DevOps Engineer

Role Summary: Seeking a skilled and proactive DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, containerized applications and CI/CD pipelines, focusing on automation, security, scalability, and monitoring in Azure environments. Reports to: Senior Manager, Infrastructure Roles and Responsibilities: • Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure using Microsoft Azure. • Implement and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters for containerized applications, including deployment, scaling, and monitoring. • Manage and maintain databases instances (SQL, Mongo), including backups, scaling, and performance tuning. • Create, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps. • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform for provisioning and configuration. • Deploy and monitor Apache Kafka clusters, Kafka connect on SaaS or PaaS editions. • Develop scripts in bash, PowerShell, and other languages for automation. • Implement and manage monitoring and observability solutions for real-time performance tracking and alerting. • Integrate various DevSecOps tools for vulnerability scanning and code quality. • Ensure compliance with security standards and best practices in cloud environments and deployment processes. • Collaborate with development teams to enhance end-to-end release process, resolve incidents and implement solutions. • Perform other duties as assigned to meet operational requirements. • Adapt to changing needs and contribute to various projects as required • Participate in on-call escalation rotations for 24x7x365 support; evening, overnight, and weekend, holiday and on-call work may be required. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field. • Certifications in Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, or monitoring platforms. • Minimum 1-3 years of DevOps engineering experience, working with software engineering or development team. • Experience in managing cloud and containerized environments (preferably in Azure). • Familiarity with microservices architecture and open-source technologies. • Extensive experience in CI/CD tools and processes. • Experience with Linux and Windows operation systems. • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in agile teams. • Strong communication and collaboration skills with ability to engage stakeholders in complex and conflicting situation across multiple parties to drive a positive outcome. • Knowledge in dotnet, Python and JavaScript, Datadog and SNYK is a plus