Azure DevOps Engineer

Title - DevOps Engineer

Type - Contract

Location - Remote

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure primarily on Microsoft Azure to support business-critical applications.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Chef to automate provisioning and configuration management.
• Build, optimize, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines leveraging Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms, integrating with tools such as Argo CD where applicable.
• Manage containerized applications using Docker and orchestrate workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Grafana Loki to ensure visibility and reliability.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and security teams to troubleshoot, resolve production issues, and enforce cloud security best practices including identity, access management, and network security.
• Manage deployments and operational support for Ruby-based applications, ensuring smooth rollout and maintenance.
• Support multi-region deployments and implement disaster recovery strategies to guarantee high availability.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide production support and incident response as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Proven expertise with Microsoft Azure services including compute, networking, storage, and identity and access management (IAM).
• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), focusing on operations automation rather than QA automation.
• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins. Familiarity with Argo CD is a plus.
• Proficiency with container technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like AKS.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, security principles, and system architecture.
• Skilled in scripting/programming languages such as Python, Bash, or Go for automation tasks.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, and Grafana Loki.
• Familiarity with managing and deploying Ruby-based applications.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across teams.

Tools and Technologies:

• Microsoft Azure (Compute, Networking, Storage, IAM)
• Terraform (IaC)
• Chef (Configuration Management)
• Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins (CI/CD)
• Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, Grafana Loki (Monitoring & Logging)
• Scripting languages: Python, Bash, Go
• Ruby application deployment and management