Senior DevOps Engineer – Azure

Virtasant

. Design, build, and maintain production Azure infrastructure, including subscriptions, landing zones, private networking, managed identities, Azure Key Vault, and Azure Monitor .

Posted 11/6/2026contractRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining secure Azure infrastructure, implementing infrastructure as code with Terraform or Bicep, and ensuring compliance with enterprise security standards. Capable of leading platform engineering initiatives and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

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Azure Infrastructure DesignTerraform or Bicep ProficiencyMicrosoft Entra ID ManagementCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentDisaster Recovery Planning

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure As CodeProduction Azure EnvironmentsAutomated ProvisioningSecurity RemediationLogging and MonitoringBackup StrategiesPenetration TestingConfiguration ManagementPerformance TestingMulti-Tenant Environment Design

Soft Skills

CollaborationTroubleshootingCommunicationLeadership

Tools & Technologies

Azure Key VaultAzure MonitorEnterprise SIEMRBACJust-In-Time Access

Industry Keywords

HIPAA ComplianceSOC 2 ComplianceSensitive Data HandlingDisaster Recovery ObjectivesIncident Response Procedures

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudTerraformVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain production Azure infrastructure, including subscriptions, landing zones, private networking, managed identities, Azure Key Vault, and Azure Monitor
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform or Bicep, including reusable modules and automated provisioning
Establish initial build and development environments and secure production-ready infrastructure within the client’s Azure tenant
Design and implement isolated customer deployments with separate subscriptions, networking, encryption keys, and data stores
Build repeatable infrastructure deployment processes for consistent and efficient customer environment provisioning
Implement secure identity and access management using Microsoft Entra ID, workload identities, least-privilege RBAC, just-in-time access, and break-glass procedures
Design and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scanning, approval workflows, and controlled production releases
Implement cloud security controls and support security assessments, penetration testing, compliance reviews, and vulnerability remediation
Build observability capabilities including centralized logging, metrics, distributed tracing, alerting, and enterprise SIEM integration
Design and implement resilient infrastructure, backup strategies, zone redundancy, and disaster recovery solutions with secondary-region failover
Define recovery objectives, conduct disaster recovery and performance testing, and document results and remediation actions
Collaborate with application engineers, security teams, enterprise architects, and client stakeholders
Develop operational runbooks, infrastructure documentation, and incident response procedures
Participate in production on-call rotations, incident troubleshooting, and post-deployment hypercare
Own infrastructure throughout its lifecycle from architecture and implementation through deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement
For Platform Lead: guide technical architecture, establish platform engineering standards, coordinate engineering activities, and represent the team in client architecture and security discussions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Senior Azure platform engineering experience designing, building, and operating production Azure environments end to end
Strong hands-on experience with Terraform or Bicep, including reusable infrastructure modules, automated provisioning, configuration management, and infrastructure lifecycle ownership
Experience building production platforms handling PHI or similarly sensitive data and supporting HIPAA, SOC 2, or comparable enterprise security reviews
Experience with penetration testing, security remediation, and technical compliance evidence
Strong experience with Microsoft Entra ID, workload identities, least-privilege RBAC, just-in-time and break-glass access, credential rotation, and secure secrets management
Experience designing and operating customer-isolated, multi-tenant environments
Experience building secure CI/CD pipelines in enterprise-controlled environments
Hands-on experience with backup strategies, zone-redundant infrastructure, secondary-region recovery environments, and documented RTO/RPO objectives
Experience executing and validating production disaster recovery or failover tests
Strong experience with logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, security event monitoring, and performance testing
Ability to troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call support
Ability to independently own complex infrastructure initiatives and explain architectural decisions
Strong written and spoken English; comfortable collaborating with US-based engineers, architects, security teams, and client stakeholders
Must be based in the United States and authorized to work in the US
Available around December 1, 2026
For Platform Lead: previous experience leading a small platform engineering team, establishing technical standards, owning architectural decisions, and representing infrastructure designs in enterprise client discussions

Benefits

Comp & perks

Potential contract extension
Multi-month engagement
Occasional domestic travel may be required