Lead DevOps Engineer
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- Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan
- Work type
- Remote
- Posted
- Sep 26, 2026
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Find me a jobWe are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to lead Azure platform automation across Azure infrastructure, AKS, identity, and golden-image pipelines in our Software, System, and Test Engineering group. You will drive CI/CD-based delivery and reliability for our IaC engine and partner with architects to standardize and scale.
Responsibilities
- Implement and maintain Terraform/OpenTofu modules for Azure App Services, Container Apps, Function Apps, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Postgres based on Azure Architect designs
- Build and operate the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) platform day-to-day, including cluster and node-pool provisioning and namespace onboarding
- Configure AKS add-ons including ingress, cert-manager, external-dns, monitoring, and policy
- Implement identity wiring for Azure workloads using managed identities and SPN or app registrations
- Integrate secrets management using Azure Key Vault and OpenBao for Azure workloads
- Build and maintain Image Factory pipelines for VM and container golden images across Linux and Windows baselines
- Execute Ansible playbooks for VM post-provisioning and golden-image handoff
- Support Backstage golden-path templates for Azure provisioning and validate generated infrastructure end-to-end
- Troubleshoot and remediate production issues across Azure automation modules during Implementation and Adoption
- Contribute to module testing, drift detection, and documentation aligned with the Infrastructure as Code Engine standards
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building and operating Microsoft Azure infrastructure via Terraform/OpenTofu with CI/CD using Azure DevOps
- Experience operating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters in production, including networking, policy, and namespace management
- Leadership experience guiding Infrastructure as Code standards, reviews, and delivery across teams
- Project delivery experience troubleshooting and remediating production issues across Azure automation during Implementation and Adoption
- Strong Terraform/OpenTofu skills for modular infrastructure design, testing, and drift detection
- Strong Ansible skills for Configuration as Code, VM post-provisioning, and golden-image pipeline integration
- Solid Azure networking knowledge including VNets, private endpoints, and NSGs for integration with a network foundation
- Strong Azure identity knowledge including managed identities, SPN/app registrations, and secrets integration with Azure Key Vault and OpenBao
- Effective collaboration skills to partner with Azure and Network Architects and support Backstage golden-path adoption
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher
Nice to have
- Experience with Azure VMware Solution (AVS) private cloud provisioning
- Familiarity with image hardening and scanning tooling
- Experience publishing images using Azure Shared Image Gallery