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).