Senior / Lead Azure DevOps Engineer (AKS, Kubernetes) — Luxoft (DXC) · Chennai

Senior Azure DevOps engineer for Luxoft's BFSI and capital-markets practice — design and operate AKS-based platforms with Bicep / Terraform, Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitOps and full Azure-native observability. 6-12 years, hybrid Chennai, INR 22-38 LPA band.

About this role and the team at Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company. Senior Azure DevOps engineer for Luxoft's BFSI and capital-markets practice — design and operate AKS-based platforms with Bicep / Terraform, Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitOps and full Azure-native observability. 6-12 years, hybrid Chennai, INR 22-38 LPA band. The role is permanent / full-time, hybrid, and the salary band reflects market rates in Chennai (Bangalore / Pune options) as of mid-2026. If you are seeking a multi-year career platform rather than a stop-gap, this listing rewards depth — read the responsibilities and requirements below carefully and tailor your application to the specifics.

Responsibilities

Architect and operate the Azure landing zones for Luxoft's largest BFSI and capital-markets clients — management groups, subscription topology, hub-and-spoke networking, Azure Firewall, Private DNS zones, and Conditional Access integration.Design and operate Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters at production scale: cluster autoscaler, KEDA-based event-driven autoscaling, Application Gateway Ingress Controller, Azure CNI overlay networking, Azure AD Workload Identity, and Pod Security standards.Author infrastructure modules in both Bicep (for Azure-native projects) and Terraform (for cross-cloud-portable work), and own the module-promotion pipeline that publishes them into the Luxoft Internal Registry.Build and operate CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions, with reusable templates, secret-pulling from Azure Key Vault, image signing, and SBOM generation.Roll out GitOps via ArgoCD with environment promotion through git PRs and ApplicationSets for fleet-scale deployments. Add a service mesh (Istio) where regulated-industry mTLS and fine-grained traffic policies are required.Stand up Azure-native observability: Azure Monitor metrics, Log Analytics workspaces, Application Insights for app-level traces, and integration with Splunk for the BFSI clients that mandate it.Lead DevSecOps adoption — Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Containers, secret scanning in CI, and Sentinel-based SIEM correlation. Own quarterly compliance reports against ISO 27001, SOC 2 and PCI-DSS where relevant.Mentor 2-4 junior engineers, lead post-incident reviews, and contribute to Luxoft's internal Azure community of practice.

Requirements

6-12 years of DevOps / Platform engineering experience with at least 4 years in Azure and at least 2 years operating production AKS.Strong Bicep AND Terraform; comfortable picking the right tool for the right scope.Production CI/CD in Azure DevOps Pipelines or GitHub Actions, including reusable templates and secret-management.Hands-on with Helm and at least one of ArgoCD / FluxCD; service-mesh production experience (Istio preferred) is a strong plus.Working knowledge of Azure networking (VNets, peering, Private Endpoints, Front Door, Application Gateway) and identity (Azure AD, Workload Identity, Conditional Access).Programming in C# or Python at automation-quality level.DevSecOps awareness: Defender for Cloud, secret-scanning, image scanning, SBOM, runtime policies.Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert and / or DevOps Engineer Expert preferred.

Why this role in 2026

Luxoft (now part of DXC) is one of the deepest Azure shops in BFSI globally — particularly capital markets, where the engineering bar is genuinely high. Engineers leaving Luxoft consistently move into senior Azure / cloud architect roles at top-tier banks and fintechs.

Company & benefits

INR 22-38 LPA fixed plus 10-15% bonus. Comprehensive private medical for self + family + parents. DXC group employee stock purchase plan. Hybrid 2-3 days office. Sponsored Microsoft and CNCF certifications. 24-28 days leave annually. Generous parental and bereavement leave policies.