Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Tampa, FL Duration: 12 months Minimum years of experience needed in the required skills- 5-7 years Minimum overall work experience required - 8 to 10 Years Domain - Cloud & DevOps Engineering Any certification required - Azure/AWS/GCP

We are seeking a highly skilled SRE / DevOps Engineer with strong development experience to build, automate, and operate scalable cloud-native systems. This role blends software engineering, system reliability, and DevOps practices to improve system performance, enhance automation, and ensure seamless delivery of applications. The ideal candidate will write production-quality code, design robust infrastructure, and implement automation to improve system reliability and developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• SRE & Reliability Engineering
• Define and manage SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance of systems
• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA)
• Implement self-healing systems and automated recovery mechanisms
• Conduct performance tuning and capacity planning
• DevOps & CI/CD Engineering
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Automate build, test, and deployment workflows
• Implement canary, blue-, and rolling deployment strategies
• Improve release quality and reduce deployment risks
• Software Development & Automation
• Develop tools, scripts, and microservices to automate operations
• Write clean, efficient code in Python, Go, Java, or.NET
• Build reusable frameworks for deployment, monitoring, and scaling
• Integrate APIs and backend services
• Cloud & Infrastructure Architect
• Manage infrastructure on Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP
• Use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation)
• Design secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures
• Kubernetes & Containers
• Deploy and manage applications using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred)
• Maintain cluster health, scaling, and upgrades
• Develop Helm charts or Kubernetes manifests
• Optimize resource utilization and performance
• Observability & Monitoring
• Implement monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor
• Build dashboards, alerts, and automated incident detection systems
• Enable distributed tracing and log aggregation
• Security & DevSecOps
• Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines
• Manage secrets using Azure Key Vault or Vault solutions
• Ensure compliance with security standards and policies
• Collaboration & Engineering Excellence
• Work closely with developers, QA, and product teams
• Promote DevOps culture and automation-first mindset
• Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews
• Mentor junior engineers

Required Skills & Qualifications

Core Technical Skills: 5–10 years of experience in DevOps / SRE / Software Engineering Strong experience in CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps preferred) Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker Expertise in Terraform / Infrastructure as Code Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred) Programming & Development Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, .NET, or similar languages Strong coding skills with focus on automation and backend services Experience in API development and system integration Systems & Networking Strong understanding of Linux systems Networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls) Observability Experience with monitoring, logging, and tracing tools Understanding of metrics, logs, and distributed tracing

Nice to Have:

• Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Knowledge of service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
• Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka, Service Bus)
• Experience with chaos engineering
• Certifications:
• Azure DevOps Engineer (AZ-400)
• Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD)