Senior DevOps Engineer

Encoura

6d•$140,000 - $155,000

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced Senior Azure DevOps Engineer who will partner up with our product and technology teams to design and develop processes and systems that enhance our Azure cloud environment in areas like monitoring, optimization, automation, data maintenance, and security tooling to make us more scalable, more secure, and help us deliver more real-time systems for our users. If you are experienced with Azure networking (i.e. VNet, Subnets, NSGs, and ASGs) and CI/CD then you’re the right candidate.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent, or a Bachelor’s in an unrelated field with at least 5 years of professional experience
5+ years of experience in DevOps with 3+ years using Azure core services (Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Virtual Network, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Bicep/ARM templates, Azure SQL Database, Azure App Service, Azure API Management, etc.)
Experience installing, configuring, and managing database platforms and Azure-managed database services, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB Atlas
Demonstrated expertise in using configuration management tools such as Terraform, Azure Bicep and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
Strong understanding of Azure billing and cost modelling
Experience with build & release automation tools and methodologies.
Ability to design, deploy, monitor and manage Kubernetes based systems
Familiarity with the concepts of microservice architecture and how those concepts are implemented in Azure
Champion Infrastructure as Code mentality and can take the lead in transformation from manual “hands-on” in Azure to Infrastructure as Code
Very strong scripting and automation skills – you believe you can automate just about everything
Knowledge of how to use AI tools to vet ideas, validate work, and help automate tasks
Strive to learn new technologies and look for ways to stay up to date in this rapidly changing industry
Hands-on experience with troubleshooting, securing, and improving manually configured Azure environments
Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and log aggregation at scale.
Experience supporting application development teams who work in an iterative-based development environment using Agile/Scrum/Kanban
Appreciation for pragmatism and simplicity in systems architecture

Nice To Haves

Experience with TeamCity is a plus
Background in working with multi-cloud operations between AWS and Azure preferred
Current and relevant Azure cloud certifications preferred

Responsibilities

Build and manage infrastructure using automation tools such as Terraform
Provide day-to-day operational support of our applications on Azure
Work closely with development teams to integrate their projects into the production and test Azure environments and ensure their ongoing support
Be a DevOps champion working closely with other internal teams to lead efforts on security, reliability, and scalability into the development lifecycle
Provide input on design and Azure-related considerations / options
Gain functional knowledge of the applications you support
Dive deep into the product stack to troubleshoot as needed
Build engineering automation and productivity tools to streamline and scale applications in the production environment
Troubleshoot and resolve application development, deployments and operations issues
Architect and implement reliable infrastructure services on Azure, from the ground up, to deliver highly scalable services
Serve in an on-call rotation as an escalation contact for critical production issues