Infra & DevOps Engineer

Job Description: Infra & DevOps Engineer

Job Type: Three Months Contract

Job Location: Exton, PA (Hybrid)/Onsite

Overview:

We are seeking a hands-on, experienced Infra & DevOps Engineer to manage and evolve our Microsoft Azure infrastructure with a strong focus on Azure API Management (APIM), Kubernetes, and support for high-availability enterprise applications. This role will play a critical part in ensuring system reliability, scalability, and performance across our digital and integration platforms.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Azure Infrastructure Management
• Administer and optimize our Azure environment, including resource provisioning, cost management, security, and monitoring.
• Manage Azure APIM gateways, policies, and API lifecycle processes.
• Containerization & Orchestration
• Deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Develop and maintain Helm charts, CI/CD pipelines, and container registries (ACR or others).
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Design and implement resilient systems to support mission-critical platforms such as TIBCO and other integration services.
• Ensure robust failovers, monitoring, and incident response for 24/7 operations.
• Automation & CI/CD
• Create and maintain infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Work closely with development teams to build automated pipelines for code deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Monitoring & Observability
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, PrometheGrafana).
• Perform root cause analysis and proactive performance tuning.
• Security & Compliance
• Apply DevSecOps best practices to ensure secure configurations, credential management, and compliance with IT policies.
• Partner with InfoSec on threat modeling, vulnerability scans, and secure deployments.
• MongoDB/Cosmos Database Management
• Own the operational lifecycle including deployment, configuration, monitoring, security controls, and high-availability design.
• Drive performance tuning, backup/restore strategy, scaling, and cost optimization to ensure reliable and efficient database operations.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Engineering role.
• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure, especially Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure API Management (APIM).
• Proven experience operating and optimizing MongoDB and Azure Cosmos DB workloads in live cloud environments.
• Experience supporting high-availability, low-latency enterprise systems
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Hands-on with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
• Experience with containerization tools (Docker) and orchestration systems (Kubernetes).
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with hybrid cloud and on-premises network integrations.
• Experience in managing secrets, certificates, and access policies securely across environments.
• Knowledge of ITIL practices or experience operating in enterprise IT environments with change control and SLAs.

Certifications:

• AZ 305/400, Nice to have