Senior Azure DevOps Engineer — AKS, Terraform & CI/CD

Dicetek LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced DevOps/Platform Engineer to own Azure infrastructure, design production IaC with Terraform or Bicep, and maintain multi-namespace AKS with strong security controls. You will build and operate CI/CD pipelines, manage image signing, keys, and disaster recovery for UAE deployments.

Candidates should have 5+ years in the field, 2+ years on Azure, and certifications like AZ-104/AZ-400 or CKA are highly regarded.

Qualifications

• 5+ years DevOps/Platform Engineering experience.
• 2+ years on Azure.
• Terraform or Bicep – production IaC.
• Kubernetes / AKS: namespaces, RBAC, Network Policies, Helm charts, Kustomize.
• Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions – multi-stage pipelines.
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, KQL.
• Container ecosystem: Docker, ACR, image signing, admission control.
• Azure networking: VNet, private endpoints, NSGs, ExpressRoute concepts.
• KEDA (Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling) or equivalent autoscaling experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain AWA Azure infrastructure in Terraform/Bicep.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for all AWA components.
• Manage a 5-namespace AKS cluster with policies and autoscaling.
• Govern container images with Notary v2 signing and ACR controls.
• Manage Key Vault access, endpoints, and certificate rotation.
• Configure monitoring with Azure Monitor and KQL queries.
• Enforce security posture using Defender for Cloud and Gatekeeper.
• Maintain DR procedures and validate RTO/RPO for UAE deployments.

Skills

DevOps / Platform engineering

Azure

Terraform / Bicep

Kubernetes / AKS

Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions

Monitoring with KQL

Container ecosystem

Azure networking

KEDA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or equivalent

Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) strongly preferred

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) advantageous

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Notary v2 (image signing)

Job description

Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced DevOps/Platform Engineer to own Azure infrastructure, design production IaC with Terraform or Bicep, and maintain multi-namespace AKS with strong security controls. You will build and operate CI/CD pipelines, manage image signing, keys, and disaster recovery for UAE deployments.

Candidates should have 5+ years in the field, 2+ years on Azure, and certifications like AZ-104/AZ-400 or CKA are highly regarded.