DevOps Engineer

The DevOps Engineer owns the AWA platform's deployment, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and operational reliability. You ensure that every AWA component — from AKS namespaces and KEDA autoscalers to ADLS Gen2 lifecycle policies and Azure Firewall allowlists — is deployed consistently, tested automatically, and operated reliably within the bank's Azure UAE environment. You are the guardian of the AWA infrastructure: nothing is deployed manually; everything is reproducible from code.

Technical — Essential

• 5+ years DevOps/Platform Engineering; 2+ years on Azure
• Terraform or Bicep — production IaC, not just templates
• Kubernetes / AKS: namespaces, RBAC, Network Policies, Helm charts, Kustomize
• Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions — multi-stage pipelines, approvals, environments
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, KQL query language
• Container ecosystem: Docker, ACR, image signing, admission control
• Azure networking: VNet, private endpoints, NSGs, Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute concepts
• KEDA (Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling) or equivalent autoscaling experience

Technical — Advantageous

• Azure Key Vault, managed identity, Workload Identity for Kubernetes
• OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno for Kubernetes policy enforcement
• Kafka / Azure Event Hubs — consumer group management, lag monitoring
• ADLS Gen2, WORM immutable storage, lifecycle management policies
• Azure AI Foundry / APIM — token quotas, rate limiting, backend routing configuration
• Security tooling: Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Notary v2

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or equivalent
• Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) strongly preferred
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) advantageous