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201 to 500 Employees · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
What employees say
+ The worst place to work You will get trauma, frustration, lots and lots of politics and the most important thing regret of leaving your last company ..
− This is the worst place to work. Even if you are sick, they will not give you work from home. If you take leave, there will be LOP for straight six months. The management is so tox
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Job description
Overview
The DevOps Lead Engineer – Azure will spearhead DevOps transformation initiatives, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure platforms.
Responsibilities
- DevOps Strategy & Leadership: Define and execute enterprise DevOps strategies, establishing standards for CI/CD, automation, and platform engineering. Lead team mentorship, architecture assessments, and cross-functional collaboration with security and development stakeholders.
- CI/CD Pipeline Architecture: Own CI/CD pipeline architecture, implementing enterprise-scale deployment orchestration and automated testing frameworks (SAST/DAST). Enable zero-downtime deployment strategies like blue-green and canary releases.
- Infrastructure & Automation: Architect IaC frameworks using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates, and manage configuration via Ansible or Azure Policy. Lead automation for self-service platforms and event-driven workflows.
- Containerization: Architect Kubernetes (AKS) platforms, including networking, storage, and GitOps-based continuous delivery using tools like ArgoCD or Flux CD. Design container image build pipelines and autoscaling strategies.
- Observability & SRE: Implement comprehensive observability solutions (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana) and define SLOs/SLIs aligned with SRE principles. Drive capacity planning and chaos engineering practices.
- Security Integration: Integrate DevSecOps practices, including automated security scanning, policy-as-code enforcement, and secrets management using Azure Key Vault.
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps or platform engineering, with at least 4 years focused on Azure cloud platforms.
- Mandatory certifications: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204), Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400), HashiCorp Terraform Associate, and a Kubernetes certification (CKA or CKAD).
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Deep technical expertise in CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), IaC (Terraform), and container orchestration (AKS, Docker, Helm).
- Strong proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and observability/monitoring tools.
- Proven experience leading large-scale DevOps transformations and supporting high-velocity deployment environments.
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Last updated 15 September 2026
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