Azure Devops Engineer

Role overview

Azure Devops Engineer at Kumaran Systems

We are looking for a skilled Azure DevOps Engineer who can work effectively as part of a larger team to manage daily incoming requests and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for setting up, maintaining, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, managing Azure services, and enforcing engineering standards and policies across projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a larger cross-functional team (developers, architects, testers, operations) to handle and deliver on daily DevOps requests.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub.
• Manage source code repositories, branching strategies, and version control best practices (Azure Repos, Git).
• Own release management, including build, deployment, artifact management, and environment configuration.
• Provision, configure, and manage Azure resources and services as per project requirements.
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using ARM templates, Bicep, and Terraform.
• Enforce and monitor Azure Policies to ensure compliance and standardization across environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in build, deployment, and production environments.
• Support migration initiatives, standardization efforts, and platform modernization activities.
• Work closely with stakeholders to prioritize and manage workload, ensuring timely and quality delivery of all DevOps tasks.
• Contribute to documentation, playbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Required Technical Skills (Primary / MUST) Azure DevOps & CI/CD Azure DevOps (Azure Repos, Pipelines) GitHub (including Actions/YAML workflows) YAML-based pipelines CI/CD implementation and optimization Release management Artifact management (e.g., Azure Artifacts, Artifactory) Git (branching, merging, code review processes) Azure Services App Services, Function Apps, Logic apps Containers (Azure Container Instances / similar) Storage Accounts Azure Data Factory & Data bricks Azure SQL (Managed Instance, Elastic Pool, SQL Server) ARM Templates Azure Identity model: SPN, App registration, Managed identities Bicep Terraform Azure Policies & RBAC Secondary / Good-to-Have Skills Kubernetes OpenShift Docker OpenAI services Solace RabbitMQ Feedhub SharePoint Migration experience (applications, data, infrastructure) Experience with standardization of environments, pipelines, and tooling Banking domain experience Additional Skills & Attributes Strong ability to enforce policies, standards, and best practices across teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent requests and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused mindset.

Employment details

• Location: Chennai [Tamil Nadu] [India]