Senior DevOps Architect (Azure)

Summary

Data has never been more valuable and vulnerable. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated and regulations more strict, organizations struggle to answer one key question: “Is my data safe?"

At Varonis, we see the world of cybersecurity differently. Instead of chasing threats, we believe the most practical approach is protecting data from the inside out. We’ve built the industry’s first fully autonomous Data Security Platform to help our customers dramatically reduce risk with minimal human effort.

At Varonis, we move fast. We’re an ultra-collaborative company with brilliant people who care deeply about the details. Together, we’re solving interesting and complex puzzles to keep the world’s data safe.

We work in a flexible, hybrid model, so you can choose the home-office balance that works best for you.

Join our DevOps department and help us continue building our cutting-edge security platform, serving thousands of tenants around the globe.

In this role, you will design, enhance, and secure our Azureand AWS based environments, improve automation and delivery processes, and introduce new technologies into our stack. This is a senior-level position for an outstanding DevOps engineer with deep knowledge and experience of cloud platform architectures. It combines strategic impact with hands-on execution.

Responsibilities

Main Focus Areas

• Strategic Impact: Ensure platform decisions support business needs and deliver secure, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Technical Leadership: Define the roadmap for cloud and delivery, set standards and best practices for all teams.
• Innovation and Hands-On Work: Lead proofs of concept, test and adopt new technologies, and deliver complex features when needed.
• Enablement: Share knowledge, guide design choices, run reviews and workshops, and help teams improve speed and quality of delivery.
• Technology Coverage: Work across infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, observability, networking, security.
  
  

• Design and operate scalable Azure and AWS environments for our multi-region SaaS platforms.
• Build and improve automation for infrastructure and delivery using tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and Ansible.
• Lead continuous integration and delivery and introduce GitOps practices with tools such as Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions.
• Build internal developer experience: create self-service paths, golden templates, and fast environments to help engineers deliver faster.
• Run proofs of concept and bring new technologies into the company stack.
• Create clear documentation, design guides, and runbooks for teams to follow.
• Work with team leaders to improve delivery speed and reduce delays in releasing features.
• Take part in on-call rotation and lead critical incidents with clear communication and follow-up improvements.
• Track and improve cloud cost and efficiency, plan capacity to meet demand without waste.
• Mentor engineers and help them learn best practices in cloud, security, and automation.
  
  

• Strong experience with Azure and building large-scale and multi-geo SaaS platforms.
• Deep knowledge of infrastructure as code with tools like Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Packer.
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery using Azure DevOps, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (AKS or EKS), Docker, Helm, and monitoring tools like Prometheus.
• Proficiency in modern programming and scripting language such as Python, PowerShell, and Go
• Solid understanding of Linux and Windows, networking, and security (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, certificates, firewalls).
• Knowledge of security practices and compliance in cloud environments.
• Experience with observability, incident response, and disaster recovery planning.
• Ability to design complex topologies mainly in Azure but also in additional public clouds when needed.
• Very strong collaboration skills, for ongoing cooperation with various business units - product, engineering, and security teams
• Passion to stay hands-on, run proofs of concept, and deliver features when needed.