Job Description
This freelance DevOps Engineer role focuses on optimizing Azure cloud infrastructure for cost reduction. Responsibilities include legacy resource removal, designing build clusters with spot VMs, merging infrastructure components (K8s, AGW, Functions, Nginx) from multiple environments, optimizing Azure subscription tiers, and migrating to open-source alternatives (Opentelemetry, Traefik). The ideal candidate will have experience with Azure IaaS & PaaS, AKS, Load Balancers, Web servers, API management, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform/Terragrunt, and scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python). Experience with Nginx, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus/Thanos, InfluxDB, and SonarQube is also required.
Good To Have:
- Cloud cost reporting/visualization
- Proficiency with open-source DevOps stack
Must Have:
- Azure IaaS & PaaS, AKS
- Kubernetes, Terraform/Terragrunt
- Scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python)
- Cost optimization in Azure
- Legacy resource cleanup
- Infrastructure merging (K8s, AGW, Functions, Nginx)
As a freelance DevOps Engineer, you will work with our Azure-based cloud infrastructure, implementing priority efforts on resource use optimization and overall cost reduction.
Responsibilities
- Legacy resource removal and cleanup, taking necessary measures to minimize the downtime on infra provision
- Design and set up build clusters with spot VMs
- Merge infrastructure components from multiple internal development environments that use K8s, AGW, Functions, and Nginx components
- Fine-tune the use of Azure subscription tiers for various components to maximize cost-benefit ratio
- Follow through the migration to free and open-source alternatives for select infrastructure components, like Opentelemetry, Traefik etc.
Qualifications
- Azure Expertise: 2+ years of hands-on experience with Azure Cloud IaaS & PaaS, AKS, Load Balancers, Web servers, and API management.
- DevOps Skills: 2+ years in Azure DevOps, Self-hosted agent management, Kubernetes, Terraform+Terragrunt, and scripting with Bash, Powershell, or Python.
- Tool Expertise: Nginx, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus/Thanos, InfluxDB and SonarQube.
- Bonus Skills: Cloud Cost reporting, optimization, and visualization; proficiency with open-source DevOps stack.
About realworld one
realworld one's mission is to accelerate advancements in the life sciences community by providing the best extended reality solutions. Customers include several major companies such as Lonza, Sartorius, Cytiva, ZEISS, Bio-Rad, Agilent Technologies, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, QIAGEN, Hologic, and GEA Group.
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