DevOps Engineer

Overview

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability, availability, and performance of services running across Azure/AKS and on-premises air-gapped Kubernetes (RKE2) environments, meeting strict SLAs and business requirements.
• Maintain scalable, resilient, and secure Kubernetes platforms, including ingress, storage, and stateful workloads.
• Automate operations and deployments using scripting (Python, Go, Bash), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible), and GitOps with ArgoCD and Kustomize across both cloud and on-prem environments.
• Operate CI/CD pipelines Azure DevOps /Github Actions and manage container supply chains for both connected and air-gapped environments, including private registry mirroring and image scanning.
• Monitor system performance using Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry; proactively detect and resolve issues to prevent disruption.
• Lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, and drive post-incident reviews with permanent fixes and improvements.
• Develop, document, and enforce best practices for operations, security, and compliance across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to enhance system design and support modern application platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Participate in on-call rotations to respond to critical incidents across all environments.
• Use IT Service Management tools or incident, change, and problem management.
• Working knowledge of Scrum, ITIL, Agile methodologies and experience interfacing with external auditors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years as a Site Reliability Engineer, with significant expertise in Azure cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of Azure cloud services, networking, and security.
• Hands-on experience with both managed (AKS) and self-managed/air-gapped (Rancher RKE2 or equivalent) Kubernetes distributions.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Go, Bash) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible).
• Experience with GitOps (ArgoCD, Kustomize), CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes for deployment automation in connected and disconnected environments.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Proven track record in incident management and troubleshooting.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills; attention to detail and a commitment to continuous learning.