SME - Azure DevOps, Terraform

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust infrastructure components on AWS and Azure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool.
• Ensure proper Terraform state-file management, backend configuration, and module reusability across multi-cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and management processes.
• Ensure cloud environments are secure, scalable, and reliable.
• Manage, maintain, and secure Azure SQL Databases, Azure SQL Managed Instances, and SQL Server on Azure VMs.
• Monitor database health, proactively troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, and optimize complex queries, indexes, and execution plans.
• Implement and test robust database backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies (e.g., Failover Groups, Geo-Replication).
• Perform new database setup and configuration in Azure SQL and cost optimization.
• Author multi-stage YAML pipelines, build/release templates, gated builds, and pipeline variables in Azure Dev Ops Services & Pipelines.
• Experience with Terraform modular design, state management, remote backends (Terraform Cloud).
• Plan and execute release management and deployment strategies such as blue/green, canary, rolling updates, feature flags, and rollback planning.
• Use Azure Boards and manage code repository in Hashicorp Cloud.

• 5+ years of deep, hands‑on experience writing production‑grade Terraform modules for both AWS and Azure.
• 5+ years of experience managing Azure SQL cloud ecosystems.
• Solid understanding of core AWS services, especially AWS managed databases (RDS) and how to provision these with IAC tools.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Dev Ops Services & Pipelines, Azure Boards, and related task management.
• Proficiency in Terraform modular design, state handling, and remote backend configuration (e.g., Terraform Cloud).
• Knowledge of database backup, disaster recovery, and high‑availability strategies in Azure SQL.