TECHNICAL LEAD - AWS Cloud

• Job Description ? Azure DevOps Engineer

• We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to support our developers, infrastructure, security, and operations in the retail domain. You will collaborate with experienced engineers and product managers throughout the entire software development lifecycle of the products we own.

• In this role, you should be comfortable working in a fast-paced Agile environment , with a strong focus on quality, security, reliability, and end-user impact . You will be responsible for deploying and maintaining our cloud infrastructure in Azure and TPC (Tesco Private Cloud) .

• Must Have

• Technical Skills

• At least 7+ years of experience working in infrastructure and cloud platforms.

• Experience leading a DevOps team from a technical standpoint.

• Experience with version control systems like Git along with repository setup, branching strategies, and access control.

• Hands-on with Azure Cloud , Azure DevOps , Azure Git, and Git workflows.

• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes cluster builds, resource management, application security, storage/PV, load balancing.

• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Extensive experience provisioning and deploying PaaS and IaaS services including Azure AD, AKS, Storage, Networking, Compute, Azure Key Vault, etc.

• Ability to set up development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operations.

• Understanding of cybersecurity and experience using vulnerability assessment tools such as Snyk, Defender, etc.

• Hands-on with at least one monitoring tool such as Grafana , Prometheus , or New Relic .

• Experience with Jenkins , Maven , CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong experience with Terraform and Terragrunt .

• Good understanding of autoscaling and predictive scaling for microservices and monolithic platforms (VMs/virtualization).

• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems.

• Understanding of Azure services like VM scale sets , networking, monitoring insights, and licensing.

• Hands-on experience with Azure RBAC and access policy configurations.

• Ability to identify, review, and clean up unused or orphaned resources in Azure.

• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Shell , Python , or PowerShell .

• Soft Skills

• Strong communication skills ? Ability to convey technical details to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Analytical and problem-solving mindset ? Capable of diagnosing and resolving complex issues across infrastructure and applications.

• Collaboration and teamwork ? Comfortable working with developers, security teams, architects, and business stakeholders.

• Adaptability ? Thrives in a high-velocity environment with changing priorities.

• Attention to detail ? Ensures reliability, security, and quality throughout delivery.

• Leadership Expectations

• Technical Leadership ? Provides guidance on best practices across CI/CD, cloud architecture, automation, and DevOps tooling.

• Mentorship ? Supports the growth of junior team members and fosters a learning culture.

• Ownership & Accountability ? Takes end-to-end responsibility for infrastructure, deployments, and system reliability.

• Stakeholder Management ? Works closely with product managers, architects, and security teams to align technology decisions with business outcomes.

• Process Improvement ? Leads initiatives to enhance release cycles, optimize cloud costs, and improve reliability.

• Champion of Continuous Improvement ? Identifies automation opportunities and proactively enhances tooling and engineering processes.

• Good to Have

• Development experience in any programming language and SQL.

• Good understanding of software development methodologies and architectures.

• Experience with centralized logging tools like Splunk .

• Exposure to application support or technical support roles.

• Ability to collaborate across business, security, architecture, and cloud teams to build automation and reusable patterns.

• Knowledge of ITIL release, deployment, and change management processes.

• Strong understanding of UNIX/Linux/Windows systems.

• Familiarity with tools like Nexus and SonarQube . .