Senior Azure DevOps Engineer.
First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026.
Senior Azure DevOps Engineer
Experience: 8+ years(including 4+ years running production workloads on Microsoft Azure)
Job Type : Contract,Remote(C2C,only inhouse profiles; independent contractors)
Work Hours: 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm IST (8-hour shift with a 1-hour break)
Duration: 6 months (Extendable)
The Role
Own the path from commit to production, and the running of live systems afterward, for enterprise client programmes on Azure. Releases are controlled by the pipeline: build once, promote the same artefact through every environment, verify on the running system, and roll back automatically on failure. About 70% hands-on, 30% client engagement, mentoring and reporting.
What You'll Do
- Build and run Azure DevOps CI/CD with digest-based promotion, health-gated slot swaps and automatic rollback
- Operate live production systems to agreed service levels, including incidents, DR testing, patching and cost control
- Manage all infrastructure through Terraform with drift detection, Key Vault, managed identities and private networking
- Integrate automated test and security gates into pipelines
- Work directly with the client's engineers and directors in design reviews, change approvals and incident calls
- Use AI tools for pipelines, scripts and incident triage, with every output reviewed and tested
- Direct and review junior DevOps engineers
Must-Haves
- Azure production experience (App Service, Functions, Container Apps or AKS, VNets, Key Vault)
- Azure DevOps multi-stage YAML, environments, approvals and service connections
- Production Terraform
- Docker, PowerShell, Bash, Python or Node.js, Azure CLI
- CI/CD test gates and static or security scanning
- On-call, incident, problem and change management, with App Insights, Azure Monitor and KQL
- Client-facing experience and clear English
- Experience leading juniors and working independently
- BE/BTech in CS, IT or equivalent
Nice-to-Have
AZ-400, AZ-104, AZ-305, Terraform Associate, ITIL 4; Azure Policy; AKS, GitHub Actions or Bicep; AI/LLM workloads in production
Skills
Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, Docker, Azure Monitor