Senior DevOps Engineer

**Requirements and responsibilities**

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**Core Behavioral Qualities**:

- Strong **presentation skills** for communicating technical ideas effectively.
- ** Leadership abilities** to guide teams, projects, and mentor junior engineers.
- Excellent **documentation skills** to maintain best practices and system knowledge.
- ** Problem-solving mindset** with a proactive approach to automation and infrastructure improvements.
- Adaptability to work in **agile environments** and participate in sprint planning.

**Core Technical Expertise**:

- ** AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Automation**:

- Compute & Networking: ECS, ECR, Fargate, EC2, VPC
- Identity & Access Management: IAM, IAM Identity
- Monitoring & Logging: CloudWatch (including dashboards)
- Storage & Databases: S3, RDS
- Security & Automation: SSM, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge
- CI/CD Pipelines: CodeBuild, CodePipeline
- ** Infrastructure as Code (IaC)**: CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK
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Azure Cloud Infra**:

- ** Azure DevOps Services**
- ** Azure Repos**: Git repositories, branching strategies, PRs.
- ** Azure Pipelines**: YAML & Classic CI/CD, multi-stage deployments, artifact management.
- ** Azure Artifacts**: Package management (NuGet, npm, Maven, Python).
- ** Azure Boards**: Work tracking, backlog, sprint planning.
- ** Azure Test Plans**: Automated and manual test management.
- ** 2. Compute Services**
- ** Azure App Services**: Deployment slots, auto-scaling, authentication.
- ** Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)**: Cluster management, Helm, monitoring.
- ** Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)**: Automated provisioning, scale sets.
- ** Azure Functions**: Serverless computing, event-driven automation.
- ** 3. Networking**
- ** Azure Virtual Network (VNet)**: Subnets, peering, hybrid connectivity.
- ** Private Endpoints & Private Link**: Secure resource access.
- ** Azure Application Gateway & WAF**: Load balancing, firewall security.
- ** Azure Traffic Manager**: Global traffic routing, failover.
- ** Azure Front Door**: CDN with global load balancing.
- ** 4. Storage & Databases**
- ** Azure Blob Storage**: Data storage, lifecycle policies.
- ** Azure Files & Disks**: Persistent storage for VMs/apps.
- ** Azure SQL Database**: Backups, failover, security.
- ** Cosmos DB**: Multi-region replication, indexing.
- ** Azure Key Vault**: Secure secrets, certificates, and keys.
- ** 5. Security & Identity**
- ** Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)**: RBAC, Managed Identities.
- ** Azure Security Center & Defender for Cloud**: Security monitoring.
- ** Azure Sentinel**: SIEM for threat detection.
- ** Azure Policy & Blueprints**: Governance and compliance enforcement.
- ** 6. Monitoring & Logging**
- ** Azure Monitor & Log Analytics**: Log analysis with KQL.
- ** Azure Alerts & Metrics**: Proactive monitoring setup.
- ** DevOps & CI/CD**:

- Expertise in **CI/CD pipelines** (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines).
- Experience with **Docker optimization** using multi-stage builds.
- Automation of deployments and system provisioning.
- ** Linux Systems Management**:

- Strong experience managing and troubleshooting Linux-based environments.

**Essential Technical Skills**:

- ** Infrastructure as Code (IaC)**: CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK.
- ** Containerization & Orchestration**: Docker, Docker Compose, ECS Fargate.
- ** Security Best Practices**: IAM policies, VPC security, compliance automation.
- ** Scripting & Automation**: Python, Bash.
- ** Database Operations**: SQL (RDS, Aurora, or similar).

**Desirable Technical Skills**:

- ** AI & ML Integration**: Experience with AWS Bedrock and Azure AI.
- ** Azure Exposure**: Active Directory, App Registrations, Azure Functions, App Insights.
- ** Monitoring & Logging**: Advanced CloudWatch configurations and third-party observability tools.
- ** Stakeholder Communication**: Ability to engage with technical and non-technical teams effectively.