DevOps Engineer II

Location

Hyderabad, Telangana

Working Schedule

Full-Time

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Relocation Assistance Available

Yes

Job Summary

Seeking a highly skilled and experienced Azure DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes administration, Helm chart development, and CI/CD automation. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure.

This role requires hands-on experience in container orchestration, infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and DevOps best practices to support modern application delivery and platform engineering initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters for scalable and secure application hosting.
• Develop, customize, maintain, and optimize Helm Charts for microservices and platform components.
• Build, implement, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Create and maintain Kubernetes resource definitions using YAML, including Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, RBAC, and Network Policies.
• Manage containerized applications using Docker and container registries such as Azure Container Registry (ACR) and GitHub Packages.
• Implement automated deployment strategies and release management processes.
• Configure and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, and related tools.
• Ensure platform security through RBAC, Secret Management, Network Security Policies, and Azure security best practices.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, Cloud Engineering, and Platform teams to ensure seamless software delivery.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kubernetes workloads, cluster performance, networking, storage, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Continuously evaluate and implement DevOps best practices to improve deployment reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Azure certifications such as:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (Preferred)

Technical Skills

Cloud & Containerization

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Expertise in Docker containerization and image optimization.
• Experience managing container registries such as Azure Container Registry (ACR).

Kubernetes & Helm

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and core concepts: Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress Controllers, Namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), RBAC, Network Policies.
• Strong expertise in Helm Chart development, templating, packaging, and deployment.

CI/CD & Automation

• Extensive experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines and/or GitHub Actions.
• Strong command of YAML scripting for pipeline automation and Kubernetes deployments.
• Experience implementing automated build, test, deployment, and release workflows.

Monitoring & Observability

• Hands-on experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, Grafana, and related tools.
• Ability to implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting strategies.

Version Control & Collaboration

• Strong proficiency in Git, branching strategies, pull requests, and code review processes.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments.

Troubleshooting

• Strong analytical and debugging skills for: AKS clusters, containerized workloads, networking issues, deployment failures, pipeline optimization.

Good to Have

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Experience with Istio and service mesh implementations.
• Knowledge of vCluster environments.
• Experience with Azure Function Apps and serverless architectures.
• Familiarity with container and Kubernetes security tools such as:

• Trivy
• Aqua Security
• Prisma Cloud

Understanding of DevSecOps practices and vulnerability management.

Experience (in years) - 5+ years

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