Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure) with Python Backend Skills - Full-time employment or Freelance (m/f/d)

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to join our technology team - either as a freelancer or a full-time employee. This role focuses primarily on DevOps, offering the unique opportunity to own, optimize, and evolve our cloud infrastructure and deployment processes, while also contributing to backend Python development.

DevOps (Primary Focus)

• Design, build, and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines to streamline and automate deployment workflows.
• Own the automation and management of cloud infrastructure and services on Azure, ensuring efficient scalability and reliability.
• Provide expert guidance to development teams on Azure DevOps best practices and strategies.
• Implement and manage comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to maintain application and infrastructure stability.
• Develop and enforce robust security and compliance practices across cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot complex technical challenges related to Azure infrastructure and cloud deployments.

Backend Python (Secondary Skill)

• Contribute to backend development tasks including REST-API creation, backend logic enhancement, and Python-based microservices.
• Support integration of backend systems with cloud-based DevOps processes.
• Conduct testing and debugging to ensure robust functionality and responsiveness of backend components.

Technical Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of extensive experience in DevOps engineering, specifically with Azure.
• Expert-level proficiency in Azure DevOps services (Azure Pipelines, AKS, ACR).
• Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Helm.
• Strong skills in containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration systems (Kubernetes).
• Proficient scripting skills, particularly in Python.
• Experience with backend Python frameworks such as Flask, FastAPI, or similar.
• Solid understanding of cloud security, compliance frameworks, and identity management practices.
• Familiarity with advanced monitoring and virtualization tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor).

Preferred Qualifications (Plus)

• Familiarity with Microsoft Defender for Cloud (Azure Defender for Cloud).
• Previous involvement in successful ISO 27001 certification processes.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel.

Personal Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Proactive, independent working style with the ability to manage projects and responsibilities autonomously.
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken).

• Ownership: Opportunity to have significant ownership over our infrastructure and DevOps strategy.
• Professional development: Contribute to backend development projects, enhancing your skillset in Python and microservices.
• Startup environment: Become part of a collaborative and driven startup environment with flat hierarchies and quick decision-making processes.
• Great People: Work alongside an international team of passionate and driven professionals.
• Flexibility: Flexible working arrangements tailored to your preferences (freelance or full-time). Adapt your schedule to your personal rhythm and lifestyle. Work from anywhere within the EU whenever it suits you.
• Time Off: 30 vacation days per year to recharge and explore.