What You'll Do

• Administer and maintain cloud infrastructure on Azure (VMs, Container Apps, AKS, Storage, Networking, Key Vault)
• Own CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) — build, test, deploy, rollback
• Manage Docker image builds, registries (ACR), and multi-arch deployments (linux/amd64)
• Configure and harden NGINX, SSL/TLS certs (Let's Encrypt / Azure-managed), reverse proxies, and load balancers
• Monitor systems with Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics; set up alerts and on-call runbooks
• Automate provisioning with Terraform / Bicep / Ansible
• Manage secrets (Azure Key Vault), environment variables, and config across dev/UAT/prod
• Administer Linux servers (Ubuntu) — patching, user access, firewall (ufw/NSG), Tailscale/VPN
• Handle database ops (PostgreSQL, Supabase) — backups, restores, migrations, performance tuning
• Respond to incidents, perform RCA, and drive post-mortems
• Enforce security best practices — IAM, RBAC, least privilege, vulnerability scanning, dependency audits
• Support developers with deployment issues, env setup, and tooling

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years as a DevOps / SRE / Cloud / Systems Administrator
• Strong Azure experience (VMs, Container Apps, AKS, Networking, Key Vault, Monitor)
• Proficient with Docker, container registries, and image lifecycle management
• Hands-on with CI/CD (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps Pipelines)
• Solid Linux administration (Ubuntu preferred) and shell scripting (Bash)
• Experience with NGINX, SSL certificate management, and DNS
• Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform or Bicep
• Scripting in Python or Go for automation
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL administration
• Git fluency and multi-account/multi-provider credential handling
• Strong troubleshooting skills under production pressure

Nice to Have

• Kubernetes (AKS) operational experience
• Experience with Supabase, FastAPI, or Next.js application stacks
• Familiarity with Tailscale or zero-trust networking
• Certifications: AZ-104, AZ-400, CKA
• Exposure to LLM/AI application deployments (Anthropic, OpenAI API infra)
• Experience running cost optimization exercises on Azure

What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)

• Own and document the deployment pipeline for all active production services
• Zero-downtime deploys across UAT and PROD environments
• Reduce deployment failures by establishing pre-flight checks (disk, env vars, platform flags)
• Stand up unified monitoring and alerting across all VMs and Container Apps
• Create runbooks for the top 10 recurring operational issues