Azure DevOps Architect

Title: Azure DevOps Architect

Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ / Alpharetta, GA(5days onsite)
Work type: W2 only

1. Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Landing Zones

• Unified Governance: Architect and deploy automated Cloud Landing Zones with integrated security guardrails, VPC/VNet topologies, and IAM synchronization across multiple regions.

• On-Premise Integration: Design "Cloud-Adjacent" architectures that allow on-premises workloads to burst into the cloud or maintain low-latency connections to local storage/databases.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop modular, version controlled Terraform

or OpenTofu providers to manage resources across AWS, Azure, and private data centers.

1. Engineering & Automation

• Python for Tooling: Build custom automation frameworks and "Glue Code" in Python to bridge gaps between vendor APIs and internal developer portals.

• GitOps & CI/CD: Implement GitOps workflows (using ArgoCD or Flux) to ensure the "Source of Truth" in Git is automatically reflected in the live environment.

• State Management: Design robust backend state management for multi-cloud IaC to prevent configuration drift and ensure environment parity.

1. SRE & Operational Excellence

• Toil Elimination: Identify repetitive manual tasks in the migration lifecycle and replace them with automated self-service workflows.

• Observability Architecture: Design a unified monitoring plane (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) that provides "Single Pane of Glass" visibility across hybrid environments.

• Error Budgeting: Partner with engineering teams to define SLIs/SLOs and implement automated "Circuit Breakers" for failing deployments.

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in Azure for the Hosted Operations Team

• Gather feedback from the department on areas of improvement and provide solutions utilizing Azure

• Serve as a point of escalation for complex Azure cases

• Participate in inter-departmental planning meetings on suggested solutions for existing issues as well as systemic and process improvements

• Work with internal team on identifying pain points in Azure deployments and configuration and ways to alleviate them

• Maintain and enhance current client environment configurations

• Organize and execute training sessions for new workflows and procedure recommendations

• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers

• Participate in an on-call rotation

• Building and running applications in AKS

Required Skills & Qualifications

1. Experience

• 12+ years in Infrastructure/DevOps; 5+ years in a Lead Architect capacity.

1. IaC Mastery

• Expert-level Terraform (module development, state management, Terragrunt).

1. Scripting

• Proficiency in Python for complex automation and Bash for systems-level tasks.

1. Cloud Platforms

• Deep hands-on experience with at least two: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

1. On-Prem/Hybrid

• Experience with VMWare, Nutanix, or Bare-Metal automation (Ansible/Packer).

1. Containerization

• Advanced Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/OpenShift) including Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd).

1. VCS

• Mastery of Git (Branching strategies, Hooks, and CI/CD integration).

• The "Hybrid Hero" Profile

1. The "Zero-Trust" Mindset: You assume the network is hostile and build security (mTLS, Vault) into the automation from the start.

2. Vendor Agnostic: You prefer open standards and cloud-native patterns over proprietary vendor lock-in features.

• Resilience Obsessed: You don’t just build systems; you build systems that recover themselves (Self-healing infrastructure).