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Sr Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer

Apollo Technology Solutions LLC

  • Mechanicsville, VA
  • 6 days ago
  • Remote

    Highlights

    Core Responsibilities: DevOps & Cloud Engineering CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML and Classic) for microservices and APIs. Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Reliability Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and performance; perform diagnostic deep-dives with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMechanicsville, VA (
    Remote
    )

    Description

    Job Title: Sr Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer
    Location: Mechanicsville, VA 23116
    Duration: 8 Months

    **100% REMOTE**

    **THIS IS A SENIOR LEVEL ROLE**
    **MIN EXP -13+ YEARS**

    Job Description:
    The DevOps and Cloud Engineer supports Tolling modernization by building secure, automated deployment processes and ensuring reliable delivery and update of services. The role standardizes CI/CD, improves availability, and cost efficiency.

    Core Responsibilities:
    • DevOps & Cloud Engineering 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 risk.
    • Environment Consistency & Observability Standardize provisioning and configuration across Dev/QA/Prod environments; codify configuration baselines.
    • Build monitoring dashboards and actionable alerts for pipeline and deployment health (App Insights, pipeline logs).
    • Uphold DevOps best practices tailored to a compliant government environment.
    • Azure Resource Engineering & Governance Implement and maintain Azure services and governance standards (e.g., App Services, Function Apps, API Gateways/API Management, AKS) supporting Tolling workloads.
    • Support identity and access management (e.g., Entra ID SSO and role assignments) following 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 uptime and performance; perform diagnostic deep-dives with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
    • Triage production incidents, drive timely resolution, and document root cause findings; participate in operational cycles and maintenance readiness checks.
    • Compliance, Data Flows & Cost Awareness Consider PCI or comparable regulatory requirements when evaluating system behavior, logging, and integrations.
    • Understand end-to-end data flows across tolling systems (e.g., roadway data, financial transactions, reporting) and support optimization of integrations.
    • Contribute to cloud cost visibility and optimization recommendations; align operational choices with governance and budget goals.
    • Collaboration & Communication Partner with architects, developers, DBAs, and engineers to align deployments with secure network and identity configurations; communicate clearly with stakeholders.

    Required Qualifications
    • Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic).
    • Azure application deployment engineering (e.g., App Services, Functions, Containers, APIs).
    • Secure secrets & key management (Azure Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities). SQL deployment automation integrated with CI/CD.
    • Logging & observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts).
    • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates).
    • Scripting & automation (PowerShell and/or Python).
    • Experience with Azure administration/engineering in production environments.

    Desired Qualifications
    • Experience designing CI/CD standards or DevOps frameworks for microservices.
    • Containerization & orchestration (Docker, AKS); registry-integrated build and release pipelines.
    • Governance & compliance automation (Azure Policy, RBAC standards, pipeline guardrails).
    • Experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks.
    • Exposure to cloud cost analysis and optimization in enterprise environments.
    • Azure certifications (e.g., AZ 104, AZ 305, AZ-400) preferred.

    Guidelines:
    • Position requires a fingerprint based background check;
    • Candidate expected continued education to stay current with VDOT technologies.

    Skills:
    • Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic)
    • Azure App Services / Functions / APIs / Containers
    • Secure Secrets & Key Management (Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities)
    • Deployment Automation (DACPAC, SQLCMD, CI/CDintegrated DB migrations)
    • Environment Provisioning & Configuration (Dev/QA/Prod standardization)
    • Logging & Observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts)
    • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep/ARM)
    • Identity & Access (Entra ID), leastprivilege IAM
    • AKS / Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) -Nice to have
    • Governance & Compliance Automation (Azure Policy, RBAC, pipeline guardrails) -Nice to have
    • PCI or similar compliance frameworks
    • Cloud Cost Analysis & Optimization -Nice to have

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