Azure Lead DevOps Engineer

3 weeks ago

Chicago, United States AppLab Systems, Inc Full time

Role : Azure Lead DevOps Engineer

Location : Chicago IL - 3 Days in client office & 2 days remote



The Azure Lead DevOps Engineer will work within the global Azure Cloud Services team who are responsible for building highly resilient, scalable, reusable and performant Azure infrastructure in an automated and efficient manner.

The Azure Lead DevOps Engineer role is to develop technical capability to allow client to host applications on the Microsoft cloud platform and consume services in a secure, resilient, scalable and efficient way and that platform is fit for purpose and meets all of the appropriate client security and risk standards. The role will report to the Azure ASP Regional Lead and be accountable for a regionally team of DevOps engineers.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Engineer solutions on Azure foundation platform using Infrastructure-as-Code methods (e.g. Terraform)
  • Conduct code reviews, provide feedback and guidance to other team members, and ensure the quality and performance of the solutions is maintained for the whole team.
  • Build and manage the client Azure foundation platform to enable application deployments.
  • Ensure the Azure platform meets operational Risk framework to manage business risk.
  • Ensure all relevant architecture governance, policy, and standards are met.
  • Own engineering operating model (Agile, Waterfall etc.) and tools (Jira, GSD, Confluence)
  • Represent the Azure platform in discussions with internal IT partners and Microsoft.
  • Provide Management reporting to ensure data driven discussions for continuous improvement.
  • Execute the functional pattern lifecycle process (design, document, develop and maintain) code library.
  • Integrate, configure, deploy and manage centrally provided common cloud services (e.g. IAM, networking, monitoring, Operating systems, Containers.)
  • Manage Azure connectivity and networking e.g. Express Route, DNS, IP allocation and traffic routing, NSG’s and Azure Firewall
  • Ensure compliance with centrally defined Security.
  • Ensure compliancy with Operational risk standards (E.g. Network, Firewall, OS, Logging, Monitoring, Availability, Resiliency)
  • Update support and operational documentation as required.
  • Support the Service Delivery Manager to implement a 24 x 7 follow the sun support model.
  • Develop solutions meeting client Business contingency standards.
  • Develop and promote the reuse of patterns.
  • Be an Azure Platform evangelist with customers, partners and external communities.
  • Provide Management reporting to ensure data driven discussions for continuous improvement.
  • Gather requirements and provide continuous feedback loops between Cyber security and the wider Azure Cloud Services team


Qualifications and experience

The ideal candidate for this role will have the below experience and qualifications:

  • Have worked as an Engineering Lead in an enterprise organization.
  • Have managed people.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of Non-Functional Requirements
  • Have experience managing stakeholders.
  • Demonstrable Cloud service provider experience - infrastructure build and configurations of a variety of services including Compute, Containers, Container OS and Container orchestration (E.g. Docker, COS, GKE) Storage, IAM, SDN (VPC and XPN)
  • Experience of building a range of Services in Azure
  • Expert understanding of DevOps principles and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and techniques.
  • Security and Compliance, e.g. IAM and cloud compliance/auditing/monitoring tools
  • Customer/stakeholder focus. Ability to build strong relationships with Application teams, cross functional IT and global/local IT teams.
  • Good leadership and teamwork skills - Works collaboratively in an agile environment with DevOps application ‘pods’ to provide Azure specific capability/skills required to deliver the service.
  • A track record of constantly looking for ways to do things better and an excellent understanding of the mechanism necessary to successfully implement change.
  • Set and achieved challenging short-, medium- and long-term goals which exceeded the standards in their field
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences.

Essential Skills

  • Experience working as an Engineering Lead or relevant equivalent.
  • People management (Objective setting, Performance review)
  • Experience dealing with IT Audit, Security and Risk
  • Technical knowledge and breadth of Azure technology services (Identity, Networking, Compute, Storage, Web, Mobile, Containers, Databases, Analytics, AI & Machine learning)
  • Have excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
  • Demonstrable risk management knowledge
  • Keen problem-solving skills (Analytical and Creative)
  • Experience working within an Agile team environment.
  • Ability to quickly acquire new skills.
  • Good command of English


Desirable Skills

  • Industry recognized cloud certifications
  • Programming experience in the following languages: PowerShell, Terraform, Go, Bash, Windows command prompt and object orientated programming languages.
  • Technical knowledge (Directory Services, Microsoft Identity, Physical Networking, Firewalls, SDN, XPN, Billing, Operating Systems, Containers, Azure Resource Hierarchy)
  • Experience operating in highly regulated industry, e.g. Financial Services

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