Azure DevOps Engineer

CirrusLabs is seeking a technically curious and proactive Junior Azure DevOps Engineer to bridge the gap between development, operations, and security. The role focuses on maintaining high-availability systems, automating infrastructure, and troubleshooting complex application and networking issues within the Azure cloud environment.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters and containerized workloads
• Manage secrets, certificates, and keys securely using Azure KeyVault
• Implement Azure Site Reliability (SRE) principles (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets) for production systems
• Configure and troubleshoot Azure Application Gateway , Azure Traffic Manager , and Azure Load Balancer (including identifying/fixing failed backend instances)
• Administer Azure Storage (blobs, files, tables) and Azure Compute (VMs, VMSS)
• Write, test, and maintain infrastructure deployments using Azure Bicep (alternative to Terraform)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (Pipelines/Releases)
• Automate repetitive tasks via PowerShell and Python scripts
• Manage pipeline configurations using YAML and JSON
• Integrate GitHub basics (repos, branching, PRs) and GitHub Actions into the deployment lifecycle
• Configure and troubleshoot IIS (websites, app pools, bindings) and Windows Services
• Perform web hosting troubleshooting (HTTP errors, SSL certs, worker processes)
• Analyze Event Viewer Logs to diagnose application or system failures
• Perform basic SQL administration (backups, user permissions, index maintenance)
• Write and troubleshoot basic SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, WHERE, INSERT, UPDATE)
• Assist in managing clustering of SQL Servers or Web Servers (IIS)
• Participate in Disaster Recovery (DR) planning, documentation, and periodic testing (failover/failback exercises)
• Manage IAM/AD (Azure Active Directory / Entra ID) – service principals, managed identities, RBAC roles
• Apply basic networking concepts (DNS, subnets, NSGs, routing, TCP/UDP, firewalls, load balancing rules)
• Troubleshoot Infrastructure/VM issues (RDP/SSH, disk space, memory leaks, network latency)

Requirements:

• 2–5 Years of experience in Azure DevOps
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Experience with Azure KeyVault
• Knowledge of Azure Site Reliability (SRE) principles
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting Azure Application Gateway, Azure Traffic Manager, and Azure Load Balancer
• Experience administering Azure Storage and Azure Compute
• Experience writing, testing, and maintaining infrastructure deployments using Azure Bicep
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
• Experience automating tasks via PowerShell and Python scripts
• Experience managing pipeline configurations using YAML and JSON
• Basic knowledge of GitHub (repos, branching, PRs) and GitHub Actions
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting IIS and Windows Services
• Experience performing web hosting troubleshooting
• Experience analyzing Event Viewer Logs
• Basic SQL administration skills
• Ability to write and troubleshoot basic SQL queries
• Experience managing clustering of SQL Servers or Web Servers
• Participation in Disaster Recovery planning and testing
• Experience managing IAM/AD (Azure Active Directory / Entra ID)
• Basic knowledge of networking concepts (DNS, subnets, NSGs, routing, TCP/UDP, firewalls, load balancing rules)
• Ability to troubleshoot Infrastructure/VM issues
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills
• Intermediate Python scripting skills
• Knowledge of Azure Core Services (KeyVault, Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, Storage, Compute, Site Reliability)
• Problem-solving mindset
• Collaboration skills
• Documentation skills
• Learning agility
• Experience with Helm
• Experience with SQL/Web Server clustering
• Experience with Disaster Recovery testing concepts