Senior Azure Platform & DevOps Engineer

Description A fast-growing enterprise technology company is looking for a Senior Azure Platform & DevOps Engineer to join its core engineering team and take full ownership of its Azure cloud environment. The role is highly hands-on and involves designing, building, and operating a production-grade platform that supports AI agents, Kubernetes-based workloads, and large-scale workflow orchestration, with close collaboration alongside backend and AI engineers. Responsibilities Own the end-to-end Azure platform and ensure production reliability and scalability Design and evolve cloud architecture supporting AI-driven, Kubernetes-based workloads Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code and deployment automation Lead CI/CD and GitOps processes across environments Operate and improve production Kubernetes systems and observability stack Drive security, governance, and cost optimization across the platform Requirements 5+ years of experience in DevOps / Platform / Infrastructure engineering Strong hands-on experience with Azure (AKS, Networking, Entra ID, Key Vault, Storage) Deep Kubernetes expertise in production environments Strong experience with Terraform or OpenTofu Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred) Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD or Flux) Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and cloud databases Ability to work independently with high ownership Nice to Have Experience with Temporal or workflow orchestration systems Experience with AI/ML infrastructure or model serving Experience with Azure AI services (OpenAI, AI Search) Experience optimizing Kubernetes workloads for GPU/AI systems Experience with observability tools such as Langfuse or similar