DevOps Engineer

Employment Type : Full time

Level : Mid-to-Senior

Location : Hybrid/Bangalore

About the Role :

We're looking for a mid-to-senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our CI/CD pipelines and Azure cloud infrastructure. This is a hands-on role for someone equally comfortable working in Azure DevOps and GitLab CI/CD, scripting in Bash and PowerShell, and managing a broad Azure footprint through Infrastructure-as-Code. You'll be a key partner to development teams, ensuring reliable, secure, and repeatable builds, releases, and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML-based) and GitLab CI/CD
- Write and maintain Bash and PowerShell scripts to support pipeline automation and tooling
- Build, maintain, and optimize containerized build and release steps
- Manage and scale self-hosted ADO build agents on VMSS
- Design, deploy, and operate core Azure infrastructure, including :
- AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
- MySQL Flexible Servers
- Key Vault
- Service Bus
- Private Endpoint Connections
- Microsoft Entra ID (identity, RBAC, service principals)
- Azure Bastion and VM jumpboxes (Azure Linux)
- Azure Container Registry (ACR)
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Azure Bicep
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures, build agent issues, and infrastructure incidents
- Implement security best practices - secrets management, network isolation via private endpoints, and identity/access governance
- Partner with development teams on release strategy, environment provisioning, and deployment automation
- Monitor infrastructure health and pipeline performance; drive continuous improvement




- Maintain clear documentation of architecture, runbooks, and standard operating procedures

Required Skills & Experience :

- Solid professional experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering role
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) - YAML pipelines, release pipelines, pipeline templates
- Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD
- Strong scripting ability in both Bash and PowerShell
- Experience building and using containers within CI/CD pipelines
- Working experience with :
- AKS
- Azure MySQL Flexible Servers (or comparable managed database services)
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Service Bus (or comparable messaging services)
- Private Endpoint Connections and private networking in Azure
- Microsoft Entra ID
- VM Scale Sets (VMSS), ideally for self-hosted build agents
- Azure Bastion and jumpbox architectures
- Azure Container Registry (ACR)
- Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience with Azure Bicep
- Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity fundamentals

Nice to Have :

- Experience with Terraform or other IaC tooling
- Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.)
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, CKA)
- Experience with policy-as-code or compliance tooling
- Experience working with Azure Linux-based VM images

Soft Skills :

- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Comfortable owning problems end-to-end and working independently
- Collaborative mindset when working across development and platform teams

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