Senior Cloud Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with deep, hands-on expertise in CI/CD automation, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and containerized application deployments. This role involves owning end-to-end DevOps architecture, driving cloud automation initiatives, and ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable delivery pipelines across enterprise cloud environments.

This role involves owning end-to-end DevOps architecture, driving cloud automation initiatives, and ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable delivery pipelines across enterprise cloud environments.

Responsibilities

DevOps Architecture & Automation

• Architect, implement, and optimize enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent tools.
• Lead the design and automation of cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, and GitOps methodologies.
• Build standardized deployment patterns, YAML templates, reusable modules, and automation frameworks.

AKS & Container Platform Engineering

• Design, deploy, and manage production-grade AKS clusters, including autoscaling, node pools, networking, and cluster security.
• Lead containerization strategies using Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes best practices.
• Implement cluster governance, RBAC, secrets management, and zero-downtime upgrade strategies.

Cloud Platform & Operations

• Drive cloud operational excellence across Azure resources (ACR, VNets, Key Vault, Managed Identities, Storage, API Management, etc.).
• Enhance system reliability through monitoring, observability, and alerting using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Prometheus/Grafana.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across infrastructure, pipelines, and application layers.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Implement DevSecOps best practices: security scans, SAST/DAST, container image scanning, and compliance gates.
• Drive platform hardening, identity management, access control, and cloud security posture improvements.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Provide technical mentorship to DevOps engineers and development teams.
• Work closely with architecture, SRE, and development teams to define cloud-native strategies and deployment standards.
• Lead cross-team technical discussions, design reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles.
• Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Azure and its core services.
• Strong hands-on experience with AKS, Kubernetes internals, Helm, Ingress, service mesh, and container orchestration.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD pipeline automation using Azure DevOps (YAML), GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Advanced experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred; Bicep/ARM optional).
• Strong scripting capability in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, and highly available cloud architectures.
• Strong understanding of networking (VNet, routing, load balancing, DNS) and security concepts.

Required Skills

• Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Azure and its core services.
• Strong hands-on experience with AKS, Kubernetes internals, Helm, Ingress, service mesh, and container orchestration.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD pipeline automation using Azure DevOps (YAML), GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Advanced experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred; Bicep/ARM optional).
• Strong scripting capability in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

Preferred Skills

• Experience designing secure, scalable, and highly available cloud architectures.
• Strong understanding of networking (VNet, routing, load balancing, DNS) and security concepts.