Senior Azure Cloud DevOps Technical Lead

Azure Cloud Devops Senior Technical Lead

Company Description

About Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria, a major Tech player in Europe with 51,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognised for its consulting, digital services and solutions. It helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. The Group provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organisations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to putting digital to work for its clients in order to build a positive future for all. In 2025, the Group generated revenues of €5.6 billion.
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Job Description

Manages and maintains the Azure infrastructure underpinning the OSDU platform applications, spanning operational support, infrastructure maintenance, and CI/CD pipeline development.

Infrastructure in scope

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) – cluster management, workload deployment, scaling, and monitoring

• Azure Front Door – routing, load balancing, WAF, and edge configuration

• CI/CD pipelines – build, test, and deployment automation Core skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service and Kubernetes generally (deployments, services, ingress, Helm)

• Azure Front Door configuration and management

• CI/CD tooling and pipeline development (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

• Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates)

• General Azure platform administration Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor, and maintain AKS clusters and associated workloads

• Configure and optimise Azure Front Door for performance, security, and availability

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting the application portfolio

• Support deployment, release, and environment management processes

• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues as part of a distributed offshore team

 

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the OSDU data platform and energy/subsurface domain

• Experience with observability tooling (e.g. Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus/Grafana)

• Understanding of container security and Kubernetes hardening practices

• Service mesh experience (e.g. Istio)

Total Experience Expected: 08-10 years

Qualifications

Manages and maintains the Azure infrastructure underpinning the OSDU platform applications, spanning operational support, infrastructure maintenance, and CI/CD pipeline development.

Infrastructure in scope

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) – cluster management, workload deployment, scaling, and monitoring

• Azure Front Door – routing, load balancing, WAF, and edge configuration

• CI/CD pipelines – build, test, and deployment automation Core skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service and Kubernetes generally (deployments, services, ingress, Helm)

• Azure Front Door configuration and management

• CI/CD tooling and pipeline development (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

• Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates)

• General Azure platform administration Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor, and maintain AKS clusters and associated workloads

• Configure and optimise Azure Front Door for performance, security, and availability

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting the application portfolio

• Support deployment, release, and environment management processes

• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues as part of a distributed offshore team

 

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the OSDU data platform and energy/subsurface domain

• Experience with observability tooling (e.g. Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus/Grafana)

• Understanding of container security and Kubernetes hardening practices

• Service mesh experience (e.g. Istio)

Additional Information

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Experience Level

Senior Level