Overview
On Site
$70 - $75
Full Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
No Travel Required
Skills
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
DevSecOps
AKS
Azure Kubernetes Service
Terraform
Terraform Cloud
Infrastructure as Code
IaC
Job Details
Role: Senior Azure DevSecOps Engineer
Location: Santa Clara, CA, (5 days Onsite)
Duration: 6 Months + extensions >> ongoing (Potential Full-time hire)
Need Locals around Santa Clara, CA
Overview: We are seeking a Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer to build, maintain, and operate our Azure cloud platform from the ground up. This role follows approved architecture designs and is responsible for turning them into a secure, scalable, and production-ready platform. This individual must be exceptionally strong in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, have deep hands-on Azure experience, and bring a security-first mindset to everything they build.
Manager's Note:
Required Skills & Experience (Must Have):
Security Expectations (Critical):
Nice to Have:
What Success Looks Like:
Manager's Note:
- Experience in working with ArgoCD and GitOps Model
- Kustomize and Defender for DevOps
- Knowledge of Terraform
- Handling of Azure managed Kubernetes clusters
- IaaC (experience in writing Yaml files, configuring pipelines in Azure)
- Troubleshoot production issues by monitoring service Error logs from platform/infra side
- They should understand Azure thoroughly- how to scale up/down services, Applying IAM policies, Setting up Managed API Gateway, Managed Database services in Azure etc. These are very important
- Grafana and Prometheus ( Nice to have )
- Finally having " security first " mindset.
- Build, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure in alignment with defined architecture
- Design and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
- Use Terraform Cloud for remote state management, workspaces, and deployment workflows
- Own and operate CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
- Deploy and manage observability solutions, including Grafana, metrics, logging, alerting, and dashboards
- Build and support microservices-based architectures
- Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes (Azure Kubernetes Service AKS)
- Monitor platform health and troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, and alerts
- Scale Azure services up and down to meet performance and availability requirements
- Implement and manage Azure IAM / RBAC policies following least-privilege principles
- Configure and operate Azure managed services, including:
- Managed API Gateway
- Managed database services
- Networking and security components
- Partner closely with Software Engineering, Architecture, and Security teams
- Participate in incident response and root cause analysis from a platform perspective
- Ensure platforms are secure by design, not secured after deployment
Required Skills & Experience (Must Have):
- Very strong hands-on experience with Terraform
- Hands-on experience with Terraform Cloud , including:
- Remote state management
- Workspaces
- Workflow-driven deployments
- Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and best practices
- Strong experience building and operating Azure cloud platforms
- Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture
- Experience with containers and Kubernetes
- Proven experience building cloud platforms from the ground up
- Strong experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines
- Experience implementing observability platforms, including Grafana
- Strong troubleshooting skills using logs, metrics, dashboards, and alerts
- Ability to support and stabilize production environments
Security Expectations (Critical):
- Strong security-first mindset
- Experience implementing least-privilege access, secure configurations, and guardrails
- Understanding of cloud security fundamentals and secure architecture patterns
- Comfortable working with security reviews, audits, and compliance requirements
- Ability to embed security into infrastructure, pipelines, and runtime environments
Nice to Have:
- DevSecOps tooling experience
- Experience integrating Terraform Cloud with CI/CD systems
- Knowledge of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, or similar tools
- Experience with incident response and on-call rotations
- Experience operating in regulated or audited environments
- Cloud cost optimization experience
What Success Looks Like:
- A stable, scalable, and secure Azure platform
- Infrastructure fully managed through Terraform and Terraform Cloud
- Reliable CI/CD pipelines with strong observability
- Faster, safer deployments with reduced production issues
- Strong collaboration across Engineering, Architecture, and Security teams
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