Azure Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Engineer

Employment Type: Regular - Full-time

Location: US East Coast Timezone Required

Job Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and proactive Azure Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Engineer to join our rapidly growing SaaS company in the RegTech space. As a key member of the Infrastructure team, you will be instrumental in building and supporting scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure that underpins our SaaS products for the financial services industry.

Our environment utilizes Azure IaaS and PaaS across multiple global regions. We leverage Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure deployment, follow a stamp model topology, and embrace a cloud-native, microservices-driven architecture. Our strategy is cloud-first and security-first, with a strong focus on FinOps, observability, and operational efficiency.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a DevOps engineer passionate about solving infrastructure challenges, optimizing cloud environments, and thriving in a collaborative, fast-paced setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Automation: Design, implement, and manage infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible for repeatable and scalable deployments.
• Azure Services Operations: Deploy and manage a wide range of Azure services including App Services, Azure SQL Elastic Pools, Virtual Machines, Service Bus, Key Vaults, and Recovery Services Vaults.
• Identity and Access Management (IAM): Configure and manage Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) for identity governance, role-based access control (RBAC), service principals, managed identities, and conditional access policies.
• Network Architecture: Support and evolve the stamp model topology and hub-and-spoke architecture to ensure secure, multi-region scalability.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Develop and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines to enable secure, reliable, and automated delivery workflows.
• Monitoring & Observability: Implement and maintain monitoring using New Relic, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights. Build dashboards, define metrics (availability, latency, error rates), and configure alerts for proactive issue detection.
• Resiliency & DR: Ensure high availability, backup, and disaster recovery through tools like Azure Site Recovery, Recovery Services Vaults, and zone-/region-redundant configurations.
• Security & Compliance: Apply cloud security best practices, manage secrets, and collaborate with security stakeholders to ensure regulatory alignment and secure platform design.
• FinOps & Cost Optimization: Continuously analyze resource usage and costs. Optimize infrastructure for performance and budget efficiency.
• Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, architecture, and product teams to provide infrastructure solutions that support rapid and reliable software delivery.
• NGINX Configuration: Support and manage custom NGINX configurations to address load balancing, TLS termination, routing, and performance optimization.

Qualifications - Required

• Experience: 3–5 years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering roles, preferably in a SaaS or financial technology environment.
• Azure Expertise: Strong expertise with Microsoft Azure, including IaaS (VMs, VNets, NSGs) and PaaS (App Services, Azure SQL, Service Bus, etc.).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Configuration as Code (Ansible).
• IAM: Experience with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) for IAM, including RBAC, managed identities, and conditional access.
• Networking: Solid understanding of networking fundamentals: DNS, TCP/IP, firewalls, load balancers, and VNet peering.
• CI/CD: Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and release automation using Azure DevOps.
• Monitoring Tools: Experience operating and monitoring production environments using New Relic, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, network, and platform layers.
• Mindset: A proactive, security-first, and cost-aware mindset with a track record of implementing best practices.