Senior Engineer I, Cloud Operations and Infrastructure

Azure Infrastructure Architecture & Governance:

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, secure, and cost-optimized Azure solutions.
• Define cloud governance, security policies, and best practices (RBAC, networking, compliance).
• Lead initiatives for high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region deployments.
• Optimize cost, performance, and reliability across environments.

DevOps Strategy & CI/CD Excellence:

• Design and standardize enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Implement advanced deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling deployments).
• Drive DevOps maturity, standardization, and process improvements across teams.

Automation & Scripting Leadership:

• Develop complex automation frameworks using Python and Shell scripting.
• Lead initiatives for self-healing systems, automated remediation, and operational efficiency.

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform - Advanced):

• Architect modular, reusable Terraform frameworks.
• Enforce IaC standards, security controls, and governance policies.
• Manage large-scale infrastructure lifecycle and environment consistency.

Configuration Management (Ansible - Advanced):

• Design scalable Ansible automation strategies and reusable roles/playbooks.
• Lead configuration drift management and compliance automation.

Containerization & Platform Engineering:

• Design and manage Kubernetes clusters (AKS) at scale.
• Implement container orchestration best practices, security, and scaling strategies.
• Support microservices architecture and container platform optimization.

Observability, Reliability & Security:

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace).
• Drive SRE practices (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets).
• Ensure infrastructure security, vulnerability management, and compliance adherence.

Leadership & Collaboration:

• • Mentor junior engineers and conduct technical reviews.
  • Collaborate with architects, developers, and stakeholders for solution alignment.
  • Drive cross-team initiatives and DevOps adoption culture.

Skills:

• Strong expertise in Azure services (compute, networking, storage, security).
• Deep understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, and platform engineering practices.
• Experience with scalable, resilient system design.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure certifications (Azure Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert).
• Experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS/GCP).
• Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance standards.
• Exposure to GitOps, platform engineering, or developer self-service platforms.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps and Azure infrastructure.
• Proven experience in designing large-scale cloud architectures.
• Strong expertise in GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, and scripting.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and Shell scripting.
  • Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes (AKS) and Docker in production.