• Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #10780
  • Salary: $150,000 Per Year

Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

We’re hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure) to help own and evolve cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and overall platform reliability at scale. This is a highly visible role working closely with Engineering, Data, and Information Security to deliver secure, automated, and resilient systems that support a 24×7 production environment.

What you’ll do

  • Architect, operate, and continuously improve Azure-based CI/CD pipelines (Git, Azure DevOps, MS Build, Terraform, ARM/Bicep)
  • Own and optimize core Azure platform services including Azure SQLService BusKey VaultBlob Storage, and AKS
  • Design and maintain highly available, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure supporting always-on workloads
  • Embed security, automation, and reliability into platform operations through close partnership with Engineering, Data, and InfoSec
  • Lead and improve incident responserelease management, and disaster recovery planning
  • Mentor other DevOps engineers and serve as an escalation point for complex platform and infrastructure issues

What you bring

  • 4+ years of hands-on experience in Azure-focused DevOps / Platform Engineering
  • Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills with Terraform and ARM/Bicep
  • Proven expertise building and supporting CI/CD for .NET and SQL Server deployments
  • Experience with AKS and modern monitoring/observability tools (Datadog, Splunk, ELK, or similar)
  • Solid understanding of cloud security best practices
  • Ownership mindset, strong communication skills, and comfort operating and improving mission-critical systems

Why you’ll want this role

  • Work on mission-critical Azure platforms
  • Influence architecture decisions and drive platform improvements with real business impact
  • Collaborate with distributed engineering teams in a high-impact environment
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