Senior Software Engineer, DevOps (Azure)

<p>Calling All Upstarters!</p><p><strong>SENIOR AZURE DEVOPS WANTED!</strong></p><p>We are Upstart 13. We are humble, hungry, and competent people who are radically changing the expectations and experience of outsourcing for all participants by challenging barriers that create inequality and by bringing down borders in technology for people everywhere. We’re all about delivering value and doing big things. We have become a game changer for teams around the world who look to Upstart’s services as a differentiator.</p><p><strong>Job Description:</strong></p><p><span>We are seeking a <strong>Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer located in Latam</strong> to own the full lifecycle of our Azure production environment and provide expert support to our development teams. You will be responsible for designing, building, and operating a secure, scalable infrastructure using Bicep for IaC and managing complex services like AKS, APIM, and Event Hubs. This role focuses on ensuring operational excellence, high availability, and seamless CI/CD integration to enable fast and safe application delivery.</span></p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Infrastructure as Code:</strong> Design and maintain production-grade Azure infrastructure using Bicep, ensuring all resources from networking to application services are managed as code.</p></li><li><p><strong>Application Delivery & Networking:</strong> Implement and manage Azure API Management (APIM), Azure App Gateway, and Azure Front Door to ensure secure, scalable, and high-performance application delivery.</p></li><li><p><strong>Container Orchestration: </strong>Deploy and operate containerized workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including cluster optimization, Helm chart management, and advanced networking configurations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Event-Driven Architecture:</strong> Support and manage Azure Event Hubs with Kafka protocol support for real-time data streaming and event-driven microservices.</p></li><li><p>Develop end-to-end YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps for automated provisioning and application deployment, integrating gates and automated testing.</p></li><li><p><strong>Production Operations: </strong>Own the reliability of the Azure environment by monitoring health via Azure Monitor and Application Insights, leading incident response, and performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA).</p></li><li><p><strong>Security & Identity: </strong>Enforce Azure Security services, including Entra ID (Azure AD) RBAC, Managed Identities, Azure Key Vault for secrets, and Azure Policy for governance and compliance.</p></li><li><p><strong>Developer Enablement: </strong>Collaborate with developers to integrate code into pipelines, manage Git branching strategies, and provide mentorship on cloud-native best practices.</p></li><li><p><strong>Managing all required environments: </strong>Primary Environment (Production) and Secondary Environments (Non-Prod).</p></li></ul><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><p><strong>Technical skills:</strong> </p><ul><li><p><strong>6+ years</strong> of professional experience in <strong>DevOps</strong> and <strong>Cloud</strong> Engineering within the <strong>Microsoft Azure </strong>ecosystem.</p></li><li><p>Expertise in <strong>Azure Core Services:</strong> Deep knowledge of VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, and Storage (Blob/Files).</p></li><li><p>Hands-on with <strong>Bicep</strong>: Proven ability to build modular, reusable Infrastructure as Code patterns.</p></li><li><p><strong>Advanced Azure Services:</strong> Practical experience managing Azure APIM, Azure App Gateway, and Azure Event Hubs (Kafka).</p></li><li><p>Kubernetes Proficiency: Experience running <strong>AKS</strong> in production, including node pool optimization and pod autoscaling.</p></li><li><p>Security Mindset: Strong experience with Azure Security Center, vulnerability scanning (SAST/DAST), and container registry security (ACR).</p></li><li><p>Automation: Proficiency in PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Python for creating operational tools and self-service platforms.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Soft skills:</strong> </p><ul><li><p>Excellent problem-solving skills, ownership, and ability to work independently.</p></li><li><p>Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a desire to learn and teach.</p></li><li><p>Excellent understanding of development processes and agile methodologies.</p></li><li><p>Analytic, flexible, adaptative, highly motivated, and able to learn quickly.</p></li></ul><p><strong><em>Bonus skills: </em></strong></p><ul><li><p>Azure certifications such as AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert) or AZ-305 (Solutions Architect).</p></li><li><p>Experience with GitOps (Flux/ArgoCD) and Kubernetes service meshes (Istio).</p></li><li><p>Knowledge of FinOps for cloud cost management and resource optimization.</p></li></ul><hr><p><strong>Why Upstart13?</strong></p><ul><li><p>We put people <strong>first</strong> at Upstart 13! We believe the world is filled with amazing people and we are willing to go to great lengths to seek out others who share our values to join our cause of bringing down borders in technology for people everywhere.</p></li><li><p>We develop leaders at Upstart 13, we focus on what matters to do meaningful work, we own our shit, we stay curious, and we understand responsibility leads to giving. We do big things together!</p></li></ul><p><strong>Perks:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Job type: long-term, full-time job.</p></li><li><p>Fully remote.</p></li><li><p>USD competitive salary.</p></li><li><p>20+ Paid time off days.</p></li></ul><figure><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/nFFguNjdeotwc/giphy.gif" alt="" title="" style="border-width:0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(238 239 242/var(--tw-border-opacity));border-image:initial;display:block;vertical-align:middle;height:auto;max-width:100%;margin:24px auto;"></figure><p>Are you ready to join our cause? Be sure to ask, “<strong>why 13?</strong>”<br></p>

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