Senior Azure Administrator II (Leadership Exp mandatory) - ADB, ADF

Experience Required:

5+ years of solid experience as Azure Admin or DevOps Engineer or Platform Engineer, building CI/CD pipelines and deploying AI / ETL workloads involving various Azure services including VM, Databricks, ADF, ADLS etc. as well as microservices developed in MERN stack.

Core Technical Skills Required:

CI/CD Pipeline Mastery

• Azure Pipelines: Deep expertise in building and managing both Classic and YAML-based pipelines, including multi-stage deployments, release strategies, and integration.
• GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps Services for orchestrating automated builds, tests, and deployments across microservices.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Proficiency in Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, and Bicep for declarative infrastructure provisioning.
• Enables consistent, scalable, and auditable environments for AKS clusters and supporting services.

Containerization & Orchestration

• Strong command of Docker for image creation and management.
• Expertise in Kubernetes Container Distribution through pipeline, especially Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and scaling strategies.
• Familiarity with secure image storage and deployment using Azure Container Registry (ACR) and Azure Container Apps (ACA).
• Deep expertise of deploying AI and ETL workloads including VM, Databricks, ADF, ADLS etc. involving Python and PySpark modules.
• Deep expertise of deploying web applications / microservices developed in MERN stack.

Security & Compliance

• Embedding DevSecOps practices into pipelines.
• Managing secrets with Azure Key Vault, enforcing RBAC, and integrating security scans into CI/CD flows.

Version Control & Collaboration

• Mastery of Git workflows (branching, merging, pull requests).
• Use of Azure Repos and GitHub for collaborative development and code hygiene.

Agile & DevOps Mindset

• Familiarity with Azure Boards for sprint planning, backlog grooming, and work item tracking.
• Embracing agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and fostering cross-functional collaboration.

Monitoring, Logging & Governance

• Use of Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics for pipeline observability and performance tuning.

Strategic Capabilities for Governance and Scalability

• Modular Agent Design: Independent agents for pipeline stages (e.g., build, test, deploy, monitor) to enhance robustness and scalability.