Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled DevOps Engineer with expertise in Microsoft Azure to join our engineering team and be responsible for designing, building, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation processes that serve our clients. This role also requires deep technical knowledge of Azure services, as well as experience in managing complex deployments and environments. The DevOps Engineer will be involved in infrastructure, Cloud Technology, Software deployment, logging, monitoring, alerting, and automation of processes as required. DevOps Engineer will have experience managing databases, backups, and data restoration. The DevOps Engineer will play a crucial role in deploying updates and enhancements to clients without any disruption of service or quality. This position requires participation in a 24/7 on-call support rotation on a biweekly basis. Candidates must be willing and able to fulfill this responsibility as a condition of employment.

Job Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps engineering, with a focus on cloud environments.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including deployment, management, and optimization of Azure resources.
• Proven experience in building and managing CI/CD pipelines, particularly using Azure DevOps. Technical Skills:
• Deep understanding of Azure services, including but not limited to Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, and Azure Active Directory.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or Azure CLI, including hands-on experience deploying and managing AKS and Azure App Service infrastructure via ARM templates.
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with networking concepts, including VNet, Subnets, VPN, load balancers, and firewall configurations in Azure.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Datadog, SolarWinds Orion, or similar.

 Preferred Qualifications: 

• Azure certification(s) such as Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Experience with other cloud platforms like AWS or Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
• Knowledge of security best practices and experience with security compliance in the cloud.
• Familiarity with database services and management in Azure, such as Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, or Azure Database for MySQL/PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools like Jira.