DevOps Engineer – Release/Environment Management

Nelnet

DevSecOps Engineer managing Azure infrastructure, releases, CI/CD pipelines, and test environments. Supporting Nelnet’s student lending, payments, and education services.

Posted 9/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇷🇴 RomaniaMid-LevelSenior💰 RON 245,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Proficient in managing Azure infrastructure, implementing DevOps frameworks, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Demonstrates expertise in automation scripting and environment security while supporting both Windows and Linux systems.

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Azure Environment ManagementDevOps Release ManagementCI/CD Pipeline MaintenanceAutomation ScriptingInfrastructure as Code

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Hard Skills

DevOps FrameworksPowerShell ScriptingAzure ARM TemplatingDockerKubernetesPythonBashSQL/NoSQLMicrosoft .NETAgile Development Methodologies

Tools & Technologies

Azure DevOpsGitLabGitHubFirewallsAzure ExpressRouteIPSec TunnelsAzure Virtual WANWAFLoad BalancingMonitoring Solutions

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure Security PoliciesApplication SecurityALMSDLCVirtualizationNetworkingDNSTCP/IPSSLRelease Implementation Plans

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAzureCloudDNSDockerFirewallsJavaJavaScriptKubernetesLinux.NETNode.jsNoSQLPythonRedisSDLCShell ScriptingSQLTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provision, configure, and monitor infrastructure resources for systems hosted in Azure
Oversee DevOps release processes and frameworks for promoting release packages from lower environments to production
Develop release implementation plans with project teams
Deploy release packages to QA and production environments
Maintain automated CI/CD pipelines and deployment environments
Support availability of lower environments for developers and QA teams
Maintain, upgrade, and configure test environments
Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, resource, and availability issues in test environments
Enhance and support automation scripts and upgrade automation tools
Update the CMDB with application, service, database, server, URL, and infrastructure details
Research and implement tools to automate tasks and improve cost, time, and effort
Establish monitoring solutions for Development, QA, and Performance environments and perform maintenance or fixes
Enforce and maintain environment and application security policies
Document procedures for developed processes and tools
Identify, establish, and manage proof-of-concept environments and report design outcomes

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or a related field
6+ years of experience in software development, DevOps frameworks and methodology
Minimum 4+ years of practical experience in DevOps release management, Azure environment management and deployments
Deep understanding of hardware, software, network, and data configurations
Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure, Azure ARM Templating, Azure DevOps Pipeline implementation of infrastructure as code deliveries, Firewalls, Azure ExpressRoute, IPSec Tunnels, Azure Virtual WAN, WAF, and other Azure network and security components
Understanding of virtualization, Linux, Windows, Azure, networking, IP, routing, firewalls, GitLab, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Bash, and PowerShell
Experience establishing engineering standards, frameworks, best practices, and tools aligned with ALM and SDLC
Extensive experience with PowerShell, Batch, and Shell scripting
Experience supporting both Windows and Linux environments
Understanding of DNS, load balancing, SSL, TCP/IP, networking, and security
Experience with cloud delivery methodologies using Microsoft Azure products and technologies
Experience with Microsoft, .NET, .NET Core, HTML5, PowerShell, JavaScript, CSS, Java, C#, XML, REST, SQL/NoSQL, Angular, NodeJS, and Redis
Experience providing support for production releases and environments
Experience with Agile development methodologies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
HSA and FSA
Generous earned time off
401K/student loan repayment
Life insurance and AD&D insurance
Employee assistance program
Employee stock purchase program
Tuition reimbursement
Performance-based incentive pay
Short- and long-term disability
Robust wellness program
Remote work in Bucharest