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About CloudKubed:
Who are we? Cloudkubed is an innovative and digital cloud transformation consultancy committed to fostering a customer-oriented approach in everything we do. As a trusted partner, we specialize in developing cutting-edge technology solutions across diverse sectors driving innovation and sustainable growth.
Why Join Us?
We’re a dynamic team of passionate professionals dedicated to excellence in everything we do. At CloudKubed, we foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous learning. As we embark on exciting projects and expand our horizons, we’re seeking talented individuals who share our commitment to excellence and want to make a meaningful impact in the world of cloud technology.
About the Job:
We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team. You will be pivotal in delivering the tools and infrastructure our technical teams rely on for their operations.
Responsible for contributing to the design, development, and maintenance of automated processes to streamline software delivery, enhance system reliability, and improve operational efficiency.
Day to Day Activities:
You will be part of a focused delivery squad responsible for developing and maintaining a set of existing cloud applications across multiple accounts. This will encompass the development of new features and functions, but also ensuring that all issues and bugs are resolved, all as part of an agile delivery.
Additionally, you will help to improve the design, development, and maintenance of automated processes to streamline delivery and improve operational efficiency.
The role will include the following tasks on an ongoing basis:
- Setup of Azure accounts, subscriptions and Landing Zone design
- Deploying fixes and developing new features using GitHub and GitHub Actions as part of the CI/CD Pipeline
- Managing Server Distributions (Linux and Windows)
- Updating and management of various Azure Virtual Machine images
- Implementing changes and fixes with Azure networking service and storage services/management
- Implementing and changes to containers and other Azure services
- Implementing other
- GitHub Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
- Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment and management of infrastructure
- Ensure high availability and performance of systems.
- Implementing Well Architected solutions to maintain best practice
- Collaborate with development teams to define resource requirements and deploy and manage applications on Azure.
- Reducing complexity in the infrastructure and avoiding over-engineering solutions.
Requirements
- A high degree of knowledge and understanding of Azure
- At least one Azure certification, preferably Azure Administrator Associate (AZ104)
- Implementation of Azure CAF, Azure accounts and subscriptions, Landing Zones
- Implement and maintenance of IaC using Terraform
- Experience using Python is required.
- GitHub and GitHub Actions as part of the CI/CD Pipeline
- GitOps best practices to manage infrastructure and application configurations through version-controlled repositories. (Using merge requests and pull requests)
- Linux Server Distribution: Proficiency in managing Linux-based servers, including distributions like Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu.
- Microsoft Windows Server: Knowledge of Windows Server operating systems, such as Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022.
- Strong scripting and automation skills using tools like Bash, Python, PowerShell.
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, container networking, and storage management.
- Adhere to and champion Agile development principles, promoting iterative development, continuous improvement, and team collaboration.
- Implement security best practices and ensure the reliability and scalability of infrastructure.
Desirable Requirements:
- Experience with ReactJS, TypeScript.
- Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd.
- Experience with other languages like Java Script, Java, C++, or Ruby.
- UI test frameworks like MS Playwright
- Experience working within a Technology Consultancy
- Experience working with research platforms.
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