Lead Azure DevOps

N-IX is looking for a talented Lead DevOps Engineer to join our client's Cloud Operations team. Our client is an open source platform built to productionize data science from day 1 by a team with a strong scientific background. Today it has a strong user community of 300,000+ across all industries and in over 60 countries. Lead DevOps level with Azure and AWS Experience: 7+ years of experience. As the Lead DevOps Engineer, your primary strategic and leadership responsibilities will include: Define the strategic vision for cloud infrastructure, overseeing the architecture and governance of the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, including AKS, networking, and data services. Lead the cross-cloud environment strategy, ensuring seamless integration and architectural consistency between Azure and AWS platforms. Direct the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) roadmap, establishing Terraform standards and modules to be utilized by the broader engineering team. Architect and enforce global best practices for cloud security, networking, and governance, while driving cost-optimization initiatives at the enterprise level. Take full ownership of the tenant onboarding framework and automation strategy, mentoring junior engineers on scripted automation and cloud deployment processes. Govern containerization and orchestration standards (Docker/AKS), selecting and validating toolchains such as Helm, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions for the organization. Design and optimize the overarching CI/CD architecture, ensuring robust and scalable delivery pipelines using GitHub Actions. Spearhead the implementation of advanced deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary) and establish reliability metrics to mitigate operational risk. Provide technical leadership and code reviews for automation scripts (Python, PowerShell/Bash) to maintain high standards of system provisioning. Serve as the primary technical point of contact within the distributed team, influencing development processes and guiding sprint planning. Act as an escalation point for critical incidents, providing expert guidance during on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 system availability. Skills: Strong Azure Knowledge, including hands-on experience with AKS, Private Link Services, Entra ID, Managed Identities, and Private Endpoints. Good experience of AWS, including knowledge of basic components/building blocks (EC2, VPC, IAM) Terraform knowledge, including working with modules (Both for Azure and AWS) GitOps knowledge, including GitHub actions and deployment using ArgoCD using Helm Charts Ideal Certifications: AZ-104: Azure Administrator Associate AZ-400: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional We offer*: Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible A competitive salary and good compensation package Personalized career growth Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more) Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing Education reimbursement Memorable anniversary presents Corporate events and team buildings Other location-specific benefits *not applicable for freelancers