Lead DevOps Engineer

Position Summary

We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer with strong Azure experience as the primary skill and AWS knowledge as secondary/preferred. This role requires a highly experienced professional who can lead the design, implementation, automation, security, and operational excellence of enterprise cloud platforms. The ideal candidate should have deep hands-on expertise across core Azure services, strong DevOps and cloud governance experience, and the ability to drive modernization, reliability, and scalable infrastructure practices across teams.

The candidate should have strong experience in Azure App Service, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, Azure API Management, Azure Virtual Network, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics, and Azure Key Vault, along with exposure to AWS environments and modern DevOps practices.

Required Skills

Strong hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure with deep expertise in designing and managing enterprise-scale cloud environments

Good working knowledge of AWS as a secondary cloud platform

Hands-on expertise in the following Azure services:

Azure App Service

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Azure Container Apps

Azure API Management

Azure Virtual Network (VNet)

Azure Load Balancer

Azure Application Gateway

Azure Monitor

Azure Log Analytics

Azure Key Vault

Strong expertise in Docker and containerized application deployments

Strong experience in CI/CD pipeline implementation and automation

Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and enterprise release processes

Strong knowledge of Terraform / Bicep / ARM templates

Good scripting knowledge in PowerShell / Python / Bash

Strong experience in Infrastructure Management across cloud and hybrid/on-prem environments

Good understanding of Release Management, Change Management, and Environment Governance

Strong understanding of Operational Efficiency, KPI monitoring, dashboards, observability, and service optimization

Exposure to FinOps / cost optimization practices

Good knowledge of monitoring and reporting tools such as Dynatrace, Power BI, Azure Monitor, and other enterprise observability platforms

Experience with web deployments and C# / .NET application deployments

Strong understanding of cybersecurity best practices in cloud environments

Experience with Access Management / IAM

Knowledge of RBAC, authentication, authorization, and least-privilege principles

Experience in implementing security management practices

Understanding of vulnerability management

Knowledge of threat monitoring and incident response

Experience with secure cloud architecture and network security controls

Strong knowledge of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability principles

Experience with Azure Key Vault / AWS Secrets Manager

Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity planning

Job Responsibilities

Lead the design, deployment, and management of scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure, primarily in Azure

Architect and manage enterprise solutions using AKS, App Service, Container Apps, API Management, networking, monitoring, and security services

Provide support for AWS environments where required

Lead the implementation and optimization of CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments

Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform, Bicep, ARM, and CloudFormation

Manage web application deployments, container-based delivery, and release orchestration

Drive continuous modernization using the latest DevOps tools, automation approaches, and cloud-native practices

Establish and enforce standards for incident management, problem management, release management, and change management

Implement enterprise-grade monitoring, alerting, dashboards, observability, and KPI tracking

Strengthen cloud environments through security, compliance, governance, and access control best practices

Ensure business continuity, uptime, service resiliency, backup, and disaster recovery readiness

Collaborate with development, QA, infrastructure, security, and business teams to improve deployment quality and release speed

Lead root cause analysis and resolution of complex production and platform issues

Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers and help define best practices across teams

Contribute to architecture documentation, platform governance, technical roadmaps, and process improvements

Drive cost optimization and resource efficiency initiatives across cloud platforms

Support Agile / Scrum delivery teams with DevOps enablement and platform engineering best practices

Preferred Profile

7+ years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering / Platform Engineering

Strong Azure cloud administration, engineering, and deployment background

Experience in leading cloud or DevOps initiatives at enterprise scale

AWS exposure is an added advantage

Good communication, stakeholder management, and troubleshooting skills

Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments

Strong focus on automation, security, reliability, scalability, and governance

Experience mentoring team members and driving engineering best practices

Azure / AWS certifications are a plus

Nice to Have

Experience with multi-cloud environments

Exposure to C# and .NET application deployment ecosystems

Experience in platform engineering and developer enablement

Familiarity with compliance standards and audit-ready cloud practices

Experience with cost governance and cloud financial management

Knowledge of AI/ML platform deployment support in Azure environments