As the Mid Azure DEVOPS Engineer you will be responsible for mission critical support of all department owned applications and their infrastructure
You will be responsible for ensuring proper monitoring, scale, and resiliency across all environments from test to production
Responsibilities include closely with the development team to break fix code, design and implement application build and deployment solutions
You will also partner with the software infrastructure and production assurance teams to introduce platform provisioning and standardized configuration management
Design, build, and maintain Azure landing zones and platform services (e.g., VNet, Private Endpoints, Key Vault, Azure Firewall/NSGs, Application Gateway/WAF)
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and/or Bicep; enforce GitOps workflows (branching, PRs, policy checks)
Create reusable modules, pipelines, and golden patterns for app teams; champion automation-first approaches
Define and measure SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and reliability roadmaps for critical services
Implement and tune observability (logs, metrics, traces) using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Prometheus/Grafana where applicable
Conduct capacity planning, resiliency testing (chaos, failover, DR), and performance tuning across services
Build secure, robust CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps Pipelines) with automated testing, scans, and approvals
Standardize deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling) for containerized and PaaS workloads
Manage container platforms (AKS: node pools, cluster autoscaling, HPA/VPA, ingress, network policies) and registries (ACR)
Implement guardrails using Azure Policy, RBAC, PIM, and Blueprints (or equivalent) to enforce least privilege and compliance (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA as relevant)
Manage secrets and certificates (Key Vault) and integrate security testing (SAST/DAST/Container scanning) into pipelines
Support vulnerability remediation and patching SLAs
Own incident response, including rotational shifts and on-call; lead triage, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident reviews
Optimize cost (FinOps), tagging standards, budgets, and proactive spending alerts
Maintain runbooks, knowledge base articles, and automation for routine operations
Act as a technical mentor; review designs/PRs; contribute to architecture decisions
Partner with app teams to onboard workloads, define nonfunctional requirements, and drive platform adoption
Manage and or Participate in the deployment and release of development, test and production software builds
Manage the operations and monitoring of applications and infrastructure from dev to production
Develop code and escalate break fix issues that may occur
Task automation of infrastructure and application provisioning
Ensure all environments meet scale and resiliency requirements
Support customer facing and internal applications
Monitor submitted tickets; assign, escalate and communicate, as required
Participate in services and software systems design
Participate in rotating on-call support duties

Requirements

Minimum Four (4) Years of experience with Azure based infrastructure and services in production
Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or related)
Additional Four (4) years of exp needed in lieu of degree
2+ years of experience supporting enterprise level applications and their infrastructure
Strong understanding of web and their related infrastructure technologies (load balancers, DNS, IIS or Apache/WebSphere, authentication and authorization, database connections, etc.)
Experience implementing or managing Application Monitoring, Splunk, or Dynatrace
Working knowledge in Automation technologies
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Deep expertise in several of: AKS, App Services, Functions, APIM, Azure SQL/MI, Cosmos DB, Storage, Event Hub/Service Bus, Redis, VNet/Peering, Private Link, Application Gateway/WAF, Front Door
Strong IaC with Terraform (preferred) and/or Bicep; Git-based workflows; GitHub or Azure DevOps
Proven SRE background: SLI/SLO design, error budgets, incident management, RCA, capacity and performance engineering
CI/CD design and operations (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps Pipelines); artifact/versioning strategies; release governance
Observability with Azure: Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and alerting/automations (Action Groups, Logic Apps, Functions)
Solid networking fundamentals (DNS, TLS, routing, firewalls, load balancing), identity (AAD/Entra ID), and secrets management (Key Vault)
Scripting proficiency in PowerShell and/or Python; Linux fundamentals
Understanding of security best practices: RBAC, PIM, Azure Policy, managed IDE (integrated development environment)
Ability to present to and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams, supporting cross-functional collaboration and alignment
US citizen and Green Card holders only.
No sponsorship available for this position.
Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse
Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

Benefits

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Care.com annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

AzureInfrastructure as CodeTerraformBicepCI/CDScriptingPowerShellPythonObservabilityNetworking

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationincident managementtechnical mentoringproblem-solvingcapacity planningperformance tuningroot cause analysiscross-functional alignmentleadership

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in computer scienceFederal or DoD PUBLIC TRUST