Cloud Engineer

Role: Senior Azure DevSecOps Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA, (5 days Onsite)

Duration: 6 months contract to hire

Overview: We are seeking a Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer to build, maintain, and operate our Azure cloud platform from the ground up. This role follows approved architecture designs and is responsible for turning them into a secure, scalable, and production-ready platform. This individual must be exceptionally strong in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, have deep hands-on Azure experience, and bring a security-first mindset to everything they build.

• Manager's Note:Experience in working with ArgoCD and GitOps Model
• Kustomize and Defender for DevOps
• Knowledge of Terraform
• Handling of Azure managed Kubernetes clusters
• IaaC (experience in writing Yaml files, configuring pipelines in Azure)
• Troubleshoot production issues by monitoring service Error logs from platform/infra side
• They should understand Azure thoroughly- how to scale up/down services, Applying IAM policies, Setting up Managed API Gateway, Managed Database services in Azure etc. These are very important
• Grafana and Prometheus ( Nice to have )
• Finally having " security first " mindset.

• Key Responsibilities:Build, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure in alignment with defined architecture
• Design and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Use Terraform Cloud for remote state management, workspaces, and deployment workflows
• Own and operate CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
• Deploy and manage observability solutions, including Grafana, metrics, logging, alerting, and dashboards
• Build and support microservices-based architectures
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes (Azure Kubernetes Service – AKS)
• Monitor platform health and troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, and alerts
• Scale Azure services up and down to meet performance and availability requirements
• Implement and manage Azure IAM / RBAC policies following least-privilege principles
• Configure and operate Azure managed services, including:
• Managed API Gateway
• Managed database services
• Networking and security components
• Partner closely with Software Engineering, Architecture, and Security teams
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis from a platform perspective
• Ensure platforms are secure by design, not secured after deployment

• Required Skills & Experience (Must Have):Very strong hands-on experience with Terraform
• Hands-on experience with Terraform Cloud , including:
• Remote state management
• Workspaces
• Workflow-driven deployments
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and best practices
• Strong experience building and operating Azure cloud platforms
• Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes
• Proven experience building cloud platforms from the ground up
• Strong experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines
• Experience implementing observability platforms, including Grafana
• Strong troubleshooting skills using logs, metrics, dashboards, and alerts
• Ability to support and stabilize production environments

• Security Expectations (Critical):Strong security-first mindset
• Experience implementing least-privilege access, secure configurations, and guardrails
• Understanding of cloud security fundamentals and secure architecture patterns
• Comfortable working with security reviews, audits, and compliance requirements
• Ability to embed security into infrastructure, pipelines, and runtime environments

• Nice to Have:DevSecOps tooling experience
• Experience integrating Terraform Cloud with CI/CD systems
• Knowledge of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, or similar tools
• Experience with incident response and on-call rotations
• Experience operating in regulated or audited environments
• Cloud cost optimization experience

• What Success Looks Like:A stable, scalable, and secure Azure platform
• Infrastructure fully managed through Terraform and Terraform Cloud
• Reliable CI/CD pipelines with strong observability
• Faster, safer deployments with reduced production issues
• Strong collaboration across Engineering, Architecture, and Security teams