Azure Platform Engineer

alphaAI

Azure Platform Engineer leading design and ownership of Azure foundation for municipal modernization program. Overseeing CI/CD standards and infrastructure-as-code strategy for robust cloud deployment.

Posted 6/15/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $75 - $90 per hourWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the design and ongoing ownership of the Azure foundation supporting a multi-year municipal modernization program.
Oversee Azure environment structure, CI/CD standards, and infrastructure-as-code strategy.
Ensure the cloud foundation deployed into is secure, standardized, auditable, and production-ready.
Establish and manage dev, test, and production environments with strict separation.
Define secure networking, identity, and role-based access boundaries.
Configure VNETs, NSGs, private endpoints, and hybrid connectivity (VPN / ExpressRoute).
Design and maintain standardized CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
All infrastructure must be provisioned and maintained via Terraform or Bicep.
Embed FedRAMP Moderate–aligned controls into platform design.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelors’ degree in a related field, along with at least 5 years' experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure
Strong hands-on Azure experience in regulated or audit-sensitive environments
Experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline design
Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale Infrastructure-as-Code programs (Terraform), including governance and enforcement of IaC-only deployment standards
Experience embedding compliance and security controls into cloud platforms
Working knowledge of FedRAMP Moderate or comparable compliance frameworks

Benefits

Comp & perks

This position may require infrequent though unlikely travel (to client sites).
Team members must be able to accommodate a working schedule of 8:30am - 5:30p EST Monday through Friday.
No agencies, please: unsolicited agency communications will be blocked, unsolicited candidate profiles will be considered direct applicants.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Contractor may be hired as W2 through a Partner agency.
Contract is expected to be approx. 6 months.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AzureCI/CDinfrastructure-as-codeTerraformBicepnetworkingidentity managementrole-based accessVNETsNSGs

Soft Skills

leadershipownershiporganizational skillscommunication