Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
Location: New York City, NY
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Industry: Financial Services
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced DevOps / Platform Engineer to join a technology team within a leading financial services organization. This is a hands-on role focused on building, maintaining, and optimizing cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
The ideal candidate has deep experience with Kubernetes, Azure, GitLab CI/CD, and Python , along with a strong understanding of infrastructure automation and cloud-native technologies. You will play a key role in improving the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the organization's technology platforms.
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, automating processes, and working with modern cloud and containerization technologies in a highly collaborative environment.
What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure and platform services .
• Manage and support production Kubernetes environments , including cluster administration, troubleshooting, orchestration, and deployments.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts and support Kubernetes-based application deployments.
• Work with Istio and service mesh technologies to manage and secure service-to-service communication.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable end-to-end CI/CD pipelines focused on speed, automation, and operational stability.
• Develop and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines , including multi-stage pipelines, reusable templates, shared runners, artifacts, and pipeline-as-code practices.
• Use Python to build automation tools, infrastructure utilities, scripts, and CI/CD solutions.
• Manage cloud infrastructure and services within Microsoft Azure , including AKS, Azure DevOps, Virtual Networks, IAM/RBAC, Storage, Key Vault, and Azure Monitor.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform.
• Improve system monitoring, observability, and operational visibility using technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Azure Monitor .
• Automate operational processes using Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell .
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and deployment issues across cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• Support production systems and participate in incident response and on-call activities as needed.
• Collaborate with engineering and technology teams to improve platform reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• Strong professional experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure .
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation, scripting, infrastructure tooling, and CI/CD utilities.
• Expert-level experience with Kubernetes , including production cluster management and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with Helm and Kubernetes application deployments.
• Experience with Istio or other service mesh technologies .
• Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines .
• Deep expertise with GitLab CI/CD , including multi-stage pipelines, templates, shared runners, artifacts, and pipeline-as-code.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure , particularly AKS and cloud infrastructure services.
• Experience with cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, and cost optimization .

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and/or Azure Monitor .
• Strong Bash and/or PowerShell scripting skills.
• Understanding of networking concepts, including DNS, load balancing, and ingress controllers .
• Experience with incident management, production troubleshooting, and on-call support .
• Experience working in a highly regulated or enterprise technology environment, particularly financial services .