Senior DevOps Engineer with Python and Ansible

Project Description:

The project involves building, deploying, and maintaining scalable Azure Cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to support cloud-native applications. The engineer will automate provisioning, manage application services, and ensure performance, security, and compliance across environments.

Responsibilities:

- Deploy and manage Azure infrastructure and services, ensuring reliable and streamlined deployments.

- Implement CI/CD workflows using Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Ansible.

- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.

- Configure and manage Azure App Services, Azure Functions, and AKS clusters for scalability and availability.

- Monitor and optimize resource utilization and cost across Azure workloads.

- Manage secrets and configurations via Azure Key Vault and App Configuration.

- Support data workflows in Azure Databricks and Azure ML.

- Implement RBAC, managed identities, and NSGs for secure access.

- Integrate automated testing (unit/integration/load) into CI/CD pipelines.

- Configure Azure Monitor for observability and proactive incident management.

- Troubleshoot production issues, including containerized workloads in AKS.

- Collaborate with development and data science teams to co-create and deploy solutions, automate infrastructure, and enforce best practices.

- Document deployment processes, architecture decisions, and operational runbooks.

Mandatory Skills Description:

- Azure Cloud Infrastructure: Expertise in provisioning, scaling, and managing Azure services and workloads.

- Python: Strong hands-on experience automating infrastructure and workflows through scripting.

- Ansible: Proficient in configuration management and automation scripting for deployments.

- Terraform: Skilled in Infrastructure as Code practices for Azure resource automation.

- CI/CD (Azure DevOps / GitLab): Ability to design and maintain continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

- Azure Functions, App Services, AKS: Experience managing containerized and serverless workloads for scalable applications.

- Monitoring: Familiar with Azure Monitor, metrics, alerts, and log analytics for operational insights.

- Experience with web app resource on Cloud.

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

- Experience with Azure Databricks or Azure ML for pipeline automation.

- Knowledge of Azure ARM/Bicep templates.

- Familiarity with policy enforcement and compliance automation.

- Exposure to network security groups (NSGs) and advanced access control.

- Understanding of Agile methodologies and DevSecOps practices.