Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer
Location: US
Experience: 7+ Years
Cloud Ecosystem: Microsoft Azure
Job Summary
We are seeking a hands-on Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer to build and operate the cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, and platform capabilities supporting enterprise Data, AI/ML, and Forward Deployed Engineering workloads.
The ideal candidate will have deep Azure experience with strong expertise in Kubernetes/AKS, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, containerization, observability, security, and production operations.
This role will work closely with Data Engineers, AI/ML Engineers, Forward Deployed Engineers, and Architects to rapidly take solutions from development into secure, scalable production environments.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, automate, and operate Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and related technologies.
Deploy and operate containerized workloads using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Automate cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, or equivalent Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
Build reusable platform capabilities and deployment frameworks for engineering teams.
Support deployment of Data Engineering, Databricks, AI/ML, APIs, and application workloads.
Automate environment provisioning across development, test, staging, and production environments.
Implement secrets and certificate management using Azure Key Vault.
Implement Azure identity, RBAC, networking, security, and access-control patterns.
Establish logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability.
Build deployment patterns for APIs, microservices, data applications, and AI workloads.
Implement automated security and quality controls within CI/CD pipelines.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, deployment, and application issues.
Improve platform availability, scalability, resiliency, security, and performance.
Optimize Azure infrastructure and cloud costs.
Partner directly with engineering teams to remove deployment and infrastructure bottlenecks.
Support rapid prototyping while ensuring successful solutions can transition into enterprise production environments.
Required Qualifications
7+ years of DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or related experience.
Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
Azure DevOps.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Kubernetes.
Docker/containerization.
Terraform and/or Bicep.
CI/CD pipeline development.
Infrastructure as Code.
Azure Key Vault.
Azure networking.
Azure identity and RBAC.
Git.
Python, PowerShell, Bash, or equivalent scripting.
Monitoring, logging, and observability.
Strong production troubleshooting skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
Azure Databricks platform/infrastructure experience.
Azure OpenAI / Azure AI infrastructure exposure.
Helm.
GitHub Actions.
Argo CD/GitOps.
DevSecOps and automated security scanning.
Microsoft Fabric infrastructure exposure.
Healthcare enterprise experience.