Platform Engineer - Remote

SitusAMC

1d • $135,000 - $165,000 • Remote

About The Position

SitusAMC is seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Administrator to own administration, governance, security, integrations, and continuous improvement of its Microsoft Azure DevOps environment. The role serves as the primary platform administrator and subject matter expert across Azure Repos, Pipelines, Boards, permissions, service connections, and enterprise integrations.

The position also contributes as an individual contributor on the Cloud development platform team, developing CI/CD automation and release plans, deploying infrastructure with Terraform, and building and operating secure, scalable AWS platforms and applications. It enables developer self-service through reusable Terraform modules and automated provisioning, and improves platform reliability through observability, troubleshooting, high availability, and automated recovery.

This highly visible role partners with engineering, DevOps, Agile delivery, security, infrastructure, architecture, compliance, and business stakeholders. It leads the Azure DevOps governance committee and helps mature platform standards, controls, and operating practices. The position is remote. The annual full-time base salary range is $135,000–$165,000; some positions may also be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Full-time employees are eligible for benefit plans, subject to applicable plan terms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 6 years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically including 1 or more years in a Senior Associate-level role or equivalent.
• Experience with automation and development work related to infrastructure operations.
• Experience implementing Kubernetes and service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd for service-to-service communication.
• Experience implementing Karpenter for scaling APIs in the cloud.
• Proficiency with AWS cloud components for designing and building stateful and stateless applications.
• Terraform expertise building infrastructure as code.
• Extensive hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure DevOps in an enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps organizations, projects, repositories, pipelines, boards, artifacts, service connections, permissions, process templates, extensions, and integrations.
• Deep understanding of Git workflows, branching strategies, pull requests, branch policies, repository governance, and code review practices.
• Experience governing Azure Pipelines for CI/CD, including YAML pipelines, build and release workflows, variable groups, environments, approvals, agent pools, and service connections.
• Experience configuring Azure Boards for Agile, Scrum, and Kanban delivery, including backlogs, sprints, area and iteration paths, queries, dashboards, and delivery tracking.
• Strong understanding of DevOps security practices, including least privilege, secrets management, secure service connections, auditability, privileged access, and policy enforcement.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues involving permissions, pipelines, repositories, integrations, boards, identity, and platform configuration.
• Strong communication skills, including explaining technical issues clearly, guiding users, and advising teams on best practices.
• Experience partnering with engineering, Agile delivery, security, infrastructure, compliance, architecture, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to lead governance forums, facilitate decisions, document standards, and drive action items to completion.
• Strong documentation skills, including standards, procedures, runbooks, and user-facing guidance.

Nice To Haves

• Microsoft Azure or Azure DevOps certifications.
• Experience with Azure, Entra ID, identity and access management, service principals, managed identities, and enterprise authentication models.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, policy as code, security as code, and DevSecOps operating models.
• Experience with Wiz, Git, ServiceNow, and related enterprise tooling.
• Experience building Azure DevOps reports or dashboards using Analytics Views, OData, REST APIs, Power BI, or custom automation.
• Experience with Azure DevOps REST APIs, PowerShell, Azure CLI, or scripting for automation and platform administration.
• Experience in regulated, security-conscious, or audit-driven environments.
• Experience defining enterprise DevOps standards for naming conventions, project lifecycle, repository hygiene, pipeline controls, and access governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the in-house CI/CD automation pipeline as an individual contributor on the Cloud development platform team.
• Develop tactical release automation plans for products at varying maturity levels.
• Deploy infrastructure across environments using Terraform integrated with Azure DevOps.
• Design and develop scalable stateful and stateless AWS applications using modern tools, cloud architecture, and software design patterns.
• Establish cloud infrastructure standards, templates, and processes, and collaborate with partners on architecture decisions.
• Build and operate secure, scalable AWS platforms across compute, networking, storage, and identity services.
• Enable developer self-service with reusable Terraform modules, standardized AWS environments, and automated provisioning workflows.
• Improve AWS platform reliability through observability, incident troubleshooting, high availability, and automated recovery.
• Administer Azure DevOps projects, repositories, pipelines, permissions, and configurations; standardize naming and remove unused assets.
• Monitor Azure DevOps platform health, usage, consumption, and administrative activity to improve governance, costs, risk management, and user experience.
• Govern CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, branch policies, pull requests, and build validation; maintain reusable templates and guardrails with engineering, cloud, DevOps, and security teams.
• Troubleshoot build and release issues involving permissions, agent pools, variable groups, environments, approvals, service principals, and dependencies.
• Partner with security teams on DevSecOps, security-as-code, and secure pipeline controls; support audits, access reviews, privileged access, and credential governance.
• Maintain Wiz and Azure DevOps integrations with cloud, identity, reporting, ITSM, notification, and development tools; troubleshoot service connections, webhooks, extensions, APIs, and automation scripts.
• Configure Azure Boards processes, backlogs, iterations, work items, queries, dashboards, and delivery plans for Agile, Scrum, and Kanban teams.
• Partner with delivery leaders to improve planning, tracking, backlog hygiene, and cross-team visibility.
• Lead the Azure DevOps governance committee and help mature platform standards, controls, and operating practices.
• Perform other activities as assigned by the manager.

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus, subject to program guidelines, position eligibility, and management approval

What This Job Offers

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