VDOT Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer

Summary

InfoPeople Corporation is recruiting for a cloud engineering role supporting Tolling modernization. The DevOps and Cloud Engineer will build secure CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, engineer and govern Azure resources, monitor production workloads, troubleshoot incidents, and support compliance, data-flow optimization, and cloud cost management.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML and Classic) for microservices and APIs
• Establish reusable pipeline templates, release standards, and guardrails for compliant, repeatable deployments
• Implement secure secrets and key management using Azure Key Vault and managed identities in pipelines
• Automate database deployment workflows (e.g., DACPAC/SQLCMD) and integrate migration steps into releases
• Enable blue/green or automated rollback strategies to minimize downtime and risk
• Standardize provisioning and configuration across Dev/QA/Prod environments; codify configuration baselines
• Build monitoring dashboards and actionable alerts for pipeline and deployment health (App Insights, pipeline logs)
• Uphold DevOps best practices tailored to a compliant government environment
• Implement and maintain Azure services and governance standards (e.g., App Services, Function Apps, API Gateways/API Management, AKS) supporting Tolling workloads
• Support identity and access management (e.g., Entra ID SSO and role assignments) following least-privilege principles
• Ensure solutions are fault tolerant and highly available; coordinate change requests and rollback procedures
• Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and performance; perform diagnostic deep-dives with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Triage production incidents, drive timely resolution, and document root cause findings; participate in operational cycles and maintenance readiness checks
• Consider PCI or comparable regulatory requirements when evaluating system behavior, logging, and integrations
• Understand end-to-end data flows across tolling systems (e.g., roadway data, financial transactions, reporting) and support optimization of integrations
• Contribute to cloud cost visibility and optimization recommendations; align operational choices with governance and budget goals
• Partner with architects, developers, DBAs, and engineers to align deployments with secure network and identity configurations; communicate clearly with stakeholders

Skills

• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic)
• Azure application deployment engineering (e.g., App Services, Functions, Containers, APIs)
• Secure secrets & key management (Azure Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities)
• SQL deployment automation integrated with CI/CD
• Logging & observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates)
• Scripting & automation (PowerShell and/or Python)
• Experience with Azure administration/engineering in production environments
• Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic) | Required | 4 | Years
• Azure App Services / Functions / APIs / Containers | Required | 3 | Years
• Secure Secrets & Key Management (Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities) | Required | 3 | Years
• SQL Deployment Automation (DACPAC, SQLCMD, CI/CD-integrated DB migrations) | Required | 1 | Years
• Environment Provisioning & Configuration (Dev/QA/Prod standardization) | Required | 3 | Years
• Logging & Observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts) | Required | 3 | Years
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep/ARM) | Required | 2 | Years
• Identity & Access (Entra ID), least-privilege IAM | Required | 1 | Years
• PCI or similar compliance frameworks | Required | 1 | Years
• Experience designing CI/CD standards or DevOps frameworks for microservices
• Containerization & orchestration (Docker, AKS); registry-integrated build and release pipelines
• Governance & compliance automation (Azure Policy, RBAC standards, pipeline guardrails)
• Experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks
• Exposure to cloud cost analysis and optimization in enterprise environments
• Azure certifications (e.g., AZ‐104, AZ‐305, AZ-400) preferred
• AKS / Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) | Desired | 1 | Years
• Governance & Compliance Automation (Azure Policy, RBAC, pipeline guardrails) | Desired | 1 | Years
• Cloud Cost Analysis & Optimization | Desired | 1 | Years

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic)
• Azure application deployment engineering (e.g., App Services, Functions, Containers, APIs)
• Secure secrets & key management (Azure Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities)
• SQL deployment automation integrated with CI/CD
• Logging & observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates)
• Scripting & automation (PowerShell and/or Python)
• Experience with Azure administration/engineering in production environments
• Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic) | Required | 4 | Years
• Azure App Services / Functions / APIs / Containers | Required | 3 | Years
• Secure Secrets & Key Management (Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities) | Required | 3 | Years
• SQL Deployment Automation (DACPAC, SQLCMD, CI/CD-integrated DB migrations) | Required | 1 | Years
• Environment Provisioning & Configuration (Dev/QA/Prod standardization) | Required | 3 | Years
• Logging & Observability (App Insights, pipeline logs, dashboards, alerts) | Required | 3 | Years
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep/ARM) | Required | 2 | Years
• Identity & Access (Entra ID), least-privilege IAM | Required | 1 | Years
• PCI or similar compliance frameworks | Required | 1 | Years

Nice to Haves

• Experience designing CI/CD standards or DevOps frameworks for microservices
• Containerization & orchestration (Docker, AKS); registry-integrated build and release pipelines
• Governance & compliance automation (Azure Policy, RBAC standards, pipeline guardrails)
• Experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks
• Exposure to cloud cost analysis and optimization in enterprise environments
• Azure certifications (e.g., AZ‐104, AZ‐305, AZ-400) preferred
• AKS / Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) | Desired | 1 | Years
• Governance & Compliance Automation (Azure Policy, RBAC, pipeline guardrails) | Desired | 1 | Years
• Cloud Cost Analysis & Optimization | Desired | 1 | Years

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement