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Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Bluelight· Engineering – Infrastructure
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RemoteFull-TimePosted 11mo ago

About the role

A senior-level position focused on managing and optimizing Azure infrastructure, security, and DevOps pipelines in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and optimize Azure infrastructure, networking, security, and identity management, ensuring compliance with SOC 2 and industry best practices
  • Ensure customer-facing systems maintain high availability and rapid incident response, including automated failover and disaster recovery strategies
  • Maintain and enhance Azure Pipelines for seamless CI/CD workflows, integrating automated security, unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
  • Implement and manage Terraform for infrastructure automation
  • Own the Datadog APM ecosystem, implementing best practices for monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system health and compliance
  • Implement DevSecOps practices, including security scanning, role-based access controls (RBAC), and proactive threat mitigation using Azure Defender and Sentinel
  • Continuously monitor Azure cost trends, implementing FinOps strategies to optimize cloud expenses while maintaining performance and security
  • Administer and enhance Azure AD B2C, ensuring secure authentication and identity management
  • Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity and business continuity
  • Work closely with Engineering and Security teams, documenting best practices, infrastructure changes, and operational procedures

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in DevOps, with 5+ years in Azure environments
  • Expertise in Azure infrastructure, networking, and security including VNets, Front Door, WAF, Firewalls (Premium + IDPS), VPN, DNS, AD, App Service, Container Apps, Function Apps, Event Hub, Defender, Sentinel
  • Preferred experience administering Azure AD B2C, with deep understanding of identity and authentication security best practices
  • Strong experience with Terraform (IaC), managing scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure
  • Experience managing CI/CD pipelines with Azure Pipelines, incorporating security and performance testing
  • Expertise in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) with Datadog, including real-time alerting and troubleshooting
  • Familiarity with Hub-and-Spoke network architecture and cloud security principles
  • Strong database administration experience with Azure SQL Server, including cloud-based backup, replication, and high-availability strategies, hyperscale experience a plus
  • Experience with disaster recovery, incident management, high-availability architectures
  • Deep understanding of DevSecOps principles, security compliance, RBAC, and vulnerability management
  • Proficiency in Git and GitHub for version control and workflow automation
  • Experience in optimizing cloud costs (FinOps) and monitoring usage trends
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, supporting a remote team
  • Azure and/or Security certification(s) a plus

Skills

Required:Azure DevOpsTerraformAzure SQL ServerGit / GitHubCommunication & Collaboration
Nice to have:Datadog APM

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and bonuses, including performance-based salary increases
  • Generous paid-time-off policy
  • Flexible working hours
  • Work remotely
  • Continuing education, training, conferences
  • Company-sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications
Last updated Dec 7, 2025. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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