Position
Title: SeniorAzureCloud&GitHubPlatformEngineer
Location: Vienna, VA(Hybrid)
Clearance
Requirements: None Position
Status: Contract
PayRate: DOEPosition
Description:
Weareseekinga SeniorAzureCloud&GitHubPlatformEngineertodesign, implement, secure, automate, andsupportenterprise-scalecloudplatforms, Kubernetesenvironments, GitHubEnterprise, andmodernCI/CDecosystems. Thisisahighlytechnical PlatformEngineering/Cloud Engineering/DevSecOpsrole-notatraditionalinfrastructureadministrationposition. Theidealcandidatewillbringdeephands-onexpertiseacross MicrosoftAzure, Azure KubernetesService(AKS), GitHubEnterprise, GitHubActions, Identity&Access Management(IAM), Infrastructureas Code(IaC), automation, andcloudsecurity. Youwillpartnercloselywith ApplicationDevelopment, PlatformEngineering, Information Security, Architecture, SRE, and Productteamstobuildsecure, scalable, resilient, observable, andproduction-readyplatformsthatacceleratesoftwaredeliveryandimprovedeveloperproductivity. KeyResponsibilities: Design, implement, administer, andoptimizeenterprise MicrosoftAzurecloudplatformsandworkloads. Engineerandsupport AzureservicesincludingAKS, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Storage Accounts, AppServices, KeyVault, APIManagement, Azure Monitor, LogAnalytics, and AzureNetworking. Designhighlyavailable, resilient, scalable, andsecurecloud-nativearchitectures. Provision, administer, upgrade, patch, secure, andoptimize AzureKubernetesService(AKS)clusters. Manage Kubernetesingress, autoscaling, networking, workloadsecurity, monitoring, andobservability. Implemententerprise IdentityandAccessManagement(IAM)using MicrosoftEntraID, RBAC, ManagedIdentities, ServicePrincipals, ConditionalAccess, and PrivilegedIdentityManagement(PIM).Establishandenforceleast-privilegeaccess, cloudgovernance, andsecuritystandards. Administerandautomate GitHubEnterpriseorganizations, teams, repositories, branchprotection, repositoryrulesets, securitypolicies, secrets, andenterprisegovernancecontrols. Configureandsupport GitHubApps, OAuthintegrations, webhooks, enterpriseauthentication, and GitHubEnterpriseintegrations. Design, develop, andmaintainCI/CDpipelinesusingGitHubActions, includingreusableworkflowsandcompositeactions. Provision, secure, scale, upgrade, andmanage GitHub-hostedandself-hostedrunners. Implementsecure, secretlessauthenticationusingOIDC, ManagedIdentities, Federated Credentials, andworkloadidentitypatterns. Developandmaintain InfrastructureasCode(IaC)usingtoolssuchas PackerandARMTemplates. IntegrateCI/CDpipelineswithAzureservicesandKubernetesenvironments.
Implementmoderndeploymentstrategiesincluding
Blue-Green, Canary, and: Rollingdeployments.
Establish:- DevSecOpscontrols, automatedqualitygates, andsoftwaresupplychainsecuritypractices.
- Implementmonitoring, logging, andobservabilityusing
- AzureMonitor, LogAnalytics, Application
- Insights, Prometheus, and
Grafana.
Troubleshootcomplexissuesacrosscloudinfrastructure, Kubernetes, IAM, networking, CI/CDpipelines, andapplicationdeployments.
Developtechnicaldocumentation, architecturestandards, operationalrunbooks, andengineeringbestpractices.
Partnerwithdevelopmentteamstoimproveplatformreliability, deploymentvelocity, security, developerexperience, andoperationalefficiency.
Participateinproductionsupport, incidentresponse, root-causeanalysis, andcontinuousimprovementinitiatives.
Providetechnicalleadershipandengineeringguidanceacrossmultipleteamsandcloudplatforminitiatives.
Required
Skills/Education
Bachelor'sdegreein
ComputerScience, Information
Systems, Software
Engineering, Engineering, orarelatedtechnicaldiscipline.7+yearsofexperiencein
CloudEngineering, PlatformEngineering, DevOps, SRE, orarelatedtechnicalfield.5+yearsofhands-onMicrosoftAzureexperienceinenterpriseenvironments.
Stronghands-onexperiencewith
AzureKubernetesService(AKS)and
Kubernetesadministration.
Strongexperiencewith
Azureservicesincluding:
AKSAzureFunctionsAzureServiceBusAzureStorageAzureAppServicesAzureKeyVaultAzureNetworkingAzureMonitor/LogAnalyticsStrongexpertiseinMicrosoftEntraIDandIAM, includingRBAC, ManagedIdentities, ServicePrincipals, ConditionalAccess, andPIM.Extensiveexperienceadministering
GitHubEnterpriseinlargeorcomplexenvironments.
Stronghands-onexperiencewith: GitHubActionsandCI/CDpipelineengineering.
Experiencewith:
GitHubApps, OAuth, OIDC, self-hostedrunners, repositorysecurity, andenterprisegovernance.
Experiencewith: InfrastructureasCode(IaC)andcloudautomation.
Proficiencywith: PowerShell, Bash, Python, andautomationscripting.
Strongunderstandingof:
CloudSecurity, DevSecOps, CI/CD, enterprisegovernance, andsoftwaresupplychainsecurity.
Experiencewithcloudmonitoring, logging, observability, andperformancemanagement.
Strongtroubleshooting, analytical, andproblem-solvingcapabilities.
Excellentcommunication, documentation, collaboration, andstakeholdermanagementskills.
Abilitytoworkindependentlywhileprovidingtechnicalleadershipacrossmultipleengineeringteams.
Preferred
Qualifications:
Microsoft AzureSolutionsArchitectExpert, Azure AdministratorAssociate, orAzureDevOpsEngineerExpertcertification.
Certified: KubernetesAdministrator(CKA).GitHubActionscertification.
Experienceimplementing: GitOpsdeploymentmodels.
Experiencemanaginglarge-scale: GitHubEnterpriseenvironments.
Experiencewith:
AzureLandingZonesandcloudgovernanceframeworks. Experiencesupportingenterprisesecurity, risk, andcomplianceprograms. Experienceinfinancialservices, banking, insurance, healthcare, orotherhighlyregulatedenvironments. Experiencebuildingenterprisedeveloperplatformsandinternalengineeringenablementcapabilities.
Familiaritywith:- AzureDevOps, developerself-serviceplatforms, PlatformEngineering, SRE, andmoderncloud-nativepractices.
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