Senior Azure DevOps Engineer – AKS, Terraform & Containers

SG Consulting Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SG Consulting Limited is seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to design, implement and support scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platforms, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, security and operational excellence.

You will lead AKS deployments, Terraform IaC, Docker-based workloads and Azure networking, working closely with developers, security and operations teams to drive cloud migration and platform modernization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of DevOps / Cloud Engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure and AKS experience.
• Strong Terraform experience and Kubernetes administration.
• Hands-on Docker and container platforms experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and manage Azure cloud infrastructure across development, test and production environments.
• Develop and maintain Terraform IaC for Azure environments.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration and application deployments.
• Implement Kubernetes deployments, services, ingress, networking, secrets and configuration management.
• Monitor platform health, performance, availability and capacity.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, Kubernetes, deployment and production issues.
• Implement DevOps best practices around source control, branching, release management and automation.
• Work closely with developers, architects, security and operations teams.
• Contribute to cloud migration, platform modernization and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

DevOps

Microsoft Azure

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Terraform

Kubernetes administration

Docker / containerization

Azure DevOps / CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Git / source control

Tools

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with strong hands‑on experience across Microsoft Azure, AKS, Terraform, Kubernetes and container platforms. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platforms, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, security and operational excellence.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with strong hands‑on experience across Microsoft Azure, AKS, Terraform, Kubernetes and container platforms. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platforms, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, security and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and manage Azure cloud infrastructure across development, test and production environments.
• Administer and support Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerised workloads.
• Develop and maintain Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for Azure environments.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration and application deployments.
• Implement Kubernetes deployments, services, ingress, networking, secrets and configuration management.
• Manage Docker/container platforms and container lifecycle processes.
• Implement Azure networking, security, identity and access controls.
• Monitor platform health, performance, availability and capacity.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, Kubernetes, deployment and production issues.
• Implement DevOps best practices around source control, branching, release management and automation.
• Work closely with developers, architects, security and operations teams.
• Contribute to cloud migration, platform modernisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop scripts and automation using PowerShell, Bash or Python.

Mandatory Skills

• 7+ years of DevOps / Cloud Engineering experience
• Strong hands‑on Microsoft Azure experience
• Strong Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) experience
• Strong Terraform experience
• Hands‑on Kubernetes administration
• Strong Docker and containerisation experience
• Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline development
• Infrastructure as Code and automation
• Azure networking and security fundamentals
• Git and source control
• Linux administration
• Strong troubleshooting and production support experience