Senior DevOps Engineer - IAC Terraform

Flipped.ai - Transforming Talent Acquisition with AI; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Flipped.ai is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead cloud infra design, automation, and modernisation across Azure ecosystems and enterprise Kubernetes environments. You will drive secure, scalable pipelines, automate deployment workflows, and develop reusable IaC modules to support multi-environment landing zones.

The role focuses on Azure services, AKS clusters, Terraform, Helm, and Python scripting to enable zero-downtime deployments and robust governance across DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 5–9 years of experience in DevOps/Cloud Platform engineering.
• Hands-on Azure, AKS, Terraform, Helm, Docker, and Python scripting.
• Experience designing secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines and IaC tooling.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline Engineering: Design, build, and maintain production-grade, secure multi-stage YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps for complex multi-tier applications.
• Release & Branching Strategy: Establish and enforce robust Git branching strategies and governance.
• Native Azure Management: Architect and manage enterprise Azure services including VNet, App Services, Functions, Key Vault, Private Endpoints, IAM & Kubernetes.
• Cluster Management: Provision, harden, and operate AKS clusters with high availability and cost optimization.
• Container Optimization: Create production-ready, secure Dockerfiles and minimize image footprints.
• Application Delivery: Package and manage complex microservice deployments via Helm charts.
• Networking & Security: Implement Kubernetes network policies, Ingress, service meshes, TLS, and secret as code with Terraform.
• Modular IaC: Maintain modular Terraform configurations for multi-environment Azure landing zones.
• State Management: Enforce remote state, locking, splitting, and secret handling.
• Governance & Standards: Implement linting, policy-as-code, drift detection, and tooling.
• Advanced Scripting: Develop automated workflows, health checks, and maintenance scripts.
• SDK/API Integration: Write Python scripts using Azure SDK and REST APIs for automation.

Skills

Azure

AKS

CI/CD

Python scripting

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

YAML pipelines

Security practices

Git branching

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description:

Role : Senior DevOps Engineer (5 - 9 Years Experience)

Role Overview

Our client is seeking a Senior DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer with 5 to 9 years of experience to lead, design, and modernize our cloud infrastructure and automated deployment pipelines. In this role, you will act as a key architect and practitioner across our Azure cloud ecosystem, enterprise Kubernetes environments, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tooling.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for building secure, scalable multi-stage CI/CD pipelines, driving zero-downtime microservice deployments on AKS, establishing reusable Terraform modules, and automating complex cloud operations with Python and CI/CD (Azure & Azure DevOps) :

• Pipeline Engineering : Design, build, and maintain production-grade, secure multi-stage YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps for complex multi-tier applications.
• Release & Branching Strategy : Establish and enforce robust Git branching strategies (e.g., GitFlow, Trunk-Based Development) and governance for source control and release management.
• Native Azure Management : Architect and manage enterprise Azure services including Azure Virtual Networks, App Services, Azure Functions, Key Vaults, Private Endpoints, and Identity & Access Management & Kubernetes (Docker & AKS) :
• Cluster Management : Provision, harden, and operate production-ready Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, ensuring high availability, observability, and cost optimization.
• Container Optimization : Author production-ready, security-scanned multi-stage Dockerfiles to minimize image footprints and attack surfaces.
• Application Delivery : Packaging and managing complex microservice deployments using Helm charts and values files tailored to target environments.
• Networking & Security : Implement and maintain K8s network policies, Ingress Controllers (NGINX/AGIC), service meshes, TLS certificate management, and secret as Code (Terraform) :
• Modular IaC : Author and maintain clean, modular, and reusable Terraform configurations for multi-environment Azure landing zones.
• State Management : Enforce robust state-management patterns using remote backend storage, state locking, state splitting, and secure secret handling.
• Governance & Standards : Implement automated linting, policy-as-code checks, and drift detection & Tooling (Python, Bash, PowerShell) :
• Advanced Scripting : Develop automated operational workflows, health checks, and system maintenance tasks using robust Bash or PowerShell scripts.
• SDK/API Integration : Write Python scripts leveraging the Azure SDK and REST APIs to create custom automation tools, reporting scripts, and pipeline extensions.

Soft Skills & Leadership Expectation

• Problem Solving : Proven ability to troubleshoot complex cloud networking, container orchestrations, and deployment issues under operational timelines.
• Collaboration & Governance : Strong communication skills to partner with Software Engineering, Cyber Security, and Enterprise Architecture teams.
• Mentorship : Ability to mentor mid-level/junior engineers and conduct code reviews for Terraform, YAML pipelines, and scripts.
• Security Mindset : Deep understanding of DevSecOps practices embedding shift-left security checks, secret scanning, and compliance into daily workflows.

(ref:hirist.tech)