Azure Devops Engineer

Kumaran Systems; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Kumaran Systems invites an Azure DevOps Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary team in Chennai. The role centers on building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, configuring Azure resources, and ensuring robust release management across projects.

You will collaborate with developers, architects, testers, and operations to standardize environments, implement IaC with ARM/Bicep/Terraform, and uphold policy-driven governance throughout the software lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services, ARM/Bicep templates, and Terraform.
• Proven ability to implement IaC and enforce engineering standards across projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub.
• Manage Azure resources, deployments, and environment configurations.
• Enforce policies, standards, and best practices across multiple teams.

Skills

Azure DevOps

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Release management

Infrastructure as code

Git

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenShift

Job description

Job Description:

About Us

Kumaran Systems: Engineering Future-Ready Transformations Since 1992, Kumaran Systems has been helping enterprises bridge the past and the future, reimagining legacy systems and embracing AI-led possibilities. With over 34 years of delivery excellence, we specialise in re-engineering core applications, driving cloud transformation, and building automation-first, GenAI-enabled ecosystems across the Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, and Automotive sectors. We help organisations not just upgrade their systems but reimagine what’s possible.

Why Kumaran?

We blend engineering discipline with AI innovation, helping clients modernise with confidence, automate with clarity, and scale with purpose. Our global delivery model ensures agility, responsiveness, and seamless collaboration, with clients always at the heart of every engagement. At Kumaran, we don’t just solve problems, we engineer future-ready transformations.

Role Overview

We are looking for a skilled Azure DevOps Engineer who can work effectively as part of a larger team to manage daily incoming requests and ensure timely, high-quality delivery. The ideal candidate will be responsible for setting up, maintaining, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, managing Azure services, and enforcing engineering standards and policies across projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a larger cross-functional team (developers, architects, testers, operations) to handle and deliver on daily DevOps requests.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub.
• Manage source code repositories, branching strategies, and version control best practices (Azure Repos, Git).
• Own release management, including build, deployment, artifact management, and environment configuration.
• Provision, configure, and manage Azure resources and services as per project requirements.
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using ARM templates, Bicep, and Terraform.
• Enforce and monitor Azure Policies to ensure compliance and standardization across environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in build, deployment, and production environments.
• Support migration initiatives, standardization efforts, and platform modernization activities.
• Work closely with stakeholders to prioritize and manage workload, ensuring timely and quality delivery of all DevOps tasks.
• Contribute to documentation, playbooks, and standard operating procedures.

Required Technical Skills (Primary / MUST)

Azure DevOps & CI/CD

• Azure DevOps (Azure Repos, Pipelines)
• GitHub (including Actions/YAML workflows)
• YAML-based pipelines
• CI/CD implementation and optimization
• Release management
• Artifact management (e.g., Azure Artifacts, Artifactory)
• Git (branching, merging, code review processes)

Azure Services

• App Services, Function Apps, Logic apps
• Containers (Azure Container Instances / similar)
• Storage Accounts
• Azure Data Factory & Data bricks
• Azure SQL (Managed Instance, Elastic Pool, SQL Server)
• ARM Templates
• Azure Identity model: SPN, App registration, Managed identities
• Bicep
• Terraform
• Azure Policies & RBAC

Secondary / Good-to-Have Skills

• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• Docker
• OpenAI services
• Solace
• RabbitMQ
• Feedhub
• SharePoint
• Migration experience (applications, data, infrastructure)
• Experience with standardization of environments, pipelines, and tooling
• Banking domain experience

Additional Skills & Attributes

• Strong ability to enforce policies, standards, and best practices across teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent requests and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused mindset.