.Net Azure Developer- Lead II - Software Engineering

Role Summary We are seeking a highly experienced Lead developer with .NET and hands on capability in Azure, microservices and creating CICD. Key Responsibilities NET and microservices architecture with modern integration patterns. Lead architecture reviews and ensure consistency with scalability, resiliency, performance, and maintainability principles. Azure Engineering & Platform Enablement Design and guide implementation using Azure App Services and broader Azure platform services as needed. Ensure cloud architecture covers security, identity, networking, governance, and operational excellence. DevOps, CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code Partner with DevOps/Platform teams to implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and environment automation. Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform templates for repeatable and compliant deployments. Integration, APIs & Enterprise Connectivity Own the approach for system integration, API strategy, and service contracts across internal/external systems. Ensure robust patterns for API reliability, versioning, backward compatibility, and integration resilience (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers). Observability, Reliability & Quality Define observability standards for distributed systems: logs, traces, metrics, and operational dashboards. Drive reliability practices across microservices and AI components (resiliency, fallbacks, monitoring, runbooks). Exposure to AI / Agentic Architecture Define and drive end to end architecture for Agentic AI solutions including orchestration patterns, tool/function calling, and guardrails. Translate business problems into agent workflows, capability decomposition, and measurable success criteria. Establish architectural standards for prompting strategy, agent memory/context handling, and evaluation approach (quality, safety, reliability). Technical Leadership Mentor engineers and guide best practices through design reviews, reference implementations, and enablement sessions. Collaborate with product, engineering, and stakeholders to align architecture with roadmap and delivery milestones. Required Qualifications (Must Have) 8+ years overall experience in Microsoft Azure, with emphasis on Azure App Services, microservices, system integration, and CI/CD automation using Terraform. Proven expertise in microservices architecture and system integration. Preferred / Nice to Have Experience with event driven architecture, messaging, and async processing patterns on Azure. Experience with Azure monitoring/observability tools and production operations. Exposure to secure cloud design (secrets management, identity, governance).

.net,microservices,microsoft azure,azure app service,cicd pipeline,sql server,postgresql