Wunderman Thompson

We're looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and operate a modern cloud-native platform on Microsoft Azure.

🎯 Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Create reusable Terraform modules and support development, testing, and production environments.
• Deploy and operate Kubernetes platforms, particularly Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Manage the Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, including upgrades, monitoring, scaling, security, and availability.
• Support containerized applications and Kubernetes workloads.
• Implement and maintain GitOps workflows using Flux CD.
• Manage application and infrastructure deployments through Git repositories.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Create self-service capabilities that help development teams deploy applications more efficiently.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes and platform adoption.
• Automate operational tasks and continuously improve platform reliability.
• Support cloud governance, security, access management, and cost optimization practices.
• Monitor the platform and troubleshoot production incidents.
• Perform root-cause analysis and help prevent recurring issues.
• Contribute to platform standards, technical documentation, and engineering best practices.

🤝 Collaboration

• Work closely with development teams to understand their needs and provide effective tools and processes for deploying and operating applications.
• Help shape and improve a modern cloud platform and positively influence how engineering teams work.

🛠️ Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Azure networking, identity management, access control, and security.
• Proven experience using Terraform to create and manage cloud infrastructure.
• Experience managing reusable Terraform modules and multi-environment deployments.
• Understanding of Terraform remote state management and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Strong practical experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience deploying and supporting workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes ingress controllers, networking, storage, scaling, and observability.
• Hands-on experience with GitOps principles and Flux CD.
• Experience managing application and infrastructure deployments through Git repositories.
• Strong experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Experience building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with branching strategies, pull request workflows, and repository governance.
• Experience monitoring systems, troubleshooting production incidents, and performing root-cause analysis.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

💡 About you

• You are hands-on, proactive, and collaborative, with a genuine passion for cloud technology, automation, and platform reliability.
• You enjoy solving complex technical problems and creating simple, repeatable solutions for engineering teams.
• You take ownership of your work and are comfortable supporting live production environments.
• You communicate clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• You enjoy helping development teams adopt new tools and ways of working.