Senior DevOps Engineer

Independence Pet Group•Ohio, OH

1d•$124,900 - $156,124

About The Position

Independence Pet Holdings, established in 2021, is a corporate holding company managing a diverse portfolio of pet health brands and services across North America. They focus on simplifying the pet parenting journey and improving pet well-being through innovative solutions. The company operates with a full stack of resources, capital, and services, supporting pet parents through a multi-brand and omni-channel approach. They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer specializing in application platform engineering on Azure. This role is focused on designing and operating the cloud application platform for development teams, ensuring services deploy safely, scale globally, and run reliably. The engineer will act as a force multiplier by creating standardized, repeatable deployment patterns and self-service capabilities, while collaborating with central infrastructure teams for platform alignment. The position emphasizes ownership of how applications move from code to globally available production systems, with a strong focus on multi-region Azure architecture, AKS-based workloads, and serverless/event-driven services.

Requirements

Specializes in application platform engineering on Azure.
Experience with multi-region Azure architecture.
Experience with AKS-based workloads.
Experience with serverless/event-driven services.
Experience designing and operating the application layer of cloud platforms.
Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Experience with Azure Functions.
Experience with Azure Service Bus.
Experience with Azure API Management (APIM).
Experience with Azure Front Door.
Experience building and evolving application delivery models using Azure DevOps (ADO) and GitOps principles.
Experience designing CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security gates, and approval workflows.
Experience implementing zero-downtime deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, rolling).
Experience standardizing branching and release models.
Experience creating reusable pipeline templates and deployment patterns.
Experience defining and maintaining Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform for Azure resources.
Experience with application configuration strategy using Azure App Configuration and Key Vault.
Experience eliminating configuration drift and ensuring environment parity.
Experience designing for regional failover and high availability.
Experience implementing and tuning monitoring using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
Experience establishing actionable alerting.
Experience leading root cause analysis (RCA) for incidents.
Experience creating self-service templates, documentation, and golden paths.
Experience coaching teams on deployment patterns, observability, and cloud-native practices.
Experience acting as a bridge between Software Engineering and Infrastructure teams.
Experience building cost awareness into deployment patterns and architectural standards.
Experience optimizing AKS, serverless, and messaging usage.
Experience monitoring and managing cloud spend.
Experience preventing waste through right-sizing, lifecycle policies, and automation.

Responsibilities

Design and operate the application layer of the Azure platform, including multi-region deployment patterns, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure API Management (APIM), and Azure Front Door.
Ensure Azure services are deployed consistently and in a production-ready manner with clear standards for teams.
Build and evolve the application delivery model using Azure DevOps (ADO) and GitOps principles.
Design advanced CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security gates, and approval workflows.
Implement zero-downtime deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, rolling).
Standardize branching and release models to support parallel development and fast, safe releases.
Create reusable pipeline templates and deployment patterns for teams.
Drive consistent, repeatable deployment processes across services and environments.
Define and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform for Azure resources.
Partner with the Infrastructure team to ensure networking, identity, and foundational services meet application platform needs.
Own application configuration strategy using Azure App Configuration and Key Vault.
Eliminate configuration drift across Dev, Test, Staging, and Production environments.
Ensure environment parity to reduce release risk.
Design for regional failover and high availability at the application layer.
Implement and tune monitoring using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
Establish actionable alerting that reduces noise and improves signal.
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for platform and deployment-related incidents.
Continuously improve resilience, performance, and recovery processes.
Create self-service templates, documentation, and golden paths for development teams.
Coach teams on deployment patterns, observability, and cloud-native practices.
Act as a bridge between Software Engineering and Infrastructure teams.
Help teams design systems that are deployable, scalable, and cost-efficient.
Build cost awareness into deployment patterns and architectural standards.
Optimize AKS, serverless, and messaging usage for performance per dollar.
Partner with leadership to monitor and manage cloud spend.
Prevent waste through right-sizing, lifecycle policies, and automation.