Azure DevOps Engineer

**Azure DevOps Enginee** Experience: 6–8 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Hyderabad / Hybrid

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps Services, CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and cloud operations .

The ideal candidate should be capable of designing, implementing, and managing scalable Azure infrastructure and automated deployment pipelines while ensuring high availability, security, performance, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Manage Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Artifacts, Boards, and related Azure DevOps services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.
• Deploy and manage applications on Microsoft Azure.
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Build automated deployment processes across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments.
• Configure and manage Azure services such as Virtual Machines, App Services, Storage Accounts, Azure Functions, Key Vault, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, and Azure Networking.
• Implement secure access using Azure Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identities, and Azure Key Vault.
• Create and maintain reusable YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Implement release strategies including Blue-Green, Canary, and Rolling deployments where applicable.
• Monitor applications and infrastructure using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and alerts.
• Troubleshoot CI/CD, infrastructure, networking, and production-related issues.
• Implement DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability scanning, secret management, access controls, and security checks within CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimize Azure infrastructure for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.
• Participate in incident management, root-cause analysis, production support, and continuous improvement activities.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, Security, Data, and Infrastructure teams.

Required Skills

• 6–8 years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.

• Extensive experience with Azure DevOps Services, particularly:

• Azure Pipelines
• Azure Repos
• Azure Artifacts
• Azure Boards

• YAML Pipelines

• Strong experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.
• Strong working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes / AKS.
• Experience with Azure Networking, including VNets, Subnets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Load Balancers, and Application Gateway.
• Strong understanding of Azure Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identities, and Key Vault.
• Good knowledge of Linux administration.
• Strong scripting skills using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Experience with Git, branching strategies, pull requests, and code-review workflows.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Good understanding of cloud security, networking, SSL/TLS, DNS, and firewall concepts.
• Strong troubleshooting and production-support capabilities.

Good to Have

• Experience with AWS & GCP
• Experience with Helm and Kubernetes deployment automation.
• Experience implementing GitOps using Argo CD or Flux.
• Knowledge of SonarQube, SAST/DAST tools, and DevSecOps integrations.
• Experience with Ansible or other configuration-management tools.
• Microsoft certifications such as AZ-400 – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions or other Azure certifications.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale or microservices-based applications.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a highly hands-on Azure DevOps professional who can take ownership of Azure cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines, AKS environments, monitoring, and production reliability .

The candidate should have strong problem-solving skills and be comfortable working independently on complex Azure DevOps and cloud engineering challenges.

Skills: azure,cd,kubernetes,infrastructure,cloud,devops