Advanced Site Reliability / DevOps Engineer

Skills:

• 7+ years of relevant infrastructure or software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience with deployment/automation/management tools such as Docker, Terraform,
• In-depth knowledge of Azure services, including Azure Networking, Storage, Firewall, Compute, Function, Backup and Azure DevOps
• K8s, Azure AKS, and Rancher.
• 3+ years of experience working with, designing, and implementing Azure cloud solutions.
• 2+ years of experience leading technical proof of concept projects.
• Automating routine tasks using Ansible, Python, Terraform and Azure CLI for enhanced efficiency.
• Must have experience working with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management, respectively.
• Experience configuring and managing CI/CD pipelines with tools such as GitHub actions, GitLab, Jenkins, etc. for enterprise-level deployments.
• Proficient in identifying, researching, and resolving technical problems by determining the true root cause.
• Capable of performing a wide range of complex tasks and providing support for escalated trouble tickets.
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy solutions to the cloud.
• Scripting skills and working experience with Infrastructure as Code
• A passion for keeping up to date with the latest cloud trends and technologies.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with cloud-based solutions.
• Efficiency to work independently and as part of a team.
• Assist application teams in onboarding their applications into the enterprise cloud environment.
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments through Azure GitHub actions.
• Assist application teams in onboarding their applications into the enterprise cloud environment.
• Design and implement cloud-based solutions that meet business needs.
• Ensure that cloud-based solutions are secure and compliant with industry standards.
• Proficiency in multi-cloud environments, especially in GCP, is highly desirable.
• Strong familiarity and comfort working with version-control systems, such as Git.
• Advanced experience in large scale cloud architecture, design, and integration with a focus on automation, networking, and NextGen Firewall
• Provide off-hours support (24 x 7) as required.

Azure Must haves:

• 3+ years of experience designing and supporting Azure environments, including IaaS and PaaS.
• Understanding of C4Model. (https://c4model.com/)
• Understanding and working experience with MS Entra ID.
• Strong working experience using Terraform to deploy Azure Resources.
• Strong working experience using GitHub.
• Experience with of Azure PaaS services including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Synapse, Databricks, azure functions, Azure SQL, Cosmos, etc.
• Experience in designing and analyzing enterprise level Azure Architecture.
• Experience with Monitoring tools such as Azure monitor, Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus etc.
• Ability to implement security measures for Azure-based applications and infrastructure.

Non-cloud specific must haves

• Experience and proficiency with Mac OS
• Hands on Kubernetes experience
• Best practice knowledge of software development lifecycle
• Good communication skills
• Experience working on an Agile SCRUM team
• Understanding that during business hours, thorough communication and presence is fully required

Nice to haves:

• Azure Certifications
• Azure Bicep
• Hands-on Azure DevOps