Lead DevOps Engineer

Aras Corporation is a fast-growing, innovative, and trusted provider of software that improves productivity and profitability for engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure industries. Our unique, resilient, and open software platform allows Aras subscribers to deliver sustainable performance with flexibility and agility to address evolving market requirements. Aras´s Culture is open and collaborative. We value our people and support their personal growth and development, providing an environment in which people can shape their own career paths.

We are seeking an experienced and highly technical Lead DevOps Engineer to join our product development team.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain Azure-based infrastructure (AKS, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, serverless...) using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, Crossplane).
• Design and build platform features around Kubernetes with scalability, resilience, and security being top priorities.
• Develop and optimize our GitOps based IaC workflows (Flux CD + Crossplane preferred; Argo CD is also good).
• Own and evolve CI/CD processes in Azure DevOps, including automated testing and release.
• Implement robust monitoring and alerting—experience with Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and Mimir (LGTM) is a strong plus.
• Collaborate closely with the development teams to drive feature development and bug fixing.
• Share knowledge and expertise, review IaC code and designs, support your team as needed.
• Provide L3 support: triage complex incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive timely remediation.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Azure experience, with deep expertise in networking and related infrastructure.
• Proven proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, or equivalent).
• Experience with Azure DevOps (or equivalent such as GitHub Actions).
• Strong Kubernetes administration experience (large scale AKS deployments, Helm and/or Kustomize, k8s controllers).
• Familiarity with GitOps principles and tools (Flux CD preferred).
• Strong Linux and Bash scripting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; self-starter who can prioritize tasks and drive initiatives end to end independently.
• Open to participating in L3 on-call rotation (approximately one week per month).

Preferred Qualifications

• Python scripting for automation and tool integration.
• Familiarity with .NET Core/C#.
• Hands-on experience with Grafana LGTM stack.