About The Role

Annular Technologies is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with 5-7 years of experience to design, implement, and optimize cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Terraform, and Azure Cloud.

This role requires a strong focus on automation, scalability, and cloud-native best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters for high availability and scalability.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployment and integration.
• Manage and optimize Azure cloud services, including networking, security, and resource scaling.
• Monitor and enhance system reliability, observability, and logging using Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar tools.
• Ensure security best practices are implemented across infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize cloud-native applications for AKS.
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance, scalability, and reliability issues in cloud environments.
• Stay up to date with Kubernetes, DevOps best practices, and evolving cloud technologies.
  
  

Requirements

• 5-7 years of hands-on DevOps experience, with a strong focus on Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Extensive experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including cluster deployment, scaling, and maintenance.
• Expertise in Terraform for infrastructure automation and management.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services, including Virtual Networks, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, and Azure Security tools.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation with Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Helm charts.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.
• Understanding of networking, security, and identity management in Azure.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience optimizing cloud-based infrastructure.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of serverless computing (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, or Google Cloud Functions).
• Certifications in Azure (AZ-400, AZ-104, or CKAD for Kubernetes).
  
  

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