Senior DevOps Azure Engineer

N-iX is looking for a skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join the team.

About the project:

Our customer is a full quote-to-cash ERP/PSA used by field service companies (system integrators) that install and maintain physical equipment - AV systems, security cameras, fire alarms, HVAC. The platform covers:

• Sales: opportunities, quoting, ordering
• Projects: project management, resource scheduling
• Service: dispatch, ticketing, field technician management
• Finance: accounting, GL, invoicing, purchasing (the financial core is central to everything)
• Reporting: data sources, dashboards, report builder
• Mobile app: native iOS and Android for field technicians (dispatch, tasks, timesheets, scheduling, offline sync)

From a development standpoint, the core goal of the project is incremental modernization of a legacy monolith using the Strangler Fig pattern. The first milestone for the DevOps engineer includes the following:

• Azure landing zone
• AKS Kubernetes cluster provisioning
• Kafka Provisioning
• Environment setup (Dev, Staging, Prod) using Terraform infrastructure as code
• CI/CD build, test, and deploy pipelines.
• OpenTelemetry & Grafana monitoring dashboards
• Debezium Change Data Capture (CDC) event streaming across databases and ClickHouse data storage.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a baseline Azure cloud environment (resource groups, IAM/RBAC, networking).
• Set up secure infrastructure components, including Key Vault and access controls.
• Configure CI/CD pipelines for automated build and deployment.
• Deploy and configure application runtime using AKS Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, and supporting services (Front Door, WAF, Databases, routing, etc).
• Enable monitoring and logging via OpenTelemetry & Grafana monitoring dashboards.
• Own the reliability of our platforms by measuring and meeting defined target values
• Provision ClickHouse for analytics and enable Change Data Capture (CDC) event streaming across databases
• Apply cloud best practices for security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Provide infrastructure and tooling support to development teams
• Prepare comprehensive technical documentation and conduct a knowledge transfer session upon project completion.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, specifically across compute, networking, and Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Proven experience in architecting and setting up cloud environments from scratch.
• Solid experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform
• Hands-on experience with Docker containerization and AKS Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, Debezium, and CDC pattern.
• Hands-on experience with ClickHouse or similar systems.

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible

• A competitive salary and good compensation package

• Personalized career growth

• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)

• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing

• Education reimbursement

• Memorable anniversary presents

• Corporate events and team buildings

• Other location-specific benefits

• not applicable for freelancers