Staff DevOps Engineer / Azure / Mobile / Pleasanton

Staff DevOps Engineer
Location: Pleasanton, CA (Hybrid - 3-4 days onsite/week)

Our client is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to lead the automation, scalability, and reliability of modern cloud infrastructure supporting customer-facing mobile applications. This is a hands-on technical leadership opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, improving engineering workflows, and driving DevOps best practices in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities

• Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines for Android, iOS, and Flutter mobile applications.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable DevOps infrastructure using GitHub Actions and Microsoft Azure.
• Automate cloud infrastructure and deployment processes using Infrastructure as Code and Azure automation tools.
• Manage and support Kubernetes environments running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Partner closely with engineering teams to improve development workflows, deployment reliability, and release velocity.
• Implement and manage identity solutions using Azure AD B2C.
• Build and maintain API integrations through Azure API Management (APIM).
• Monitor production environments, troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, and perform root cause analysis.
• Drive DevOps best practices around automation, scalability, security, and observability.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across infrastructure and release engineering initiatives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for Android, iOS, and Flutter applications.
• Strong expertise with GitHub Actions for build, deployment, and release automation.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including infrastructure automation.
• Experience managing Kubernetes workloads, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience implementing Azure AD B2C identity management solutions.
• Experience working with Azure API Management (APIM).
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills across cloud infrastructure and production environments.
• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills working with distributed engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in startup or high-growth environments.
• Experience improving release processes for customer-facing mobile applications.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship.