Azure DevOps Engineer - Lead

NorthBay Solutions LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay Solutions LLC in Abu Dhabi seeks a Lead DevOps Engineer specialized in Azure Terraform to drive cloud infrastructure and ML pipeline operations. You will architect scalable CI/CD, IaC, and monitoring practices across large production environments.

Responsibilities include managing Terraform-based infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and collaboration with data science teams to deploy, version, and monitor ML models using MLOps best practices.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of DevOps/MLOps experience.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps.
• Expertise in Terraform and large-scale Kubernetes.
• Containerization with Docker and microservices.
• Scripting in Bash and Python.

Responsibilities

• Design implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
• Manage and scale container orchestration environments using Kubernetes including experience with larger production-grade clusters.
• Ensure cloud infrastructure is optimized secure and monitored effectively.
• Collaborate with data science teams to support ML model deployment and operationalization.
• Implement MLOps best practices including model versioning deployment strategies (e.g. blue-green) monitoring (data drift concept drift) and experiment tracking (e.g. MLflow).
• Build and maintain automated ML pipelines to streamline model lifecycle management.

Skills

DevOps/MLOps

CI/CD tooling

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Security & Observability

Bash

Python

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure Terraform)

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Note: This role requires flexibility to relocate to Abu Dhabi (UAE) for onsite client requirements.

About the Role

NorthBay a leading AWS Premier Partner is seeking a highly skilled Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure Terraform) to join its growing cloud and AI engineering team. This role is ideal for candidates with a strong foundation in cloud DevOps practices and a passion for implementing scalable MLOps solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform
• Manage and scale container orchestration environments using Kubernetes including experience with larger production-grade clusters
• Ensure cloud infrastructure is optimized secure and monitored effectively
• Collaborate with data science teams to support ML model deployment and operationalization
• Implement MLOps best practices including model versioning deployment strategies (e.g. blue-green) monitoring (data drift concept drift) and experiment tracking (e.g. MLflow)
• Build and maintain automated ML pipelines to streamline model lifecycle management

Required Skills

• 8 to 12 years of experience in DevOps and/or MLOps roles
• Proficient in CI/CD tools: Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps
• Strong expertise in Terraform including managing and scaling infrastructure across large environments
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes in larger clusters including workload distribution autoscaling and cluster monitoring
• Strong understanding of containerization technologies (Docker) and microservices architecture
• Solid grasp of cloud networking security best practices and observability
• Scripting proficiency in Bash and Python

Preferred Skills

• Experience with MLflow TFX Kubeflow or SageMaker Pipelines
• Knowledge of model performance monitoring and ML system reliability
• Familiarity with AWS MLOps stack or equivalent tools on Azure/GCP

Required Experience

Senior IC

Key Skills

Administrative Skills,Facilities Management,Biotechnology,Creative Production,Design And Estimation,Architecture

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1