Sr. DevOps Engineer - Azure

Simform; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health insurance

Flexible work timing

Office facilities with a game zone

Sponsorship for certifications/events

Job summary

Simform, a leading digital engineering company in Ahmedabad, is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer specializing in Azure cloud infrastructure. The role requires 4+ years of experience in DevOps, focusing on automation, CI/CD, and cloud deployments. You'll design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage Azure environments, and ensure best practices for infrastructure. The position offers a young, thriving culture, flexible work options, and comprehensive health benefits, making it ideal for professionals seeking growth and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant hands-on DevOps experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Solid foundational knowledge in DevOps methodologies and tools.
• Expertise in Azure cloud services, with a working knowledge of AWS preferred.
• Proven debugging and troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient and secure application deployment.
• Lead infrastructure development and operational support in Azure, ensuring high availability.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure alignment with DevOps best practices.
• Provide leadership in infrastructure planning, design reviews, and incident management.

Skills

DevOps methodologies

Azure cloud services

Kubernetes

Terraform

Monitoring and observability tools

Communication skills

Education

Azure professional certifications (AZ-400, AZ-305)

Tools

Docker

Azure Monitor

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Job Title

Senior DevOps Engineer – Azure

Location

Ahmedabad

Experience

4+ years

Employment Type

Full Time

About Simform

Simform is a premier digital engineering company specializing in Cloud, Data, AI/ML, and Experience Engineering to create seamless digital experiences and scalable products. Simform is a strong partner for Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Databricks. With a presence in 5+ countries, Simform primarily serves North America, the UK, and the Northern European market. Simform takes pride in being one of the most reputed employers in the region, having created a thriving work culture with a high work-life balance that gives a sense of freedom and opportunity to grow.

Job Overview

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong background in Azure cloud infrastructure. This role is ideal for professionals who are passionate about automation, scalability, and ensuring best practices in CI/CD and cloud deployments. You will be responsible for managing and modernizing medium-sized, multi-tier environments, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and supporting application and infrastructure reliability and security.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient and secure application deployment.
• Lead infrastructure development and operational support in Azure, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Work with modern containerization technologies like Docker, Docker Compose, and orchestrators like Kubernetes.
• Implement and follow Git best practices across teams.
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, preferably Terraform, to provision cloud resources.
• Plan and enforce DevSecOps processes and ensure security compliance throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Develop and monitor application and infrastructure performance using tools like Azure Monitor, Managed Grafana, and other observability tools.
• Drive multi-tenancy SaaS architecture implementation and deployment best practices.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure alignment with DevOps best practices.
• Troubleshoot issues across development, testing, and production environments.
• Provide leadership in infrastructure planning, design reviews, and incident management.

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of relevant hands-on DevOps experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Solid foundational knowledge in DevOps methodologies and tools.
• Expertise in Azure cloud services, with a working knowledge of AWS also preferred.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, and maintaining clusters.
• Experience with web servers like IIS, Nginx and Apache.
• Familiarity with the Well-Architected Framework (Azure).
• Practical experience with monitoring and observability tools in Azure.
• Working knowledge of DevSecOps tools and security best practices.
• Proven debugging and troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and applications.
• Experience supporting multi-tenant SaaS platforms is a plus.
• Experience in application performance monitoring and tuning.
• Experience with Azure dashboarding, logging, and monitoring tools, such as Managed Grafana, is a strong advantage.
• Azure professional certifications (e.g., AZ-400, AZ-305)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in cloud migration and application modernization
• Familiarity with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar
• Leadership experience or mentoring junior engineers

Benefits

• Young Team, Thriving Culture
• Flat-hierarchical, friendly, engineering-oriented, and growth-focused culture.
• Well-balanced learning and growth opportunities
• Free health insurance.
• Office facilities with a game zone, in-office kitchen with affordable lunch service, and free snacks.
• Sponsorship for certifications/events and library service.
• Flexible work timing, leaves for life events, WFH and hybrid options