DevOps (Azure) Engineer

The role:

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with minimum of three years industry experience. Candidate must have good attention to details skills. You will work closely with our Engineering Leads (both in Lahore and the UK) building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure, as well as enhancements to existing infrastructure.

You would be expected to contribute to our continual process of improving our CI/CD processes, and technology stack. Overall we look for people who have an inquisitive mind, are always learning, and to whom DevOps is a passion, who are not scared to look under the covers to figure out how things work, and ultimately why it may not be working as expected. You will work with a group of highly passionate technology people who want to develop the best systems in their chosen business area. As a business we love to see our people grow and develop with room for both career and skills development across the organisation.

We think you’ll be a great fit if you have:

• Hands on experience in architectural frameworks and processes, microservices and event-based architecture
• Experience migrating legacy applications into microservice oriented architecture by adopting increment approach.
• Practical experience working with Infrastructure as code, cloud, monitoring and container technologies (e.g. Azure, Kubernetes, dockers, Grafana, Prometheus, Helm charts…)
• Working experience with agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Scaled Agile Framework, LeSS)
• Must have experience analysing code for weaknesses and errors, and overseeing plans to improve them
• Must be familiar with the application security, cybersecurity.. etc.
• Must be familiar with the latest programming languages, frameworks, and technologies and how to best utilize them
• Deep understanding of DevOps practices
• Must have understanding of software quality assurance principles
• Must be able to conceptualise, design, develop, and implement software solutions that are efficient, secure, maintainable and easily extendable
• Production of high-quality architectural artefacts – both visual and written
• Analytical and systematic approach to problem solving
• Must have experience in DevOps toolchain like Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Flux CD, Argo CD, etc and setting up CI/CD pipelines
• Good understanding of DevOps, GitOps and Agile principles
• Experience in deploying containerized applications
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and deploying workloads in container orchestrators
• Experience in Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Ansible, ARM, Chef, Puppet etc
• Knowledge of Linux and networking principles
• Knowledge of programming languages

Exciting benefits we offer:

• Modern office in central Lahore with a great space to kick back and relax or collaborate with the team.
• Medical Insurance (OPD+IPD) for self & dependents (Spouse, children and as well as Parents).
• Pension Scheme Fund (Applicable after Probation Period).
• Gym Passport (or) Building Gym (available here in Askari Corporate Tower).
• Due Annual Increments (+) Inflation based adjustments (if applicable).
• (PDP) – Personal Development Program.
• Career Progression and Clear Career Path (SIFA based).
• Company Provided Lunch Everyday.
• Open Plan Environment.
• Company Sponsored Recreational (Local) Trips (and/or) team building events and activities.
• Company Celebration Dinners (e.g) Annual dinners, Iftar dinners. Etc.
• Company Paid Sports Activities.
• Onsite Secured Parkings for your Cars and Bikes.
• Company Paid Professional Certifications. (i.e) reimbursements subject to business needs.
• Monthly Birthday Celebrations of Employees.
• Bi-annual Bonuses (10% of your basic salary)
• Referral Bonuses. (PKR. 25,000)
• Leave Bank & Encashment Policy.
• Monthly Mobile Allowance (PKR. 2,700) for Senior Software Engineers / Senior Data Engineers.
• Work-life balance