Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

About Teqfocus:

Teqfocus is a technology consulting and IT services company specializing in digital transformation, cloud solutions, AI-driven innovation, data engineering, and enterprise application development. We help organizations build scalable, secure, and future-ready technology solutions.

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Azure DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer with strong expertise in CI/CD pipeline development, Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and deployment automation to join our team in Toronto.

The ideal candidate will have 6–10 years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and automation, with a proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing scalable CI/CD pipelines and Azure-based infrastructure.

This role requires a hands-on engineer who can independently manage cloud environments, streamline application deployments, automate infrastructure provisioning, and ensure platform reliability, security, and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, and GitHub Actions.
• Automate application build, testing, deployment, and release processes across development, QA, staging, and production environments.
• Provision, configure, and manage Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, and security services.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Azure Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Implement deployment automation, infrastructure orchestration, and environment configuration management.
• Manage Azure services such as Virtual Machines, App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Azure Storage, and Azure Networking.
• Support containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.
• Configure and maintain Azure networking components, including VNets, subnets, NSGs, load balancers, private endpoints, and connectivity.
• Implement cloud security best practices, identity and access management, secrets management, and Azure Key Vault integration.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and production environment issues to ensure system availability and performance.
• Collaborate with application developers, QA engineers, cloud architects, and infrastructure teams to improve deployment efficiency and platform stability.
• Optimize Azure infrastructure for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and deployment runbooks.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

CI/CD & DevOps Engineering

• 6–10 years of experience in DevOps engineering, cloud infrastructure, or related technical roles.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, and CI/CD automation.
• Experience designing and managing end-to-end build, release, and deployment pipelines.
• Strong understanding of Git, branching strategies, version control, and automated testing integration.
• Experience with deployment strategies such as blue-green deployments, rolling updates, and rollback mechanisms.

Microsoft Azure & Cloud Infrastructure

• Strong hands-on experience managing Microsoft Azure cloud environments and infrastructure.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, Storage Accounts, AKS, and Azure networking.
• Understanding of cloud architecture, infrastructure provisioning, high availability, disaster recovery, and scalability.
• Experience implementing Azure identity, access control, managed identities, and security configurations.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, including DNS, VPN, firewalls, load balancing, and private connectivity.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Azure Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Strong scripting skills using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Experience automating infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment workflows.
• Familiarity with environment configuration, secrets management, and infrastructure version control.

Containers, Monitoring & Security

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Familiarity with Azure Container Registry and containerized application deployments.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Understanding of DevSecOps practices, vulnerability management, and security controls.
• Experience troubleshooting complex cloud infrastructure and application deployment issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience implementing GitOps workflows using Argo CD or Flux.
• Familiarity with Azure Landing Zones, governance policies, and enterprise cloud architecture.
• Experience supporting .NET, Python, Java, or Node.js application deployments.
• Knowledge of Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and other managed database services.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible.
• Familiarity with automated security scanning, code quality checks, and compliance integration within CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code testing and automated compliance validation.
• Microsoft Azure certifications such as AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert) or AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate).
• Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

We are looking for a hands-on Azure DevOps Engineer with a strong combination of CI/CD automation and cloud infrastructure engineering experience.

The successful candidate should be capable of independently building and optimizing deployment pipelines, provisioning and managing Azure infrastructure, implementing infrastructure automation, and troubleshooting cloud environments.

Candidates with experience limited to CI/CD pipeline configuration, without practical Azure infrastructure management experience, may not be suitable for this role.

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If you are passionate about Azure cloud technologies, DevOps automation, and building reliable, scalable infrastructure, we would love to hear from you.

Join Teqfocus and help build secure, automated, and high-performing cloud platforms.