Owner of CI/CD, release management, deployment automation, and infrastructure support across customer environments. Improve deployment efficiency, reliability, monitoring, and operational automation; support production deployments, incident response, and cross-functional release coordination.
This is a remote position.
Role Summary
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to own CI/CD, release management, deployment automation, infrastructure support, and application operations across multiple customer environments. The role will focus on improving deployment efficiency, platform reliability, and operational automation.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Automate application deployments across multiple customer environments.
- Manage Azure App Services, WebJobs, Azure Functions, Storage Accounts, Key Vaults, SQL Databases, and related Azure resources.
- Monitor application health and troubleshoot deployment and infrastructure issues.
- Implement deployment automation and operational scripts using PowerShell/Bash.
- Support release planning, production deployments, and rollback activities.
- Work closely with Development, QA, and Product teams to ensure smooth software releases.
- Improve monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational dashboards.
- Drive infrastructure automation and environment standardization.
- Participate in production support and incident management.
Requirements
Required Skills
- Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, WebJobs, Storage, SQL Database)
- CI/CD
- PowerShell / Bash scripting
- Git
- ARM/Bicep/Terraform (preferred)
- Monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor and Application Insights
- SQL Server fundamentals
- Strong troubleshooting and communication skills
Preferred Skills
- Experience managing SaaS applications across multiple customer environments.
- Experience with deployment automation at scale.
- Knowledge of containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) is an advantage.
- Exposure to security, compliance, and release governance.
Primary Responsibilities
- Release Management
- Deployment Automation
- Infrastructure & Environment Management
- Incident Support
- CI/CD Optimization
- Operational Excellence
- Cross-functional Collaboration
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