DevOps Lead Engineer (Azure)

About the role

An established technology company in Colombo is looking for a DevOps Lead who knows Azure inside out. You will own the cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines and DevOps automation, and act as the technical lead for the engineering teams that depend on you. It is a hands-on leadership role: you will still write Terraform and fix broken pipelines while setting direction, improving how the team ships and mentoring junior engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Design and run secure, scalable Azure infrastructure that stays up
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions
• Deploy, manage and tune containerised workloads on Kubernetes
• Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform and ARM templates
• Look after Azure API Management (APIM) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) setups
• Monitor and troubleshoot Kubernetes environments with Komodor and other tools
• Automate repetitive tasks with Python, PowerShell and Azure PowerShell modules
• Put cloud security, access controls and DevOps practices in place, making the platform faster, more reliable and cheaper to run
• Work with dev, QA and infrastructure teams to smooth releases, and lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers

Required profile

• Solid hands-on experience running Azure infrastructure and DevOps in production
• Proven track record building CI/CD with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions
• Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or similar, or equivalent hands-on experience
• Nice to have: experience leading a DevOps team or running cloud infrastructure projects

Required skills

• Strong Kubernetes and container orchestration skills
• Real-world experience with Terraform and ARM templates
• Experience with Azure APIM and WAF
• Exposure to Komodor (or similar) for Kubernetes troubleshooting and monitoring
• Confidence scripting in Python and PowerShell, including Azure PowerShell modules
• Good grasp of IaC, cloud networking, security and automation
• Nice to have: Docker, Git, cloud-native architecture, Azure monitoring, logging and observability, DevSecOps, and Azure or other DevOps certifications