Senior Associate-Devops

Job Purpose
The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, automating, securing, and optimizing cloud platforms and software delivery processes, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure. The role enables efficient and reliable application deployment through CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, cloud-native technologies, and DevSecOps best practices while ensuring scalability, security, compliance, and operational excellence across enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms primarily on Microsoft Azure.
Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and industry-standard DevOps tools to support rapid and reliable software delivery.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, or equivalent.
Implement and support containerized application deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps, or similar cloud-native platforms.
Integrate security controls, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines following DevSecOps best practices.
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams on DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering best practices.
Key competencies
Collaborate with application development, architecture, and security teams to design and support deployment automation frameworks and release processes.
Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and incident management solutions to ensure platform reliability and operational excellence.
Support cloud networking, identity and access management, RBAC, API integrations, and enterprise security requirements.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, platform modernization, operational efficiency, and cloud cost optimization.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, MCA, or a related discipline.
Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure services, cloud architecture, governance, and platform engineering.
Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipeline design, release management, and deployment automation.
Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, or equivalent).
Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices, cloud security controls, identity management, Key Vaults, secrets management, and compliance frameworks.
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Container Apps.
Proficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar languages.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and collaboration skills with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.
Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions using enterprise monitoring platforms.
Strong knowledge of Git-based source control, branching strategies, repository management, and software delivery best practices.
Ability to troubleshoot complex application, infrastructure, networking, and deployment issues in cloud environments.

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