Senior DevOps Engineer

Remote## Senior Dev Ops Engineer Remote, United States We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Dev Ops Engineer with expertise in Microsoft Azure to join our engineering team who will be responsible for designing, building, implementing and maintaining our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation processes that serve our clients. This role also requires deep technical knowledge of Azure services, as well as experience in managing complex deployments and environments.

The Dev Ops Engineer will be involved in infrastructure, Cloud Technology, Software deployment, logging, monitoring, alerting, and automation of processes as required. Dev Ops Engineer will have experience managing databases, backups, and data restoration. The Dev Ops Engineer will play a crucial role in deploying updates and enhancements to clients without any disruption of service or quality. This position requires participation in a 24/7 on-call support rotation on a biweekly basis.

Candidates must be willing and able to fulfill this responsibility as a condition of employment.
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* Duties & Responsibilities:

** Azure Infrastructure Management:
* Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure using Azure services, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and compliance with industry standards and organizational policies.
* Automate the provisioning and configuration of Azure resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, enabling repeatable, consistent, and version-controlled infrastructure deployments.
* Monitor, manage, and optimize the performance, availability, and cost-efficiency of Azure resources using native tools like Azure Monitor and third-party solutions, ensuring systems operate at peak efficiency and within budget constraints.
* Build, manage, and maintain Kubernetes clusters and containerized services in Microsoft Azure (AKS), with a focus on security, scalability, service discovery, workload orchestration, and seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines and monitoring solutions.
* Implement and support Dev Ops tool chains including Git Lab, Git Hub, Sonar Qube, Fortify/Veracode, and Hashi Corp Vault to streamline development workflows, enforce code quality standards, secure secrets management, and ensure continuous delivery practices.
* Extensive experience configuring, managing, and leveraging operational monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk and Datadog to proactively detect anomalies, enhance system visibility, reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR), and support incident management.
* Develop and maintain automation workflows using tools such as Jenkins, enabling consistent, reliable builds and deployments, and improving the efficiency and reliability of software delivery pipelines.
* Manage relational and non-relational databases, including database schema design, creation, optimization, and writing complex queries to support application and reporting needs, with a strong understanding of data integrity and performance tuning.
* Integrate and maintain enterprise tools and messaging systems such as Rabbit

MQ, ensuring robust communication across microservices and distributed systems while supporting high-throughput, fault-tolerant message processing.

CI/CD Pipeline Development:
* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops or other CI/CD tools to automate the container creation and deployment process.
* Ensure seamless integration of code changes by automating testing, building, and deployment processes.
* Implement strategies for zero-downtime deployments and rollbacks.

Automation & Scripting:
* Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools using Power Shell, Python, or other scripting languages to streamline operations and reduce manual effort.
* Automate routine tasks, such as system updates, backups, and monitoring setups.
* Create automated workflows for infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and configuration management.

Security & Compliance:
* Implement and manage security best practices, including identity and access management, network security, and data protection within the Azure environment.
* Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, or SOC 2.
* Regularly perform security audits and vulnerability assessments.

Monitoring & Troubleshooting:
* Set up and manage monitoring and alerting solutions using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and other relevant tools.
* Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployments, and system performance.
* Analyze system logs and performance metrics to proactively identify and address potential issues.

Collaboration & Communication:
* Work closely with software development teams to ensure that applications are designed for scale, security, and high availability in the Azure environment.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including QA, security, and operations, to deliver reliable and…