Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer :: Mechanicsville, VA (Hybrid)

Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer

Location: Mechanicsville, VA (Hybrid)

Duration: 08 months

Seeking a DevOps and Cloud Engineer to support Tolling modernization by building secure, automated deployment processes and ensuring reliable delivery and updates of services. The role focuses on standardizing CI/CD, improving availability, and enhancing cost efficiency.

Core Responsibilities:

• CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation:
  • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for microservices and APIs.
  • Establish reusable pipeline templates and release standards.
  • Implement secure secrets and key management using Azure Key Vault.
  • Automate database deployment workflows and integrate migration steps into releases.
  • Enable blue/green or automated rollback strategies to minimize downtime.
• Environment Consistency & Observability:
  • Standardize provisioning and configuration across environments.
  • Build monitoring dashboards and actionable alerts for pipeline and deployment health.
• Azure Resource Engineering & Governance:
  • Implement and maintain Azure services and governance standards.
  • Support identity and access management following least-privilege principles.
• Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Reliability:
  • Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and performance.
  • Triage production incidents and document root cause findings.
• Compliance, Data Flows & Cost Awareness:
  • Consider PCI or comparable regulatory requirements.
  • Understand end-to-end data flows across tolling systems.
• Collaboration & Communication:
  • Partner with architects, developers, and engineers to align deployments with secure configurations.

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.

Must-Have Skills & Experience:

• Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic) - 4 Years
• Azure App Services / Functions / APIs / Containers - 3 Years
• Secure Secrets & Key Management (Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities) - 3 Years
• SQL Deployment Automation (DACPAC, SQLCMD, CI/CD-integrated DB migrations) - 1 Year
• Environment Provisioning & Configuration (Dev/QA/Prod standardization) - 3 Years
• Logging & Observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts) - 3 Years
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep/ARM) - 2 Years
• Identity & Access (Entra ID), least-privilege IAM - 1 Year
• AKS / Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) - 1 Year
• Governance & Compliance Automation (Azure Policy, RBAC, pipeline guardrails) - 1 Year
• PCI or similar compliance frameworks - 1 Year
• Cloud Cost Analysis & Optimization - 1 Year