Senior Software Engineer, DevOps (Azure)

Overview

Accountabilities

• Design, implement, and maintain production-grade Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep), ensuring scalable and reproducible cloud environments.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps YAML, integrating automated testing, deployment gates, and secure delivery workflows.
• Operate and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including cluster performance tuning, autoscaling, Helm-based deployments, and networking configurations.
• Manage and support Azure API Management, Azure App Gateway, and Azure Front Door to ensure secure and high-performance application delivery.
• Support event-driven architectures using Azure Event Hubs (including Kafka support) for real-time data processing and microservices communication.
• Own production reliability, including monitoring with Azure Monitor and Application Insights, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Enforce cloud security best practices using Azure Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, Azure Policy, and container security controls.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve DevOps maturity, Git workflows, and cloud-native engineering practices.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Engineering within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Azure core services, including VNets, NSGs, load balancers, and storage solutions.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code using Bicep or equivalent tools.
• Deep experience with AKS in production environments, including scaling, networking, and workload optimization.
• Solid knowledge of Azure APIM, App Gateway, and Event Hubs (Kafka integration preferred).
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and/or Python.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, including identity management, vulnerability scanning, and secure CI/CD practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering and product teams.
• Comfortable working independently in agile, fast-paced, remote environments.
• Azure certifications such as AZ-400 or AZ-305 are a plus.
• Experience with GitOps (Flux or ArgoCD), service meshes (Istio), or FinOps practices is a bonus.

Benefits

• Competitive USD-based salary aligned with experience.
• Fully remote work environment.
• Long-term full-time employment opportunity.
• 20+ days of paid time off annually.
• Opportunity to work with modern Azure cloud-native technologies at scale.
• Exposure to high-impact, production-critical systems in a global engineering environment.
• Collaborative and growth-oriented engineering culture with strong ownership and autonomy.

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