Senior DevOps Engineer (Remote, Contract, Anywhere from Pakistan, USD Salary)

HR POD - Hiring Talent Globally; Lahore; Remote; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

HR POD Careers in Lahore, Pakistan, seeks an experienced DevOps/Cloud Engineer to design and manage hybrid Azure deployments and IaC across multi-environment pipelines (SDB, Dev, Integration, UAT, Production).

You will automate deployment processes, integrate Terraform with GitHub Actions, and implement automated validations and security scans. Strong Azure, Terraform, CI/CD, and observability experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with public cloud platforms, especially Microsoft Azure.
• 5+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates).
• Hands-on Terraform modules, workspaces, providers, state management, and remote state.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS).
• 5+ years of experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI).
• 3+ years of experience with mobile deployments and familiarity with GitOps.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible).
• Experience with observability tools (Dynatrace, Application Insights, New Relic, ELK).
• Experience managing Azure resources and services (Databricks, Data Factory, Key Vaults, storage).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support projects.
• Coordinate with internal and vendor teams on deployment activities.
• Partner with DevOps Architect to maintain solution quality and compliance.
• Automate deployment processes and maintain existing ones for efficiency.
• Recommend improvements to CI/CD processes.
• Manage hybrid deployments across on-presence datacenters and Azure.
• Integrate Terraform deployments into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Implement automated validations and security scanning for IaC.
• Develop deployment pipelines for multi-environment provisioning (SDB, Dev, Integration, UAT, Production).
• Manage infrastructure components (storage accounts, Key Vaults, networking, identities, resource groups).
• Maintain Terraform code following best practices (modularity, versioning, reusability, security).

Skills

Azure cloud proficiency

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Networking fundamentals

Observability

Collaboration across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

GitHub

Bitbucket

Azure Repositories

Team Foundation Server

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

AKS

Dynatrace

Application Insights

New Relic

ELK Stack

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

SQL Server

MongoDB

DB2

Snowflake

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with public cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure, including hybrid cloud environments and infrastructure management.
• 5+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, including Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates, with expert-level knowledge of Terraform modules, workspaces, providers, state management, and remote state.
• Practical experience using Bicep and ARM Templates for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Knowledge of Terraform best practices, including modularity, versioning, reusability, security, and compliance with organizational standards.
• 5+ years of experience with source control systems, including GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure Repositories, and Team Foundation Server.
• 5+ years of experience with CI/CD tools, including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitLab CI.
• Hands-on experience integrating Terraform deployments into GitHub Actions pipelines and building deployment pipelines for multiple environments, including SDB, Dev, Integration, UAT, and Production.
• 3+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes (AKS).
• 5+ years of experience supporting DevOps/DevSecOps practices, with a strong understanding of related methodologies, infrastructure automation, and Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Experience implementing automated validations and security scanning for Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services, including networking, identity and access management, storage solutions, monitoring, and governance.
• Experience managing Azure infrastructure components, including storage accounts, Key Vaults, networking components, managed identities, resource groups, and supporting services.
• Experience managing Azure Databricks workspaces, clusters, pools, access policies, ACLs, repositories, and secrets.
• Experience managing Azure Data Factory infrastructure, including instances, integration runtimes, linked services, triggers, and pipelines.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, including DNS, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Familiarity with observability tools, including Dynatrace, Application Insights, New Relic, and the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana).
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps.
• 3+ years of experience with mobile application deployments, along with familiarity with Adobe AEM Cloud and GitOps.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools, including Puppet, Chef, and Ansible.
• Experience with database platforms, including SQL Server, MongoDB, and DB2.
• Experience with Snowflake or other Data Platform components.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with coworkers and cross-functional teams to support various projects.
• Coordinate with internal and vendor teams on project execution and deployment activities.
• Partner with the DevOps Architect to maintain solution consistency, quality, and compliance with organizational standards.
• Automate new deployment processes and maintain existing ones to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Recommend improvements to development processes for continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Manage hybrid deployments across on-premises datacenters and Microsoft Azure using industry-standard tools.
• Integrate Terraform deployments into existing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Implement automated validations and security scanning for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Develop deployment pipelines for multi-environment provisioning, including SDB, Dev, Integration, UAT, and Production.
• Manage infrastructure components, including storage accounts, Key Vaults, networking components, managed identities, resource groups, and supporting services.
• Maintain Terraform code in line with best practices for modularity, versioning, reusability, security, and compliance.