Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Description

We are looking for a **Senior DevOps Engineer** with strong experience in design, automation and support of cloud\-based infrastructure across Azure. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with development teams to improve deployment processes, infrastructure reliability, scalability, security and operational efficiency. This role requires hands\-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, cloud services, containerization, monitoring and automation. **Responsibilities** * Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Azure * Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines for application delivery * Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code * Support containerized applications and cloud\-native deployments * Collaborate with development, QA, security and operations teams * Improve system reliability, scalability, performance and security * Monitor production systems and support troubleshooting and incident resolution * Define and promote DevOps best practices across engineering teams **Requirements** * Strong experience as a DevOps Engineer or Cloud Engineer * Hands\-on experience with Azure * Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or similar * Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep or Pulumi * Experience with Docker and containerized environments * Good understanding of Kubernetes or cloud container services * Experience with monitoring, logging and alerting tools * Strong scripting skills using Bash, Python, PowerShell or similar * Good understanding of networking, security and cloud architecture fundamentals * Ability to work independently and support production environments **Nice to have** * Background in Kubernetes administration * Familiarity with Helm, Argo CD or GitOps practices * Knowledge of cloud security and compliance * Exposure to serverless architectures * Practical skills in cost optimization for cloud environments