Azure Devops Engineer

United Software Group Inc is looking for a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in GitHub Actions, Azure Cloud, and AKS. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, managing cloud infrastructure, and supporting AI-enabled applications within the Azure ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Automate application build, release, deployment, and rollback processes
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment automation
• Establish branching strategies, release governance, and deployment standards
• Manage and support Azure subscriptions, resource groups, networking, and security controls
• Configure and maintain Azure App Services, Function Apps, and related platform services
• Optimize application performance, scalability, reliability, and monitoring
• Support production deployments and operational excellence initiatives
• Administer and troubleshoot Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
• Design and manage RBAC, Managed Identities, Service Principals, Enterprise Applications, and access governance
• Implement secure authentication and authorization patterns across applications and services
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security and governance requirements
• Deploy and manage applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Configure ingress, secrets management, container registries, scaling policies, and monitoring
• Support containerization using Docker and Kubernetes best practices
• Troubleshoot cluster, networking, and deployment issues
• Configure and maintain Azure AI Foundry connectivity and application bindings
• Integrate AI services into enterprise applications through secure deployment pipelines
• Manage secrets, endpoints, model deployments, and environment configurations
• Support AI application lifecycle management across development, testing, and production environments
• Implement observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and dashboards
• Perform root cause analysis, incident resolution, and platform optimization
• Develop operational runbooks and support automation initiatives

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in Azure DevOps and Cloud Engineering
• Strong expertise in GitHub Actions and CI/CD automation
• Hands-on experience with Azure App Services and cloud-native deployments
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, Managed Identities, and Service Principals
• Experience managing and troubleshooting AKS environments
• Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, security, and governance
• Experience with PowerShell, Bash, or scripting languages for automation
• Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI deployment experience
• Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates
• GitHub Enterprise administration
• Azure API Management
• DevSecOps and security scanning tools
• Monitoring and observability platforms