Azure DevOps Engineer
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About the Role
We are hiring an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer for a 6-month extendable contract in Abu Dhabi. You will own deployment, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and operational reliability across a major Azure-based platform environment.
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Responsibilities
- Own and maintain Azure infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep
- Design and manage Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
- Manage AKS environments, including namespaces, RBAC, Network Policies, PDBs and autoscaling
- Support container governance across Docker, ACR, image signing and vulnerability scanning
- Configure Azure Key Vault, managed identities, certificate rotation and secret access auditing
- Build monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and KQL
- Support security best practices across Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Azure Firewall and Private Endpoints
- Maintain and test disaster recovery procedures across Azure services
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in DevOps / Platform Engineering
- 2+ years’ hands on experience with Azure
- Strong production experience with Terraform or Bicep
- Kubernetes / AKS experience, including namespaces, RBAC, Helm and Kustomize
- Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions experience with multi stage pipelines
- Strong understanding of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and KQL
- Experience with Docker, ACR, image signing and admission control
- Azure networking knowledge, including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Azure Firewall and ExpressRoute concepts
- KEDA or equivalent autoscaling experience
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- We are currently hiring for an experienced DevOps Engineer to support a major Azure based platform environment, owning deployment, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and operational reliability across a complex cloud estate.
- This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about automation, platform reliability, Kubernetes operations, and ensuring that nothing is deployed manually — everything should be reproducible from code.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and maintain Azure infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep
- Design and manage Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
- Manage AKS environments, including namespaces, RBAC, Network Policies, PDBs and autoscaling
- Support container governance across Docker, ACR, image signing and vulnerability scanning
- Configure Azure Key Vault, managed identities, certificate rotation and secret access auditing
- Build monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and KQL
- Support security best practices across Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Azure Firewall and Private Endpoints
- Maintain and test disaster recovery procedures across Azure services
Required Experience
- 5+ years’ experience in DevOps / Platform Engineering
- 2+ years’ hands on experience with Azure
- Strong production experience with Terraform or Bicep
- Kubernetes / AKS experience, including namespaces, RBAC, Helm and Kustomize
- Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions experience with multi stage pipelines
- Strong understanding of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and KQL
- Experience with Docker, ACR, image signing and admission control
- Azure networking knowledge, including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Azure Firewall and ExpressRoute concepts
- KEDA or equivalent autoscaling experience
Advantageous Skills
- Azure Key Vault, Managed Identity and Workload Identity
- OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno
- Kafka or Azure Event Hubs
- ADLS Gen2, WORM storage and lifecycle policies
- Azure AI Foundry / APIM
- Defender for Cloud, Sentinel or Notary v2
- Certifications such as AZ 104, AZ 400 or CKA would be highly advantageous
Compensation
- Salary: AED 20,000 22,000 per month
- VISA and Healthcare provided
Duration and Location
- 6 Month extendable contract
- Onsite in Abu Dhabi, UAE
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