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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.

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