SME - Azure DevOps, Terraform

Azure Database Administration & Performance Tuning

• Manage, maintain, and secure Azure SQL Databases, Azure SQL Managed Instances, and SQL Server on Azure VMs.
• Monitor database health, proactively troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, and optimize complex queries, indexes, and execution plans.
• Implement and test robust database backup, disaster recovery (DR), and high-availability (HA) strategies (e.g., Failover Groups, Geo-Replication).
• New Database setup and configuration in Azure SQL.
• Cost Optimization in Azure SQL.

Azure DevOps & CI/CD Integration

• Azure DevOps Services & Pipelines — author multi-stage YAML pipelines, build/release templates, gated builds, and pipeline variables.
• Hands-on with Terraform modular design, state management, and remote backends (Terraform Cloud).
• Release Management & Deployment Strategies — blue/green, canary, rolling updates, feature flags, rollback planning.
• Experience with Azure Boards, tasks etc.
• Experience with managing code repository in Hashicorp Cloud.

Terraform

• Design, build, and maintain robust infrastructure components on AWS and Azure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool.
• Ensure proper Terraform state-file management, backend configuration, and module reusability across multi-cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and management processes.
• Ensure cloud environments are secure, scalable, and reliable.