Lead Engineer - Azure Devops

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Own DevOps architecture, standards, and roadmap
• Design and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines
• Lead Azure cloud infrastructure and IaC implementation
• Drive Docker and Kubernetes-based deployments
• Ensure system reliability, monitoring, security, and cost control
• Act as escalation point for production and infrastructure issues
• Mentor DevOps engineers and guide best practices
• Work closely with architects, developers, QA, and clients

Mandatory Skills

• Azure Cloud (VMs, Storage, AKS)
• Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML pipelines) or Jenkins / GitLab CI
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
• Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
• Git version control and branching strategies
• Linux fundamentals and Bash scripting
• Monitoring tools: Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Azure Monitor
• Microservices architecture
• Basic Kafka knowledge
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills

Good to Have

• Ansible or configuration management tools
• DevSecOps and security scanning practices
• Azure Key Vault and Azure CLI
• Kafka or MongoDB experience
• Client-facing solution or POC experience
• Programming: PowerShell
• Understanding of C#, JavaScript languages, build and deployment process
• Build Orchestrator: GitHub Actions, GitLab CICD
• SCM: GitHub, GitLab
• Artifact Management: Artifactory, Blob Storage
• Quality: Dependabot, Megalinter, MSTest
• Automation Tools: Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Vault
• Containers/ Virtualization: Docker, K8S
• Process: GitOps, GitFlow, Branching, Versioning, Tagging, Release

Nice-to-have Skills

• OS: Linux
• Programming: Python, Groovy, Shell
• Quality: Other MS/C# features, Sonar, Twistlock
• Automation Tools: Ansible, Chef, Vault