deployments, services, ingress controllers, and autoscaling
• Implement and manage caching layers (e.g., Redis) and data indexing with Elasticsearch for performance and observability

Preferred Skills

• Strong experience with

  Azure

  , including:

• Compute

  : VMs, VMSS, AKS, App Services

• Networking

  : Application Gateway, Azure Traffic Manager, Load Balancer, NSGs, Private Link

• Storage

  : Blob Storage, File Shares, Managed Disks, Azure Backup

• Monitoring

  : Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Alerts, Application Insights

• Cost Optimization

  : Cost Management, Budgets, Azure Advisor

• Security

  : Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, RBAC, Azure Policies

• Deployment IaC

  : Bicep, ARM templates, Azure DevOps
• Hands-on experience in cloud-to-cloud migrations
• Solid understanding of observability principles (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Azure Monitor, etc.)
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerization (Docker), and Helm
• In-depth experience with Kubernetes pods, replicas, ingress, HPA (horizontal pod autoscaler), and cluster autoscaling
• Experience with Elasticsearch for observability and data indexing
• Knowledge of caching strategies using Redis, Memcached, or equivalent
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible)
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell)
• Proficient in setting up CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
• Expertise in database performance tuning - query optimization, indexing, connection pooling
• Familiarity with Azure Advisor, Service Health, and resource upgrade planning
• Experience supporting engineering teams with VPN, firewall rules, and database/VNet connectivity
• Hands-on experience with Cloudflare (DNS, CDN, WAF, edge security)
• Strong understanding of Azure Traffic Manager and Application Gateway

Nice-to-Have

• Certifications in Azure, Kubernetes
• Knowledge of retail technology stacks