W2 Only- Azure DevOps Engineer

Role: Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Location: NYC, NY – Hybrid

Duration: Long-term Contract

Interviews: (3 Rounds): All the interviews within one week.

Mandatory Skills:

• Python — Strong proficiency in Python for automation, scripting, infrastructure tooling, and building CI/CD utilities.
• Kubernetes — Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes including cluster management, Helm charts, service mesh (Istio), pod orchestration, troubleshooting, and production-grade deployments.
• CI/CD — Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with a focus on reliability and speed.
• GitLab CI/CD — Deep expertise in GitLab pipelines, including multi-stage pipelines, templates, shared runners, artifacts, and pipeline-as-code best practices.
• Azure Cloud — Solid knowledge of Azure services (AKS, Azure DevOps, Virtual Networks, IAM/RBAC, Storage, Key Vault, Monitor) with experience in cloud architecture and cost optimization.

Preferred / Good to Have:

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, ELK).
• Shell scripting (Bash/PowerShell).
• Networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, ingress controllers).
• Incident management and on-call experience.