Software Engineer - Azure DevOps

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

Our Design Technology team has an opening for a Software Engineer - Azure DevOps in our Los Angeles studio. 

About Design Technology at DLR Group

DLR Group’s Design Technology team advances the digital practice of design across our integrated architecture, engineering, and interiors teams. The team supports and develops the technologies, standards, workflows, and tools that enable our designers to work more effectively and solve increasingly complex challenges.

Our multidisciplinary team brings together expertise in digital practice, research and development, and client-facing digital services, with capabilities spanning BIM, computational design, reality capture, GIS, automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital review, connected BIM, and design visualization.

Position Summary

As a Software Engineer - Azure DevOps at DLR Group, you will design, deploy, and maintain the cloud platform supporting custom, line-of-business applications used by more than 1,500 architects, interior designers, and engineers. As part of the Design Technology team’s cross-functional Agile environment, you will contribute across the software development lifecycle with a focus on Azure administration, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and application health and availability. You will partner closely with software development and IT teams to build secure, reliable, and scalable solutions that support the way our teams design and work.

What You Will Do

• Provision, configure, and manage Azure resources supporting custom, line-of-business applications
• Design and maintain Azure resource structures, naming standards, tagging strategies, and cost management practices
• Configure secure application authentication and access using Entra ID, single sign-on (SSO), managed identities, and service principals
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using Bicep and ARM templates to enable consistent, repeatable cloud deployments
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, including automated builds, testing, security scanning, and multi-environment deployments
• Develop reusable GitHub workflows and composite actions and implement secure authentication practices, including OIDC-based federated authentication
• Maintain application observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics, including monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and incident response
• Support application resiliency by maintaining and testing backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures
• Partner with IT on infrastructure dependencies, including DNS, certificates, firewall rules, security policies, and other application requirements
• Document cloud architecture, configurations, processes, and ownership while collaborating across technical teams to continuously improve platform reliability, security, and efficiency

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an additional 5+ years of equivalent professional experience
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure resources and working with subscriptions and cloud cost management tools
• Experience with Entra ID application registrations, SSO, managed identities, and service principals
• Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure as code using Bicep, ARM templates, or similar technologies
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or comparable tools
• Experience with application monitoring and observability tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics
• Proficiency with SQL and experience working with Azure data services
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, including the ability to effectively respond to production incidents and application outages
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document technical processes and collaborate across teams
• Understanding of cloud security best practices, including least-privilege access and secure authentication

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) certification
• GitHub Foundations (GH-900) and/or GitHub Actions (GH-200) certification
• Experience developing reusable GitHub Actions workflows, composite actions, and managing self-hosted runners
• Experience implementing OIDC-based federated authentication between GitHub Actions and Azure
• Experience with cloud cost optimization, governance, and resource management
• Experience supporting backup, restore, disaster recovery, and application resiliency strategies
• Interest or experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies
• Familiarity with BIM, architecture, engineering, construction, or other design-related industries

Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is:

Pay Range

$120,000—$127,000 USD

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values - commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork - we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.