Role : DevOps / APIM Tech Lead / SME
Role : DevOps / APIM Tech Lead
Experience : 8+ Years
Role Summary
We are looking for a seasoned DevOps / APIM Tech Lead who will own the end-to-end Azure API Management platform, DevOps pipelines, and configuration management across environments. The candidate must bring deep hands-on experience and the ability to lead technical discussions, drive RCAs, and own production-grade changes with full accountability.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage Azure API Management (APIM) platform including gateway configuration, API policies, rate limiting, caching, transformations, versioning, and subscription management.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (ADO) for APIM artifacts, infrastructure-as-code, and application deployments.
- Manage WAF (Web Application Firewall) integration with APIM including policy association, rule tuning (OWASP), IP whitelisting, and listener configuration.
- Implement and govern configuration management across Dev, QA, Staging, and Production environments ensuring consistency and change traceability.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Ansible, Terraform, or ARM/Bicep templates within the Azure ecosystem.
- Manage and support Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) including cluster management, pod scaling, ingress configuration, and integration with APIM.
- Establish and enforce change management governance including 4-eyes principle on production changes, RACI between infra/platform and application teams, and ServiceNow integration for change approvals.
- Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for production incidents related to APIM, DevOps pipelines, and infrastructure changes.
- Collaborate with application teams, security teams, and leadership to ensure seamless API lifecycle management.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives leveraging Azure-native tools, ServiceNow, and ADO integrations.
Must-Have Skills
Azure APIM :
- Hands-on experience with API policies, products, subscriptions, gateway config (global & API-level), diagnostics, and logging.
Azure DevOps (ADO)
- Pipeline design (YAML/Classic), release gates, variable groups, service connections, artifact management.
WAF / Application Gateway
- WAF policy configuration, rule management (custom & managed rules), association at listener/path level.
IaC & Automation
- Terraform / ARM / Bicep for Azure infra; Ansible for configuration management and automation.
Change & Config Mgmt
- Experience with ServiceNow ITSM integration, environment-specific config promotion, change governance.
Scripting
- PowerShell, Bash, Python for automation and :
- Ability to lead technical discussions, present RCAs, and interact with customers and leadership confidently.
(ref:hirist.tech)
