Senior Azure Platform & DevOps Engineer

A fast-growing enterprise technology company is looking for a Senior Azure Platform & DevOps Engineer to join its core engineering team and take full ownership of its Azure cloud environment. The role is highly hands-on and involves designing, building, and operating a production-grade platform that supports AI agents, Kubernetes-based workloads, and large-scale workflow orchestration, with close collaboration alongside backend and AI engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Azure platform and ensure production reliability and scalability
• Design and evolve cloud architecture supporting AI-driven, Kubernetes-based workloads
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code and deployment automation
• Lead CI/CD and GitOps processes across environments
• Operate and improve production Kubernetes systems and observability stack
• Drive security, governance, and cost optimization across the platform

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps / Platform / Infrastructure engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure (AKS, Networking, Entra ID, Key Vault, Storage)
• Deep Kubernetes expertise in production environments
• Strong experience with Terraform or OpenTofu
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)
• Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD or Flux)
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and cloud databases
• Ability to work independently with high ownership

Nice to Have

• Experience with Temporal or workflow orchestration systems
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure or model serving
• Experience with Azure AI services (OpenAI, AI Search)
• Experience optimizing Kubernetes workloads for GPU/AI systems
• Experience with observability tools such as Langfuse or similar