SRE / Azure DevOps Engineer

Job Title: SRE / DevOps Engineer

Job Location: Hyderabad, India

Worksite: Onsite (100%)

About WCT:

WaferWire 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:

We are seeking an SRE/DevOps Engineer to support Microsoft Azure Cloud Services. This role operates within Microsoft‘s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and Quality Excellence Initiative (QEI) frameworks, ensuring platform resiliency, security-first operations, and engineering excellence at global scale.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain Zero Trust security principles across infrastructure and deployment pipelines
• Enforce identity & secrets management best practices (MFA, passwordless auth, credential rotation)
• Secure CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and deployment infrastructure per SFI Pillar 4 (Protect Engineering Systems)
• Apply network segmentation, tenant isolation, and least-privilege access controls
• Participate in incident response, threat detection, and post-incident reviews aligned with NIST Cybersecurity Framework (Detect, Respond, Recover)
• Ensure all services meet SFI ‘Secure by Default‘ standards and protections enabled without customer action
• Own service health, availability, and SLA/SLO metrics for assigned Azure services
• Implement robust change management processes with quality gates and rollback strategies
• Conduct thorough code reviews , especially for AI-generated/Copilot-assisted code . Ensuring robustness and security
• Drive platform resiliency through chaos engineering, fault injection testing, and failure mode analysis
• Improve incident management workflows: detection, triage, mitigation, and root cause analysis (RCA)
• Build and maintain observability (monitoring, alerting, dashboards) to proactively detect degradation
• General SRE/DevOps
• Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates)
• Manage Kubernetes clusters (AKS), container orchestration, and microservices deployments
• Automate toil reduction through scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Collaborate with Microsoft FTEs on live site reviews, capacity planning, and deployment readiness

Required Qualifications:

• 5–8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure (Compute, Networking, Identity, Monitor, Key Vault)
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Bicep / ARM)
• Container orchestration (Kubernetes/AKS, Docker)
• Scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python, or Bash)
• Understanding of Zero Trust architecture and identity management (Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identities)
• Experience with observability stacks (Azure Monitor, Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent)
• Incident management and on-call experience

Preferred/Good to Have

• Familiarity with Microsoft‘s SFI pillars and QEI quality frameworks
• Experience with chaos engineering tools (Azure Chaos Studio, Litmus)
• Knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework or ISO 27001
• Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-500)
• Experience reviewing AI-generated code for quality and security
• Background in large-scale distributed systems

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.