Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Service Engineer - Cloud Security & Azure Service Fabric

Job Location: Hyderabad, India

Worksite: Onsite [100%]

About WCT:

Wafer Wire Technology Solutions (WCT) specializes in delivering comprehensive Cloud, Data and AI solutions through Microsoft's technology stack. Our services include Strategic Consulting, Data/AI Estate Modernization, and Cloud Adoption Strategy. We excel in Solution Design encompassing Application, Data, and AI Modernization, as well as Infrastructure Planning and Migrations. Our Operational Readiness services ensure seamless DevOps, ML Ops, AI Ops, and Sec Ops implementation. We focus on Implementation and Deployment of modern applications, continuous Performance Optimization, and future-ready innovations in AI, ML, and security enhancements. Delivering from Redmond-WA, USA, Guadalajara, Mexico and Hyderabad, India, our scalable solutions cater precisely to diverse business requirements and multiple time zones (US time zone alignment).

About Project/Role:

You'll implement and manage changes across Service Fabric clusters, cloud services, and adjacent infrastructure to achieve high reliability, security/compliance alignment, and operational excellence. The role emphasizes automation, secure deployments via ADO (YAML) pipelines, secret rotations, geo-expansion (including sovereign cloud), and modernizationmigrating legacy workloads, consolidating services to improve cost, and simplifying architecture (distributed systems troubleshooting is key).

Responsibilities:

• Own health, configuration, and change management for multi-region Azure Service Fabric clusters; author rollout/upgrade templates and monitor with Azure Monitor/Application Insights/Geneva.
• Build, maintain, and harden Azure DevOps (ADO) YAML pipelines; manage libraries, variable groups, service connections, certificates, and secrets; eliminate PATs/local authorities by adopting workload identity.
• Provide support for S360 and SFI platforms, ensuring compliance and reliability across integrated workflows enabling Security initiatives like securing azure resources (through IaC), securing build/deployment pipelines, enabling modern security practices and mitigating application security concerns raised by Microsoft as best practices etc.
• Drive geo-expansion and sovereign cloud enablement; design traffic flows with Azure Front Door (Premium), Traffic Manager, DNS; prepare IPv6-ready ARM/Bicep templates.
• Lead modernization such as Service Fabric AKS transitions, service consolidation, and cost optimization (rightsizing, reserved instances, eliminating waste).
• Troubleshoot distributed systems end-to-end (service model, deployment, networking, data); debug C#/.NET services; and resolve Cosmos DB issues where needed.
• Document runbooks/operational standards; automate with PowerShell; uphold security/compliance best practices and change control.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years in Azure engineering/SRE/DevOps working on distributed systems and cloud automation.
• Hands-on expertise with Azure Service Fabric (stateless/stateful apps, node types, cluster upgrades) and ADO YAML pipelines.
• Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell); working knowledge of C# for service/debug scenarios.
• Experience with observability tooling (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Geneva) and Kusto for diagnostics.
• Experience in security initiatives like securing azure resources(through IaC), securing build/deployment pipelines, enabling modern security practices and mitigating application security concerns raised by Microsoft as best practices etc.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2; HIPAA/GDPR as applicable).

Preferred Qualifications:

AKS/Kubernetes, 1ES/OneBranch/1CDN, Azure networking (AFD, Traffic Manager), Cosmos DB.

IaC (ARM/Bicep)

Equal Employment Opportunity Declaration:

WCT is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.