Senior Cloud and DevOps Engineer-Azure
WSP in India
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Job summary
WSP India seeks a skilled Cloud/DevOps Engineer to lead cloud-native deployments on Azure, with awareness of AWS patterns. The role focuses on transforming MVP apps into production-ready, multi-tenant SaaS platforms through containerization, CI/CD, security, observability, and scalable operations.
Responsibilities include designing secure cloud architectures, implementing container-based deployments, and driving platform reliability and performance improvements across environments.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field required.
- 8+ years hands-on Cloud/DevOps experience in enterprise or SaaS environments preferred.
- Proven ability to design, implement and operate cloud-native solutions on Azure.
Responsibilities
- Design scalable, secure cloud solutions on Azure with cost optimization.
- Lead containerized deployment using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS awareness).
- Implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps).
- Establish observability with dashboards, tracing, and alerting; enable health checks and SLO monitoring.
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Job description
Cloud / DevOps Engineer would lead the implementation, automation, and operational reliability of cloud-native and DevOps solutions across Azure environments, with awareness of equivalent AWS patterns where required. The role would involve transformation of MVP applications into production‑grade, multi‑tenant SaaS platforms by enabling cloud-native deployment architecture—driving database migration support, containerized deployments on Azure, secure identity and access management, CI/CD pipeline implementation, observability setup, environment consistency, and performance optimization for scalable operations.
Cloud / DevOps Engineer would lead the implementation, automation, and operational reliability of cloud-native and DevOps solutions across Azure environments, with awareness of equivalent AWS patterns where required. The role would involve transformation of MVP applications into production‑grade, multi‑tenant SaaS platforms by enabling cloud-native deployment architecture—driving database migration support, containerized deployments on Azure, secure identity and access management, CI/CD pipeline implementation, observability setup, environment consistency, and performance optimization for scalable operations.
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost‑optimized cloud solutions primarily on Azure.
- Drive adoption of PaaS, managed services, and container‑based deployment models.
- Enable deployment architecture using Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Blob Storage, Key Vault, and Entra ID / AAD.
- Establish cloud governance, environment consistency, access control, and cost optimization practices.
- Design and implement container‑based application deployment using Docker.
- Build and optimize Docker Compose setups for multi‑service environments and multi‑stage builds for secure, lightweight images.
- Support deployment using orchestration services such as Kubernetes (AKS / EKS awareness) or Azure Container Apps.
- Improve platform consistency, portability, and deployment repeatability.
- Architect and implement end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps.
- Enable automated builds, testing, and deployment with multi‑stage environment promotion.
- Support deployment strategies such as blue‑green, canary, or rolling updates.
- Improve release reliability, deployment speed, and operational maturity.
- Implement observability using structured logging, distributed tracing, dashboards, and APM tooling.
- Enable health checks, readiness validation, alerting, incident response readiness, and SLO‑based monitoring.
- Support resilience mechanisms including retries, graceful degradation, and fault‑aware deployment patterns.
- Implement secure DevOps practices including secret management, identity and role‑based access controls, and pipeline‑integrated security scans.
- Ensure secure configuration and alignment with enterprise standards for cloud delivery and operations.
- Support performance strategies including caching, autoscaling, deployment tuning, and environment optimization.
- Assist with provisioning and managing Redis / distributed cache services where applicable.
- Enable scalable deployment patterns for growing user demand and system load.
- Docker / Containers | Advanced — Compose, multi‑stage builds, image hardening, container deployment
- Azure Cloud | Proficient — App Service, Functions, Blob Storage, Key Vault, Entra ID / AAD
- CI/CD | Advanced — GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps; automated testing and staged deployments
- Git | Advanced — branching strategies, PR workflows, repository governance
- Cluster Provisioning & Management | Proficient — Kubernetes / AKS / container orchestration awareness
- Monitoring & Operations | Proficient — Azure Monitor, App Insights, dashboards, alerts, logs
- Security & Automation | Proficient — secrets, identity, access control, scanning, IaC awareness
- Minimum 6 years of professional experience in Cloud / DevOps engineering.
- Proven experience in enabling cloud‑native deployment practices for enterprise or SaaS applications.
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and environment promotion strategies.
- Experience supporting containerized deployments and modern cloud‑hosted applications.
- Experience with observability, operational monitoring, and incident‑supporting platform practices.
- Exposure to secure DevOps practices, secrets management, and identity‑based access controls.
- Experience improving deployment reliability, automation, and operational consistency across environments.
- Exposure to MVP‑to‑production modernization programs.
- Experience with Terraform / Bicep / infrastructure‑as‑code tooling.
- Exposure to SaaS multi‑tenancy, API gateways, or cloud platform hardening.
- Experience in consultancy, infrastructure, or engineering sector platforms.
- Exposure to AI‑assisted engineering productivity tooling.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of hands‑on experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or platform operations.
- Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification ("BGV") check conducted by a third‑party agency appointed by WSP India.
- Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner".
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