Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Nearform as a Senior DevOps Engineer and contribute to designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure for scalable and reliable applications. You will work remotely from Romania, collaborating with clients and distributed teams to translate complex business requirements into innovative digital products. Key responsibilities include developing and managing Azure-based infrastructure, creating CI/CD pipelines, implementing monitoring frameworks, and automating infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools. You will also ensure security best practices are applied and optimize system performance. This contract position requires significant experience in a senior engineering role, proficiency in Azure, IaC, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, as well as excellent communication skills. Nearform offers a remote-friendly work environment with various benefits.

Requirements

• Significant experience delivering at a Senior Engineer level. Our Seniors typically have at least 6 years’ commercial experience
• Practical experience and knowledge of developing real-world solutions
• Practical experience of delivering in an agile environment
• Strong experience managing and automating cloud-based infrastructure Azure
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools, ideally Kubernetes (K8s)
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally with GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Scripting and automation expertise, preferably with Python
• Experience with observability tools and monitoring frameworks for system performance optimization
• Solid understanding of security best practices across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and microservices
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Professional proficiency in English

Responsibilities

• Developing and managing cloud-based infrastructure on Azure
• Creating and maintaining deployment architectures and continuous delivery pipelines
• Designing high-availability and fault-tolerant solutions for applications
• Implementing monitoring frameworks, including dashboards, alerts, and escalation processes
• Automating infrastructure provisioning and management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Managing containerized applications and orchestrating deployments using Kubernetes
• Ensuring security best practices are applied across CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and microservices
• Optimizing system performance and scalability through observability and proactive monitoring
• Collaborating with development teams to streamline deployment workflows and improve DevOps processes
• Advising clients on best practices for cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, and system security
• Engaging in technical discussions with stakeholders and supporting project execution to ensure timely delivery
• Assisting with the analysis of client requirements
• Working with and supporting Technical Leaders in project execution and timely delivery
• Collaborating with client teams

Benefits

• Annual Company Bonus - We all help Nearform to hit company goals so we all receive a share of the profits on an annual basis in line with company performance
• Work Remotely and Flexibly - We have a genuine dedication to work/life balance. Our flexible working culture allows you to work around what matters - school run, no problem!
• Paid Time Off Package - We offer an annual leave of 24 days plus public holidays. We also offer sick leave, marriage leave and many more
• Remote Working Allowance - Every 2 years, you will have a budget of up to €1250 (equivalent in RON) to help you set up a comfortable and productive workspace in addition to your essential equipment provided by Nearform when you join
• Training and Development Allowance - We understand the importance of continuously learning so we offer an allowance of up to €1000 (equivalent in RON) you can use to upskill yourself