Role:

DevOps and Cloud Engineer Mechanicsville,VA Remote CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML and Classic) for microservices and APIs. Establish reusable pipeline templates, release standards, and guardrails for compliant, repeatable deployments. Implement secure secrets and key management using Azure Key Vault and managed identities in pipelines. Automate database deployment workflows (e.g., DACPAC/SQLCMD) and integrate migration steps into releases. Enable blue/green or automated rollback strategies to minimize downtime and deployment risk. Environment Consistency & Observability Standardize provisioning and configuration across Dev/QA/Prod environments and codify configuration baselines. Build monitoring dashboards and actionable alerts for pipeline and deployment health using App Insights and pipeline logs. Uphold DevOps best practices tailored to a compliant, highly regulated enterprise environment. Azure Resource Engineering & Governance Implement and maintain Azure services and governance standards (e.g., App Services, Function Apps, API Gateways/API Management, AKS) to support critical enterprise workloads. Support identity and access management (e.g., Entra ID SSO and role assignments) adhering to least-privilege principles. Ensure solutions are fault-tolerant and highly available; coordinate change requests and rollback procedures. Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Reliability Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure high uptime and optimal performance; execute diagnostic deep-dives using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics. Triage production incidents, drive timely resolution, document root-cause findings, and participate in operational cycles and maintenance readiness checks. Compliance, Data Flows & Cost Awareness Incorporate PCI or comparable regulatory requirements when evaluating system behaviors, logging practices, and system integrations. Understand end-to-end data flows across complex, transactional processing systems and support the optimization of these integrations. Contribute to cloud cost visibility and provide optimization recommendations, ensuring operational choices align with governance standards and budget goals. Collaboration & Communication Partner closely with architects, developers, DBAs, and system engineers to align deployments with secure network and identity configurations. Communicate clearly and effectively with cross-functional stakeholders. Required Qualifications Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic). Expertise in Azure application deployment engineering (e.g., App Services, Functions, Containers, APIs). Proficiency in secure secrets and key management (Azure Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities). Experience with SQL deployment automation integrated directly into CI/CD pipelines. Strong background in logging and observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts). Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates). Advanced scripting and automation skills (PowerShell and/or Python). Proven experience in Azure administration and engineering within production environments. Desired Qualifications Experience designing overarching CI/CD standards or DevOps frameworks tailored for microservices. Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, AKS) along with registry-integrated build and release pipelines. Familiarity with governance and compliance automation (Azure Policy, RBAC standards, pipeline guardrails). Direct experience working with PCI or similar rigorous compliance frameworks. Exposure to cloud cost analysis and resource optimization in large-scale enterprise environments. Relevant Azure certifications (e.g., AZ‐104, AZ‐305, AZ-400) are highly preferred.