Azure DevOps Engineer
Position: Azure DevOps Engineer (Ref: 18757)
Location: Mechanicsville, VA USA, 23116
Salary: DOE
Duration: 8 Months 28 Days - Contract
Openings: 1
Deadline: 10/09/2026
Description:
***Hybrid
***Web Cam Interview Only
We are seeking an experienced Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer to support enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives. This role focuses on engineering secure, automated deployment pipelines, standardizing CI/CD workflows, establishing configuration baselines, and optimizing availability, reliability, and cost-efficiency across cloud workloads.
CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation:
- Design, build, and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML and Classic) for APIs and microservices.
- Establish reusable pipeline templates, release standards, and guardrails for compliant, repeatable deployments.
- Implement secure secrets and credential management using Azure Key Vault and Managed Identities within deployment workflows.
- Automate database deployment pipelines (e.g., DACPAC/SQLCMD) and embed database migration steps into standard release gates.
- Implement blue/green deployments and automated rollback strategies to minimize downtime and risk.
Environment Consistency & Observability:
- Standardize infrastructure configuration across Dev, QA, and Production environments; codify baseline configurations.
- Build dashboards, metrics, and actionable alerts for deployment of pipeline health and runtime diagnostics using Application Insights and Azure Monitor.
- Ensure deployment practices align with strict security and governance frameworks.
Azure Resource Engineering & Governance:
- Deploy, manage, and configure Azure services including App Services, Function Apps, API Management (APIM), and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Enforce role-based access control (RBAC), Entra ID Single Sign-On (SSO), and least-privilege identity principles.
- Architect resilient, fault-tolerant cloud solutions and coordinate technical change control processes.
Production Support, Compliance & Cost Awareness:
- Perform root-cause analysis and incident triage for production issues using Log Analytics.
- Integrate compliance and data security practices (e.g., PCI DSS standards) into CI/CD workflows and audit logging.
- Monitor cloud consumption patterns, provide cost optimization recommendations, and align operations with budget parameters.
- Collaborate with enterprise architects, database administrators, and software development teams on secure system integration.
Qualifications
- Extensive hands-on experience building and administering CI/CD pipelines within Azure DevOps using both YAML and Classic editors.
- Proven background in Azure application deployment engineering across services such as App Services, Function Apps, Containerized apps, and API gateways.
- Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- Strong scripting and automation skills utilizing PowerShell and/or Python.
- Production experience integrating Azure Key Vault, Managed Identities, and RBAC into automation workflows.
- Experience integrating automated SQL/database deployments (DACPAC, SQLCMD) into release pipelines.
- Deep knowledge of logging, monitoring, and observability tools, including Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing CI/CD standards, pipeline guardrails, or governance frameworks for microservice architectures.
- Hands-on container orchestration experience with Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including container registry integrations.
- Experience implementing automated governance policies using Azure Policy.
- Familiarity with PCI DSS or comparable enterprise compliance frameworks.
- Active Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-400, or AZ-305).
Additional Requirements
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive fingerprint-based background check prior to onboarding.
- Location: Mechanicsville, VA (Hybrid)
- Position Type: Contract (Long-term)
- Work Arrangement: Hybrid | Web Cam Interview Only
Required / Desired Skills
- Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic) Required - 4 Years
- Azure App Services / Functions / APIs / Containers Required - 3 Years
- Secure Secrets & Key Management (Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities) Required - 3 Years
- SQL Deployment Automation (DACPAC, SQLCMD, CI/CD-integrated DB migrations) Required - 1 Years
- Environment Provisioning & Configuration (Dev/QA/Prod standardization) Required - 3 Years
- Logging & Observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts) Required - 3 Years
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep/ARM) Required - 2 Years
- Governance & Compliance Automation (Azure Policy, RBAC, pipeline guardrails) Required - 1 Years
- Identity & Access (Entra ID), least-privilege IAM Required - 1 Years
- AKS / Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) Required - 1 Years
- PCI or similar compliance frameworks Required - 1 Years
- Cloud Cost Analysis & Optimization Required - 1 Years