Devops Lead (Preffered Male Candidates ) 3yrs Experience in Azure

Job description

**Role & responsibilities** **Leadership & Collaboration** - Lead, mentor, and review the work of junior DevOps resources. - Define DevOps best practices, standards, and processes. - Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to streamline release cycles. - Act as the primary point of contact for DevOps-related architecture and decisions. **Infrastructure & Cloud Management** - Design, build, and maintain highly available and scalable systems on Azure. - Architect and manage Kubernetes (AKS) clusters, including upgrades and capacity planning. - Implement and manage auto-scaling for Kubernetes nodes and workloads. - Ensure system reliability, performance, and security. **CI/CD & Automation** - Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab, etc.). - Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools (Terraform, ARM, Bicep preferred). - Standardize application deployment using Docker and Kubernetes. Monitoring, Logging & Alerting - Implement and continuously improve monitoring and alerting systems. • Integrate tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Azure Monitor, etc. - Configure alerting and on-call workflows using OpsGenie, PagerDuty, or similar tools. - Proactively identify and resolve performance and availability issues. **Preferred candidate profile** **Mandatory Skills** • 69 years of experience in DevOps / Site Reliability Engineering / Systems Administration. • Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services. • Advanced knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation. • Strong experience with Docker and container networking. • 2+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience (AKS preferred). • Strong Linux system administration experience. • Experience with application deployment using CI/CD pipelines. • Experience implementing monitoring and alerting solutions. Good to Have • Experience with Kubernetes auto-scaling (HPA, Cluster Autoscaler). • Experience with security best practices in cloud and container environments. • Knowledge of GitOps practices and tools. • Exposure to multi-environment deployments (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod).