Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (AI-Driven Infrastructure)

Applaudo Studios

11h

About The Position

The Senior Azure DevOps Engineer builds reliable, secure, and scalable Azure environments and deployment workflows within established architectural standards and platform guardrails. The role owns infrastructure as code, CI/CD automation, security, and observability, working autonomously and documenting environments and procedures for long-term reliability and maintainability.

The engineer uses AI coding agents to generate infrastructure as code and pipelines from environment specifications, keeping changes under version control and subject to human review before deployment. The position is offered under a contractor framework.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps or cloud engineering, including 3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong experience developing Azure infrastructure as code using Terraform or Bicep.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Experience deploying and configuring Azure Function Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Azure SQL Database.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Experience implementing identity and secrets management using Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, and Azure Key Vault.
• Demonstrated experience using AI coding agents to generate infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines, with version control and human review before deployment.
• Knowledge of security and quality gates in automated deployment workflows.
• Ability to independently manage DevOps activities and infrastructure delivery within established architectural guidelines.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new cloud environments and work effectively with minimal supervision.
• Fluent English proficiency.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience implementing Policy as Code and cloud cost controls in Azure.
• Experience with database deployment automation.

Responsibilities

• Build project Azure environments within platform guardrails defined by the Enterprise Architect.
• Build and maintain platform infrastructure as code using Terraform or Bicep.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that deliver the platform.
• Use AI coding agents to generate infrastructure as code and pipelines from environment specifications, with every change under version control and human review.
• Implement security and quality gates in deployment pipelines.
• Deploy and configure Azure Function Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Azure SQL Database.
• Configure identity and secrets using Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, and Azure Key Vault.
• Set up monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Document environments and procedures clearly.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior