Azure DevOps Engineer

About the role

The Azure DevOps Engineer plays a critical role in designing, automating, and scaling Sonatype's engineering platform and delivery systems on Azure. They lead infrastructure and CI/CD modernization, improve reliability and security, and guide teams on platform engineering and DevOps best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evolve Azure-based infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Build and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Pipelines for application, infrastructure, and platform workloads.
• Administer and optimize Azure DevOps services, including Azure Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts, Boards, and service connections.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve build, release, and deployment workflows across microservices and cloud-native applications.
• Implement robust observability across systems using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and related monitoring tooling.
• Strengthen platform security by integrating secrets management, policy enforcement, vulnerability scanning, and least-privilege access controls.
• Manage and optimize containerized environments using Kubernetes, Helm, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Drive reliability engineering practice, including incident responses, root cause analysis, SLO thinking, and automated remediation, where appropriate.
• Standardize reusable templates, modules, and platform patterns that improve developer productivity and consistency.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on Azure architecture, deployment automation, release governance, and DevSecOps practices.

Requirements

• Strong experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline design for multiple application stacks and deployment patterns.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure, including compute, networking, identity, storage, monitoring, and security services.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or equivalent automation frameworks.
• Proficiency with containers and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes, preferably with AKS experience.
• Experience with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Solid understanding of source control workflows, package management, artifact promotion, and release strategies.
• Experience implementing observability, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards for production systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, secrets management, compliance controls, and secure software delivery practices.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with GitHub, SonarQube, Nexus Repository, or software supply chain security tooling is a plus.
• Familiarity with multi-cloud environments and migration patterns from AWS or on-premises platforms is a plus.
• Experience supporting regulated or enterprise-scale environments with strong governance requirements is a plus.

Skills

• Strong technical skills in Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services and Infrastructure as Code.
• Proficiency with containers and orchestration platforms.
• Experience with scripting and automation.
• Understanding of cloud security and compliance controls.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Benefits

• Flexible working practices.
• Paid volunteer time off (VTO).
• Parental leave policy.
• Diversity and inclusion working groups.

Pay

Competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position.