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
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