Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

About the role

NTT DATA Services is seeking a hands-on Azure DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in GitHub Actions, Azure Cloud, AKS, Entra ID, Azure App Services, and AI Foundry integrations. The role involves building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, managing cloud infrastructure, securing application deployments, configuring Azure services, and supporting AI-enabled applications deployed within the Azure ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• DevOps & CI/CD Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Automate application build, release, deployment, and rollback processes.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment automation.
• Establish branching strategies, release governance, and deployment standards.
• Azure Platform Administration
• Manage and support Azure subscriptions, resource groups, networking, and security controls.
• Configure and maintain Azure App Services, Function Apps, and related platform services.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, reliability, and monitoring.
• Support production deployments and operational excellence initiatives.
• Identity & Security Admin
• Administer and troubleshoot Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Design and manage RBAC, Managed Identities, Service Principals, Enterprise Applications, and access governance.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization patterns across applications and services.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security and governance requirements.
• AKS & Container Platform
• Deploy and manage applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Configure ingress, secrets management, container registries, scaling policies, and monitoring.
• Support containerization using Docker and Kubernetes best practices.
• Troubleshoot cluster, networking, and deployment issues.
• Azure AI & AI Foundry Integration
• Configure and maintain Azure AI Foundry connectivity and application bindings.
• Integrate AI services into enterprise applications through secure deployment pipelines.
• Manage secrets, endpoints, model deployments, and environment configurations.
• Support AI application lifecycle management across development, testing, and production environments.
• Monitoring & Operations
• Implement observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and dashboards.
• Perform root cause analysis, incident resolution, and platform optimization.
• Develop operational runbooks and support automation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Must Have:
• 5+ years of experience in Azure DevOps and Cloud Engineering.
• Strong expertise in GitHub Actions and CI/CD automation.
• Hands-on experience with Azure App Services and cloud-native deployments.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, Managed Identities, and Service Principals.
• Experience managing and troubleshooting AKS environments.
• Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, security, and governance.
• Experience with PowerShell, Bash, or scripting languages for automation.
• PREFERRED:
• Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI deployment experience.
• Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.
• GitHub Enterprise administration.
• Azure API Management.
• DevSecOps and security scanning tools.
• Monitoring and observability platforms.

Skills

• Must Have:
• PowerShell / Bash.
• PREFERRED:
• Terraform, Bicep.
• Azure API Management.
• DevSecOps and security scanning tools.
• Monitoring and observability platforms.