Contractor - Enterprise Technology Systems

Ampcus Inc. • Merrifield, VA

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About The Position

Ampcus Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud & GitHub Platform Engineer to design, implement, secure, automate, and support enterprise cloud platforms, Kubernetes environments, developer platforms, and CI/CD ecosystems. This role is crucial for modernizing our cloud-native application landscape and software delivery capabilities, requiring expertise across Azure infrastructure, identity and access management, Kubernetes administration, GitHub Enterprise, automation frameworks, and deployment pipelines. The successful candidate will be a technical leader ensuring cloud platforms are secure, reliable, scalable, observable, and production-ready. This is a specialized engineering position focused on cloud platform architecture, Kubernetes operations, identity management, GitHub administration, automation engineering, deployment governance, and DevSecOps enablement. The individual will collaborate with Application Development teams, Platform Engineering, Information Security, Architecture, SRE, and Product Owners to build and operate enterprise-grade cloud and development platforms. The role is key to enabling secure software delivery, cloud tenancy management, infrastructure automation, deployment standardization, and developer productivity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7 years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or related technical disciplines.
• 5 years of hands-on experience working with Microsoft Azure cloud services.
• Strong experience administering and supporting: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure Storage Accounts, Azure App Services, Azure Networking Services, Azure Key Vault.
• Strong expertise in Identity and Access Management including: Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identities, Service Principals, Conditional Access, PIM.
• Extensive experience administering GitHub Enterprise environments.
• Strong experience developing and supporting CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Experience configuring and managing: GitHub Apps, OAuth Integrations, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Self-Hosted Runners, Repository Security Controls.
• Experience administering Kubernetes environments and containerized workloads.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with PowerShell, Bash, Python, and automation scripting.
• Strong understanding of: Cloud Security, DevSecOps, CI/CD Practices, Enterprise Governance, Software Supply Chain Security.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to operate independently and provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.

Nice To Haves

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Azure Administrator Associate
• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• GitHub Actions Certification
• Experience implementing GitOps deployment models.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise GitHub environments.
• Experience with Azure Landing Zones and cloud governance frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise security and compliance programs.
• Experience within financial services, banking, insurance, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience supporting enterprise developer platforms and internal engineering enablement programs.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps integration, developer self-service platforms, and modern platform engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, administer, and support Azure cloud platform services and enterprise workloads.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Azure services including: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Service Bus, Azure Storage Accounts, Azure Functions, Azure App Services, Azure Key Vault, Azure API Management, Azure Monitor Log Analytics, Azure Networking Services.
• Design and maintain highly available, resilient, scalable, and secure cloud-native architectures.
• Deploy, administer, and support AKS clusters including: Cluster provisioning, Upgrades and patching, Ingress controllers, Autoscaling, Networking configurations, Monitoring and observability, Workload security.
• Implement and manage Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions utilizing: Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identities, Service Principals, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Establish least-privilege access models and governance standards across cloud environments.
• Automate and standardize the configuration/administration of GitHub Enterprise environments including: Organizations, Teams, Repositories, Branch Protection Policies, Repository Rulesets, Security Policies, Secret Management, Enterprise Governance Controls.
• Deploy and support GitHub Apps, OAuth integrations, webhooks, and enterprise authentication mechanisms.
• Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines utilizing: GitHub Actions, Reusable Workflows, Composite Actions, Self-Hosted Runners, GitHub Enterprise Integrations.
• Administer GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners including provisioning, scaling, security hardening, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Implement secure workload authentication using: OpenID Connect (OIDC), Managed Identities, Service Principals, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using: Packer, ARM Templates.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with Azure cloud services and Kubernetes environments.
• Implement deployment strategies including: Blue-Green Deployments, Canary Releases, Rolling Updates.
• Establish DevSecOps controls and automated quality gates across software delivery pipelines.
• Support software supply chain security initiatives, dependency management, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and observability solutions utilizing: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, identity, networking, CI/CD, and application deployment issues.
• Create operational runbooks, architecture documentation, platform standards, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with development teams to improve platform reliability, deployment velocity, security posture, and operational effectiveness.
• Support production incidents, root-cause analysis activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior