Lead Azure Cloud Engineer – Terraform & CI/CD

Role description

Job Title: Lead I – DevOps Engineering

Experience: 7–10 Years

Location: Pune

Work Mode: Onsite (5 Days a Week - UK Shift)

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud, Terraform, CI/CD Automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Monitoring, and Production Support.

The ideal candidate should have proven experience in designing and managing Azure cloud infrastructure, building reusable Terraform modules, implementing enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure deployments, and supporting production environments.

This role requires someone with deep technical expertise rather than basic exposure to Azure or CI/CD. Candidates should have experience working in large-scale cloud environments and be comfortable participating in production on-call support.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.

Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, including modules, remote state management, and infrastructure automation.

Build, enhance, and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Harness.

Automate application deployment, infrastructure provisioning, testing, and release processes.

Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred).

Configure and support Azure networking components such as VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, Private Endpoints, and Key Vault.

Implement monitoring, observability, and centralized logging using Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, or Grafana.

Develop automation scripts using Python and Bash.

Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and participate in on-call production support.

Collaborate with Development, QA, and Platform Engineering teams to implement DevOps best practices.

Ensure platform security, reliability, scalability, and performance across cloud environments.

Mandatory Skills

Azure Cloud

Strong hands-on experience designing and managing Azure infrastructure.

Experience with Azure services such as:

AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

Azure App Services

Azure Container Registry (ACR)

Virtual Networks (VNet)

Network Security Groups (NSG)

Load Balancer

Application Gateway

Azure Storage

Azure Key Vault

Managed Identity

Private Endpoints

Infrastructure as Code

Strong expertise in Terraform.

Experience creating reusable Terraform modules.

Hands-on experience with state management, variables, workspaces, and remote backend configuration.

Experience provisioning Azure infrastructure entirely through Terraform.

CI/CD

Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using one or more of:

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Harness

Experience with:

Build automation

Deployment automation

Release pipelines

Blue-Green or Canary deployments

Git version control

Containers & Orchestration

Docker

Kubernetes (AKS preferred)

Monitoring & Observability

Experience with one or more:

Splunk

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Grafana

Automation & Scripting

Python

Bash

Operating Systems

Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.

Production Support

Experience supporting production environments.

On-call support and incident management.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

Performance troubleshooting.

Preferred Skills

Experience with Databricks.

Azure DevOps experience.

Cloud security and governance.

Agile/Scrum environment.

Azure Landing Zone implementation.

Helm or GitOps exposure is an added advantage.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Microsoft Azure Certification (AZ-104, AZ-305, or equivalent).

Terraform Associate Certification.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for candidates who have hands-on implementation experience in Azure Cloud, Terraform, and CI/CD, rather than candidates with only operational or basic exposure.

Skills

Microsoft Azure Cloud, DevOps, Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

About UST

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact - touching billions of lives in the process.