DevOps Engineer

Role Summary: Seeking a skilled and proactive DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, containerized applications and CI/CD pipelines, focusing on automation, security, scalability, and monitoring in Azure environments.

Reports to: Senior Manager, Infrastructure

Roles and Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure using Microsoft Azure.
• Implement and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters for containerized applications, including deployment, scaling, and monitoring.
• Manage and maintain databases instances (SQL, Mongo), including backups, scaling, and performance tuning.
• Create, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform for provisioning and configuration.
• Deploy and monitor Apache Kafka clusters, Kafka connect on SaaS or PaaS editions.
• Develop scripts in bash, PowerShell, and other languages for automation.
• Implement and manage monitoring and observability solutions for real-time performance tracking and alerting.
• Integrate various DevSecOps tools for vulnerability scanning and code quality.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and best practices in cloud environments and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to enhance end-to-end release process, resolve incidents and implement solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet operational requirements.
• Adapt to changing needs and contribute to various projects as required
• Participate in on-call escalation rotations for 24x7x365 support; evening, overnight, and weekend, holiday and on-call work may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Certifications in Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, or monitoring platforms.
• Minimum 1-3 years of DevOps engineering experience, working with software engineering or development team.
• Experience in managing cloud and containerized environments (preferably in Azure).
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and open-source technologies.
• Extensive experience in CI/CD tools and processes.
• Experience with Linux and Windows operation systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in agile teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with ability to engage stakeholders in complex and conflicting situation across multiple parties to drive a positive outcome.
• Knowledge in dotnet, Python and JavaScript, Datadog and SNYK is a plus