Azure Devops Engineer

Happiest Minds Technologies; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Happiest Minds Technologies is hiring a DevOps Engineer to drive containerized workloads on Kubernetes via AKS in an Azure cloud environment. The role emphasizes building scalable, secure, and highly available microservices runtimes with Helm and Docker, while enabling robust CI/CD pipelines.

The ideal candidate will deploy, monitor, and optimize cloud-native services, enforce security practices, and collaborate with software teams to enhance automation and platform reliability across stages.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes workloads on Azure AKS.
• Helm chart development and deployment expertise.
• Docker image management and lifecycle experience.
• Kubernetes resources configuration (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets).
• Monitoring, debugging, and optimization of Kubernetes clusters and apps.
• Implementation of Kubernetes security, RBAC, network policies, and Pod security best practices.
• CI/CD deployment, scaling, backup, recovery, and release management support.
• Collaboration with development teams to improve reliability and automation.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes workloads on AKS.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts for microservices deployment.
• Manage Docker images, container registries, and image lifecycles.
• Configure Kubernetes resources including Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, ConfigMaps, and Secrets.
• Monitor, debug, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
• Implement Kubernetes security, RBAC, network policies, and pod security best practices.
• Support CI/CD deployments, scaling, backup, recovery, and release management.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve platform reliability and automation.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

AKS

Helm

Azure Container Registry

RBAC

Network Policies

Pod Debugging

CI/CD

Job description

Job Role-

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The candidate will be responsible for deploying, managing, troubleshooting, and securing containerized microservices while ensuring high availability, scalability, and operational excellence across cloud-native environments.

Key Responsibilities-

• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes workloads on Azure AKS.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts for microservices deployment.
• Manage Docker images, container registries, and image lifecycle.
• Configure Kubernetes resources including Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, ConfgMaps, and Secrets.
• Monitor, debug, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
• Implement Kubernetes security, RBAC, network policies, and pod security best practices.
• Support CI/CD deployments, scaling, backup, recovery, and release management.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve platform reliability and automation.

Must-Have Skills-

• Strong experience with Kubernetes (Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets).
• Expertise in Docker, multi-stage builds, and image optimization.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Registry (ACR).
• Hands-on experience with Helm chart development and deployment.
• Knowledge of: Pod lifecycle management, Liveness & Readiness probes, Service discovery and DNS, Config Map & Secret injection, Pod debugging and log analysis, Resource requests & limits, Pod affinity/anti-affinity, RBAC, Network Policies, CRDs, Admission Controllers, Pod Security
• Experience troubleshooting pod crashes, scaling, and performance issues.