Cloud DevOps Engineer

Job Description

• L2 Level
• 6+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, or Azure Administrator supporting enterprise production systems.
• Proven experience operating and supporting Azure-based business-critical platforms.
• Strong hands-on expertise with:
• 1. Azure Virtual Machines, Managed Disks, Storage Accounts, Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, Azure Monitor, Backup, and Recovery Services Vault
• 2. Linux Administration, OS Performance Tuning, Networking, and Troubleshooting
• 3. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) administration in production environments
• 4. Docker and container lifecycle management
• 5. Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, ARM Templates, and Terraform
• 6. CI/CD implementation using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins
• 7. Azure Networking including VNET Peering, NSGs, UDRs, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, and Private Endpoints
• 8. Azure Security best practices, RBAC, Managed Identities, Key Vault, and container security controls
• 9. Monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, ELK, and other observability platforms
• 10. Backup validation, resilience testing, recovery procedures, and disaster recovery activities
• 11. Capacity planning, rightsizing, performance optimization, and cost optimization initiatives
• 12. Automation using Bash, PowerShell, and Python scripting
• Experience troubleshooting L2/L3 cloud infrastructure, AKS, networking, storage, and performance issues.
• Experience implementing approved changes through automation and Infrastructure as Code.

L3 Level

• 12+ years of experience as an Azure Cloud Engineer, Cloud Architect, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Cloud SME supporting large-scale enterprise environments.
• Proven experience leading Azure operations, migrations, modernization, and cloud transformation initiatives for business-critical platforms.
• Expert-level hands-on expertise with:
• 1. Azure Cloud Architecture, Governance, Security, and Operational Excellence
• 2. Azure Virtual Machines, Storage Services, Networking Services, Application Gateway, Azure Monitor, Recovery Services, Backup, and Disaster Recovery Solutions
• 3. Enterprise Kubernetes Platform Operations using AKS
• 4. Advanced Linux Administration, Capacity Planning, System Performance Tuning, and Operational Troubleshooting
• 5. Infrastructure as Code frameworks using Bicep, ARM Templates, and Terraform
• 6. Enterprise DevOps and CI/CD Platforms including Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and GitOps practices
• 7. Container Platforms, Docker Security, Kubernetes Security, and Cloud-Native Architectures
• 8. Azure Networking Architecture including Connectivity, Hybrid Networking, Security Controls, and Traffic Management
• 9. Azure Security Architecture including RBAC, Managed Identity, Key Vault, Policy, Defender for Cloud, and Compliance Controls
• 10. Advanced Observability, Monitoring, Logging, Alerting, and Reliability Engineering practices
• 11. High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Resilience Planning
• 12. Cloud Cost Governance, FinOps, Rightsizing, Capacity Planning, and Resource Utilization Optimization
• 13. Platform Automation, Self-Healing Solutions, and Operational Excellence Initiatives