TECHNICAL LEAD - Azure

Happiest Minds Technologies; Bengaluru; Vor Ort; INR 2.400.000 - 4.200.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Happiest Minds Technologies is seeking an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to support developers, infrastructure, security, and operations in a fast-paced Agile setting. You will deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure in Azure and Tesco Private Cloud, leading a DevOps team and shaping release processes for reliability and security.

The role requires hands-on expertise with Azure Cloud, AKS, Git workflows, and Terraform, along with strong Linux/Windows operations knowledge.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure and cloud platforms.
• Experience leading a DevOps team.
• Hands-on with Azure Cloud, Azure DevOps, and Git workflows.
• Strong Kubernetes and containerization experience.
• Experience with Terraform and Terragrunt for IaC.
• Knowledge of PaaS and IaaS in Azure services.

Aufgaben

• Deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure in Azure and Tesco Private Cloud.
• Lead DevOps initiatives and ensure release management quality.
• Collaborate with developers, security, and product managers to improve reliability and security.
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines and automation across environments.

Kenntnisse

7+ years exp

Azure DevOps

Git workflows

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Terragrunt

Azure IaaS/AKS

CI/CD pipelines

Shell/Python/PowerShell

Linux/Windows

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

Grafana

Prometheus

New Relic

Snyk

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description – Azure DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to support our developers, infrastructure, security, and operations in the retail domain. You will collaborate with experienced engineers and product managers throughout the entire software development lifecycle of the products we own.

In this role, you should be comfortable working in a fast-paced Agile environment, with a strong focus on quality, security, reliability, and end-user impact. You will be responsible for deploying and maintaining our cloud infrastructure in Azure and TPC (Tesco Private Cloud).

Must Have

Technical Skills

• At least 7+ years of experience working in infrastructure and cloud platforms.


• Experience leading a DevOps team from a technical standpoint.


• Experience with version control systems like Git along with repository setup, branching strategies, and access control.


• Hands-on with Azure Cloud, Azure DevOps, Azure Git, and Git workflows.


• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes cluster builds, resource management, application security, storage/PV, load balancing.


• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.


• Extensive experience provisioning and deploying PaaS and IaaS services including Azure AD, AKS, Storage, Networking, Compute, Azure Key Vault, etc.


• Ability to set up development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operations.


• Understanding of cybersecurity and experience using vulnerability assessment tools such as Snyk, Defender, etc.


• Hands-on with at least one monitoring tool such as Grafana, Prometheus, or New Relic.


• Experience with Jenkins, Maven, CI/CD pipelines.


• Strong experience with Terraform and Terragrunt.


• Good understanding of autoscaling and predictive scaling for microservices and monolithic platforms (VMs/virtualization).


• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems.


• Understanding of Azure services like VM scale sets, networking, monitoring insights, and licensing.


• Hands-on experience with Azure RBAC and access policy configurations.


• Ability to identify, review, and clean up unused or orphaned resources in Azure.


• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Shell, Python, or PowerShell.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication skills – Ability to convey technical details to both technical and non-technical audiences.


• Analytical and problem-solving mindset – Capable of diagnosing and resolving complex issues across infrastructure and applications.


• Collaboration and teamwork – Comfortable working with developers, security teams, architects, and business stakeholders.


• Adaptability – Thrives in a high-velocity environment with changing priorities.


• Attention to detail – Ensures reliability, security, and quality throughout delivery.

Leadership Expectations

• Technical Leadership – Provides guidance on best practices across CI/CD, cloud architecture, automation, and DevOps tooling.


• Mentorship – Supports the growth of junior team members and fosters a learning culture.


• Ownership & Accountability – Takes end-to-end responsibility for infrastructure, deployments, and system reliability.


• Stakeholder Management – Works closely with product managers, architects, and security teams to align technology decisions with business outcomes.


• Process Improvement – Leads initiatives to enhance release cycles, optimize cloud costs, and improve reliability.


• Champion of Continuous Improvement – Identifies automation opportunities and proactively enhances tooling and engineering processes.

Good to Have

• Development experience in any programming language and SQL.


• Good understanding of software development methodologies and architectures.


• Experience with centralized logging tools like Splunk.


• Exposure to application support or technical support roles.


• Ability to collaborate across business, security, architecture, and cloud teams to build automation and reusable patterns.


• Knowledge of ITIL release, deployment, and change management processes.


• Strong understanding of UNIX/Linux/Windows systems.


• Familiarity with tools like Nexus and SonarQube.