R&D Senior DevOps Engineer- India Development Center

Location:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID:

R0093937

Date Posted:

2025-07-21

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity:

We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic. Hitachi Energy has a proven record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries.

How you'll make an impact:

• Manage and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, including scaling and performance tuning. Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar for all Azure resources.

  
  
  

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated building, testing, and deployment of microservices and web applications. Implement GitOps workflows using tools such as ArgoCD, and manage Helm charts for application packaging and deployment.

  
  
  

• Configure and manage Azure services including Key Vault, Blob Storage, and Entra ID (Azure AD) and other core Azure components. Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and security best practices in infrastructure.

  
  
  

• Implement and maintain logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions for platforms and applications.

  
  
  

• Produce and maintain detailed infrastructure and architecture documentation. Collaborate with architects, developers and product owners to streamline deployment processes and resolve infrastructure-related issues.

  
  
  

• Ownership of infrastructure and platform architecture in Azure.Provide technical leadership for CI/CD process design, implementation, and orchestration. Monitor and report on cloud costs, and provide capacity forecasting.

  
  
  

• Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual operations and improve deployment efficiency.

  
  
  

• You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

  
  
  

• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

  
  
  

Your background:

• Required 10+ years of professional experience building and managing cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment systems. 5+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including AKS, identity, networking, and core Azure services. 3+ years managing Kubernetes in production, preferably AKS. 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines and configuration management using Azure DevOps or similar platforms.

  
  
  

• Deep understanding of networking, security, and cloud best practices including DNS, load balancing, TLS/SSL certificates, VNet architecture, ingress controllers, OAuth/OIDC, encryption, and secrets management.

  
  
  

• Solid proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred or similar). Strong Linux system administration skills.

  
  
  

• Strong expertise in Docker containerization and building cloud-native applications. Proficiency in scripting and automation (Bash, PowerShell) and YAML for configuration management.

  
  
  

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Azure Monitor, Application Insights). Experience building and operating large-scale SaaS platforms with high availability requirements.

  
  
  

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with development teams. Certifications such as Azure Administrator (AZ-104), Azure DevOps Engineer (AZ-400), or Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD).

  
  
  

• Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus). Experience with Web Application Firewall (WAF) configuration and management.

  
  
  

More about us:

Excited about a new opportunity? If this sounds like you, we’d like to see your application! Our selection process is ongoing, so don’t wait—apply today!

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