Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer

Role: DevOps and Cloud Engineer
Mechanicsville,VA
Remote

CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML and Classic) for microservices and APIs.

• Establish reusable pipeline templates, release standards, and guardrails for compliant, repeatable deployments.

• Implement secure secrets and key management using Azure Key Vault and managed identities in pipelines.

• Automate database deployment workflows (e.g., DACPAC/SQLCMD) and integrate migration steps into releases.

• Enable blue/green or automated rollback strategies to minimize downtime and deployment risk.

Environment Consistency & Observability

• Standardize provisioning and configuration across Dev/QA/Prod environments and codify configuration baselines.

• Build monitoring dashboards and actionable alerts for pipeline and deployment health using App Insights and pipeline logs.

• Uphold DevOps best practices tailored to a compliant, highly regulated enterprise environment.

Azure Resource Engineering & Governance

• Implement and maintain Azure services and governance standards (e.g., App Services, Function Apps, API Gateways/API Management, AKS) to support critical enterprise workloads.

• Support identity and access management (e.g., Entra ID SSO and role assignments) adhering to least-privilege principles.

• Ensure solutions are fault-tolerant and highly available; coordinate change requests and rollback procedures.

Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Reliability

• Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure high uptime and optimal performance; execute diagnostic deep-dives using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

• Triage production incidents, drive timely resolution, document root-cause findings, and participate in operational cycles and maintenance readiness checks.

Compliance, Data Flows & Cost Awareness

• Incorporate PCI or comparable regulatory requirements when evaluating system behaviors, logging practices, and system integrations.

• Understand end-to-end data flows across complex, transactional processing systems and support the optimization of these integrations.

• Contribute to cloud cost visibility and provide optimization recommendations, ensuring operational choices align with governance standards and budget goals.

Collaboration & Communication

• Partner closely with architects, developers, DBAs, and system engineers to align deployments with secure network and identity configurations.

• Communicate clearly and effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic).

• Expertise in Azure application deployment engineering (e.g., App Services, Functions, Containers, APIs).

• Proficiency in secure secrets and key management (Azure Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities).

• Experience with SQL deployment automation integrated directly into CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong background in logging and observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts).

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates).

• Advanced scripting and automation skills (PowerShell and/or Python).

• Proven experience in Azure administration and engineering within production environments.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience designing overarching CI/CD standards or DevOps frameworks tailored for microservices.

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, AKS) along with registry-integrated build and release pipelines.

• Familiarity with governance and compliance automation (Azure Policy, RBAC standards, pipeline guardrails).

• Direct experience working with PCI or similar rigorous compliance frameworks.

• Exposure to cloud cost analysis and resource optimization in large-scale enterprise environments.

• Relevant Azure certifications (e.g., AZ‐104, AZ‐305, AZ-400) are highly preferred.