Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)
About the Role
Our client is an established enterprise software company undergoing a major modernization effort across its infrastructure, cloud platforms, and software delivery processes. As the organization continues to invest in cloud-native technologies, automation, and modern DevOps practices, they are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to build scalable platforms, improve developer productivity, and drive operational excellence. This highly visible, hands-on role involves owning engineering environments, CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, and infrastructure automation while partnering closely with cloud operations and software engineering teams. You'll influence technical direction, introduce modern tooling, and solve complex deployment challenges across both cloud-hosted and customer-managed environments.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain development, QA, staging, and performance testing environments
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and environment lifecycle management
- Develop and maintain deployment tooling for both cloud and customer-hosted environments
- Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment workflows
- Partner with engineering teams to improve software delivery, deployment reliability, and operational efficiency
- Support production issues alongside cloud operations teams and participate in root cause analysis
- Build monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions across engineering environments
- Design and execute performance, load, and scalability testing
- Improve infrastructure security and support compliance initiatives
- Research, evaluate, and implement modern DevOps technologies and automation tools
- Create technical documentation, operational runbooks, and deployment guides
- Participate in an on-call rotation supporting production systems
Tech Breakdown:
- 30% Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure
- 25% CI/CD & Release Engineering
- 20% Infrastructure Automation & Scripting
- 15% Observability, Monitoring & Performance
- 10% Customer Deployments & Operational Support
Daily Responsibilities:
- 50% Hands-On Engineering
- 20% Infrastructure Automation & Platform Improvements
- 15% Cross-Functional Collaboration
- 10% Troubleshooting & Incident Response
- 5% Documentation & Technical Planning
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
- Deep Linux administration and troubleshooting experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
- Experience with Docker and containerized application deployments
- Experience supporting on-premises software deployments and customer environments
- Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (TeamCity, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)
- Experience with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, TLS, VPNs, firewalls, and load balancing
- Experience with Git-based source control workflows
- Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Prometheus and Grafana
- Terraform, Ansible, or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, or RabbitMQ
- Load and performance testing using tools such as k6, JMeter, or Locust
- Experience with Kubernetes management tools such as K9s or Headlamp
- Familiarity with DigitalOcean environments
- Experience supporting SOC 2 or similar compliance initiatives
- Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400, or similar)
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude
Benefits
- Competitive salary plus annual bonus
- Hybrid schedule (3 days onsite)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid vacation and company holidays
- Professional development and certification opportunities
Opportunity to shape the future of a modern cloud-native engineering platform while working with cutting-edge infrastructure technologies.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship is not available for this position.