Cloud Operations Engineer

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Senior technical leadership role responsible for leading cloud engineers while remaining hands-on in Azure and Kubernetes environments. You will build secure, scalable infrastructure, drive automation, mentor engineers and improve platform reliability, performance and cost efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead Azure and AKS technical strategy, architecture and best practices.
• Build infrastructure as code using Terraform and Azure Dev Ops.
• Manage Kubernetes deployments using ArgoCD, Helm and Git Ops.
• Configure Azure networking, Application Gateway, WAF, ingress and load balancing.
• Manage secrets and certificates through Azure Key Vault.
• Maintain ACR pipelines, image scanning and registry operations.
• Automate operational tasks using Python and Bash.
• Troubleshoot AKS clusters, Linux systems, networking, storage and identity.
• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis and stakeholder reporting.
• Maintain monitoring, security, backup, disaster recovery and high availability.
• Mentor junior engineers and communicate with customers and internal teams.
• Drive cloud cost optimization and Fin Ops practices.

Required Qualifications

• 8–12 years of cloud or infrastructure engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Azure experience.
• 5+ years managing production Kubernetes/AKS environments.
• Advanced Terraform and infrastructure-as-code experience.
• Strong Azure Dev Ops and CI/CD knowledge.
• Hands-on experience with ArgoCD, Git Ops and Helm.
• Experience with Application Gateway, WAF, Key Vault and ACR.
• Strong Linux, networking and troubleshooting skills.
• Python, Bash or Shell scripting experience.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.
• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Assets

• Microsoft Defender, Wiz or other cloud-security tools.
• Azure API Management, Backup and Site Recovery.
• Fin Ops, regulatory compliance or financial-services experience.