Site Reliability Engineer (Azure, AKS, Terraform & Kubernetes) | Opstree | Mumbai

OpsTree Global; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Opstree is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (Azure) to own production Azure infrastructure, AKS clusters, Terraform/Bicep IaC, and observability. You will lead incident response and RCA, optimize costs, and mentor junior engineers in Mumbai on a permanent onsite basis.

You will collaborate with cross-functional squads, implement secure cloud operations, and ensure high availability and SLA compliance while advancing in a leading international IT services firm.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 4 to 7 years of progressive professional hands-on experience in SRE, DevOps, or cloud engineering.
• At least 3+ years of dedicated hands-on Azure cloud administration and architecture.
• Strong operational expertise in Azure, AKS, Kubernetes, Helm, and IaC using Terraform or Bicep.
• Proficiency with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and KQL; observability platforms.
• Experience with production support, incident management, RCA, and FinOps.
• Leadership experience mentoring engineers and guiding cross-functional squads.
• Onsite work eligibility and availability in Mumbai.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infra, Kubernetes clusters, and containerized environments.
• Implement IaC pipelines using Terraform and Bicep for automated provisioning.
• Configure observability with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and KQL dashboards.
• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and RCA after-action reviews.
• Mentor engineers and drive performance development across squads.
• Ensure high-availability, disaster recovery planning, and automated failover testing.
• Document topology, runbooks, and incident post-mortems.

Skills

Azure

AKS

Kubernetes

Helm

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Bicep

Observability

RCA

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

KQL

Terraform

Bicep

Helm

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Position Summary

Driving advanced site reliability engineering, Azure cloud architecture, production environment ownership, and team leadership in Mumbai, Opstree is actively seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (Azure) for a permanent full-time onsite professional engagement. In this vital technical leadership role, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Terraform/Bicep infrastructure as code, observability tooling, and major incident root cause analysis. Bringing 4 to 7 years of progressive professional experience in SRE, DevOps, and cloud engineering with at least 3 years dedicated to Azure, you will empower an elite technology consulting enterprise to achieve uncompromised system reliability, secure cloud operations, and rigorous service level agreement (SLA) compliance. This prestigious career opportunity offers competitive remuneration, leadership development, and career growth within a leading international technical consulting and IT services enterprise.

Detailed Job Description

As a Site Reliability Engineer (Azure) supporting Opstree on an onsite basis in Mumbai, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of production environment stability, cloud infrastructure automation, incident management, and junior engineer mentorship. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing, deploying, and maintaining scalable Azure cloud resources, managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, Helm charts, and Terraform/Bicep templates, implementing comprehensive observability and monitoring using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and KQL query language, leading incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA), optimizing cloud costs, collaborating with cross-functional product and engineering squads during agile sprint cycles, and interacting directly with senior recruitment specialists like Pragati Srivastava.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, deploy, and maintain robust Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and containerized microservices environments.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) pipelines utilizing Terraform and Bicep for automated cloud resource provisioning.
• Configure and manage advanced observability frameworks utilizing Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, custom KQL dashboards, and alerting systems.
• Ensure rigorous Azure networking security, cloud security hardening, identity and access management (IAM), and financial cost optimization (FinOps).
• Lead end-to-end production support, major incident management, rapid troubleshooting, and thorough root cause analysis (RCA) after-action reviews.
• Provide visionary team leadership, mentorship, performance management, and career development for multidisciplinary engineering squads.
• Drive high-availability production ownership, disaster recovery planning, and automated failover testing for mission-critical enterprise workloads.
• Maintain meticulous technical documentation, infrastructure topology diagrams, incident post-mortem ledgers, and operational runbooks.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 4 to 7 years of progressive professional hands-on experience in SRE, DevOps, or cloud engineering.
• At least 3+ years of dedicated professional hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure cloud administration and architecture.
• Strong, demonstrable operational expertise in Azure, AKS, Kubernetes, Helm, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep.
• Comprehensive working knowledge and practical proficiency in Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Kusto Query Language (KQL), and observability platforms.
• Deep practical experience with production support, incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and cloud cost optimization.
• Solid practical grasp of team leadership, mentoring engineers, and fostering technical excellence across distributed technical squads.
• Mandatory legal work authorization and physical availability for onsite professional operations in Mumbai.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Professional cloud certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Prior professional working experience in BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, Insurance), broking, or fintech domains with regulatory compliance knowledge (SEBI/RBI).
• Hands-on familiarity with CI/CD automation pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) and container security scanning tools.
• Experience utilizing enterprise agile tracking and collaboration platforms (Jira, Confluence).
• Active participation in cloud native computing foundations (CNCF), SRE user groups, or DevOps meetups.

Job Details

• Salary/Rate: Market Competitive / Enterprise SRE Leadership Package
• Work Schedule: Onsite / Full-Time Operations (Mumbai)
• Deadline: Open until filled (Urgent Mumbai Azure SRE Opening)
• Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days Preferred
• Contract Duration: Permanent / Full-Time Onsite Engagement (Mumbai)