Senior DevOps Engineer - IAC Terraform

Flipped.ai - Transforming Talent Acquisition with AI; Chennai District; Vor Ort; INR 2.000.000 - 4.000.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Flipped.ai - Transforming Talent Acquisition with AI in Chennai invites a Senior DevOps Engineer with 5–9 years of experience to lead design and modernization of our cloud platform. You will own Azure-based infrastructure, AKS clusters, and multi-region pipelines, partnering with product teams to deliver scalable, secure deployments.

As a senior practitioner, you will implement IaC with Terraform, craft secure Helm deployments, enforce Git workflows, and mentor junior engineers.

Qualifikationen

• 5–9 years of relevant DevOps experience.
• Proven ability to design secure, multi-stage CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and enterprise Kubernetes.
• Strong IaC experience using Terraform and related tooling.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, and maintain production-grade CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Establish robust Git branching strategies and governance.
• Architect and manage Azure services and AKS clusters.
• Develop production Dockerfiles and Helm charts for microservices.
• Implement network policies, secret management, and policy checks.
• Write automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Collaborate with security and software engineering teams.

Kenntnisse

Pipeline Engineering

Git branching strategies

Azure cloud

AKS Kubernetes

IaC tooling

Terraform

Docker

Helm

Security & DevSecOps

Scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell)

Tools

Azure

AKS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

NGINX

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Jobbeschreibung

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

• 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.