Lead Azure Cloud Engineer Terraform & CI/CD

Job Title: Lead I DevOps Engineering Experience: 7 10 Years Location: Pune Work Mode: Onsite (5 Days a Week - UK Shift) Job Summary We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud, Terraform, CI/CD Automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Monitoring, and Production Support . The ideal candidate should have proven experience in designing and managing Azure cloud infrastructure, building reusable Terraform modules, implementing enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure deployments, and supporting production environments. This role requires someone with deep technical expertise rather than basic exposure to Azure or CI/CD. Candidates should have experience working in large-scale cloud environments and be comfortable participating in production on-call support. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on Microsoft Azure . Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform , including modules, remote state management, and infrastructure automation. Build, enhance, and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Harness . Automate application deployment, infrastructure provisioning, testing, and release processes. Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred) . Configure and support Azure networking components such as VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, Private Endpoints, and Key Vault. Implement monitoring, observability, and centralized logging using Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, or Grafana . Develop automation scripts using Python and Bash . Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and participate in on-call production support . Collaborate with Development, QA, and Platform Engineering teams to implement DevOps best practices. Ensure platform security, reliability, scalability, and performance across cloud environments. Mandatory Skills Azure Cloud Strong hands-on experience designing and managing Azure infrastructure. Experience with Azure services such as: AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) Azure App Services Azure Container Registry (ACR) Virtual Networks (VNet) Network Security Groups (NSG) Load Balancer Application Gateway Azure Storage Azure Key Vault Managed Identity Private Endpoints Infrastructure as Code Strong expertise in Terraform . Experience creating reusable Terraform modules. Hands-on experience with state management, variables, workspaces, and remote backend configuration. Experience provisioning Azure infrastructure entirely through Terraform. CI/CD Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using one or more of: GitLab CI GitHub Actions Jenkins Harness Experience with: Build automation Deployment automation Release pipelines Blue-Green or Canary deployments Git version control Containers Orchestration Docker Kubernetes (AKS preferred) Monitoring Observability Experience with one or more: Splunk Dynatrace Prometheus Grafana Automation Scripting Python Bash Operating Systems Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills. Production Support Experience supporting production environments. On-call support and incident management. Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Performance troubleshooting. Preferred Skills Experience with Databricks . Azure DevOps experience. Cloud security and governance. Agile/Scrum environment. Azure Landing Zone implementation. Helm or GitOps exposure is an added advantage. Preferred Qualifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Microsoft Azure Certification (AZ-104, AZ-305, or equivalent). Terraform Associate Certification. Candidate Profile We are looking for candidates who have hands-on implementation experience in Azure Cloud, Terraform, and CI/CD, rather than candidates with only operational or basic exposure. Disclaimer : This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.