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