Senior DevOps Engineer / DevOps Lead – Azure Cloud Infrastructure

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: WFH / Remote (India)

Open Positions: Multiple

Qualification: B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA orequivalent

Work Timings: 1:30 PM IST – 10:30 PM IST

Functional Area: DevOps Engineering
About the Role

Weare seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer /DevOps Lead – Azure Cloud Infrastructure to design,implement, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms onMicrosoft Azure.

The idealcandidate will possess strong hands-on expertise in Azure cloud infrastructure,networking, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation,monitoring and observability, cloud security, and governance. The candidateshould be capable of designing end-to-end cloud architectures, creatinginfrastructure and network diagrams, automating cloud deployments, managingcontainerized workloads, and ensuring operational excellence acrossenterprise-scale environments.

This rolerequires a technically strong professional who can drive cloud transformationinitiatives, implement infrastructure best practices, improve platformreliability, and collaborate closely with development, operations, and securityteams to deliver resilient cloud-native solutions.
Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available Azure cloud infrastructure.

- Define and enforce cloud architecture standards, governance frameworks, security controls, and operational best practices.

- Design and maintain infrastructure architecture diagrams, network topology diagrams, deployment diagrams, and technical documentation.

- Design and manage Azure networking solutions, including VNet, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Private Link, DNS, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, NSGs, and routing configurations.

- Implement hybrid cloud and on-premises connectivity solutions.

- Drive cloud governance, cost optimization, performance tuning, and infrastructure reliability initiatives.

- Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar technologies.

- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform, ARM Templates, and Bicep.

- Design, deploy, manage, and optimize containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

- Implement Kubernetes best practices, including cluster administration, upgrades, scaling, networking, ingress management, workload security, and platform automation.

- Implement Azure security best practices, including Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, Key Vault, Managed Identities, network security, and compliance controls.

- Design and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Datadog, or similar platforms.

- Build operational dashboards, define monitoring standards, and establish proactive alerting mechanisms.

- Lead incident management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Collaborate with engineering, security, and business stakeholders to deliver cloud-native and platform engineering solutions.

- Mentor team members and promote DevOps culture, automation, and engineering best practices across projects.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or related cloud engineering roles.

- Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services.

- Experience designing and documenting infrastructure architecture, cloud solutions, deployment models, and network topology diagrams using Visio, Lucidchart, Draw.io, or equivalent tools.

- Deep experience designing and managing Azure networking solutions, including Azure VNet, Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Private Link, Traffic Manager, DNS, and network security controls.

- Strong hands-on experience managing production-grade Kubernetes environments, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

- Hands-on expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Ingress Controllers, container networking, and orchestration technologies.

- Strong experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.

- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM Templates, and Bicep.

- Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting platforms such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Datadog, Splunk, or New Relic.

- Strong understanding of Azure security services, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, Key Vault, governance, compliance, and cloud security best practices.

- Strong understanding of cloud cost optimization, resource governance, capacity planning, and operational excellence.

- Good understanding of AWS core infrastructure services and cloud architecture principles.

- Strong Linux administration, scripting, automation, troubleshooting, and networking skills.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and monitoring-related issues.

- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, collaboration, and leadership skills.

- Experience supporting global customers, including US and/or European clients.

Certification Requirements
Mandatory
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Preferred

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

This jobdescription is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of allresponsibilities, duties, or activities that are required. Responsibilities,duties, and/or activities may change, or new ones may be added at any time withor without notice.

If you are amotivated professional with a passion for delivering impactful solutions, we'dlove to hear from you. Apply today to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinkingteam at NextGen Invent.

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