Azure Platform Architect & SRE Leader

TENEX.AI; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TENEX.AI is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead the architecture, evolution, and operation of our Azure infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and SRE practices. You will ensure high availability, security, and performance as the platform scales to immense volumes of data.

You will collaborate with Software Engineering, AI/ML, and Security Operations to define a technical vision, drive automation, and minimize toil. Strong Azure, Go/Python, and IaC experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering.
• Hands-on Azure production platforms (AKS, Entra ID, VNet, Key Vault, Policy).
• Experience across cloud environments and secure, compliant ecosystems (SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Deep microservices, containers, and event-driven systems.
• Proficient with IaC (Terraform, Bicep) and CI/CD.
• Experience shipping Go or Python beyond scripting.
• Strong monitoring/observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor).
• Knowledge of real-time data pipelines (Kafka, Event Hubs).
• Proven ability to architect, build, and operate scalable SaaS platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own Azure platform architecture at scale with petabytes of data.
• Define governance, topology, and identity in Azure.
• Lead SRE initiatives, SLOs/SLIs, on-call rotations.
• Implement monitoring, observability, DR strategies.
• Enforce DevSecOps with IaC, CI/CD, security testing.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and management of microservices.
• Collaborate with engineering to optimize performance and cost.
• Mentor teams on Azure reliability and security practices.
• Translate product and ops needs into scalable platform solutions.

Skills

Azure architecture

SRE/DevOps

Terraform/Bicep

Go/Python

Docker/Kubernetes

Monitoring/Observability

Security/Compliance

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

AKS

Entra ID

VNet/Private Link

Key Vault

Terraform

Job description

TENEX.AI is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead the architecture, evolution, and operation of our Azure infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and SRE practices. You will ensure high availability, security, and performance as the platform scales to immense volumes of data.

You will collaborate with Software Engineering, AI/ML, and Security Operations to define a technical vision, drive automation, and minimize toil. Strong Azure, Go/Python, and IaC experience are essential.