Azure DevOps Engineer

Five Rivers Analytics, an Akima company, supports federal customers through innovative and mission-focused IT services. The Azure DevOps Engineer will support and advance the USMC Enterprise DevSecOps ecosystem by engineering, operating, securing, and sustaining Azure platforms, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native applications, and related infrastructure. The role also includes platform modernization, compliance maintenance, customer onboarding, incident support, and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate emerging Azure services, DevSecOps tooling, Kubernetes enhancements, automated security technologies, and cloud‑native architectural patterns
• Engineer reusable Azure components such as IaC modules, Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, GitOps workflows, and automation pipelines
• Prototype new platform features, document engineering findings, and burn down future capability requirements for the USMC Azure Enterprise DevSecOps roadmap
• Lead modernization initiatives including refactoring, upgrades, architectural improvements, and engineering design corrections
• Monitor, maintain, and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure to ensure uptime, resiliency, and performance across enterprise applications
• Support daily operations for Azure services including VMs, storage, networking, ACR, Key Vault, container workloads, and hybrid integrations
• Manage production and pre‑production CI/CD pipelines, resolve operational failures, and maintain pipeline availability
• Perform system administration for Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu) and Windows Server environments, including SCCM troubleshooting and domain integration
• Architect, implement, operate, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Advanced Security, CodeQL, Dependabot, SBOM, SAST/DAST, and automated container security tooling
• Develop modular Infrastructure‑as‑Code using Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, and related tools for automated resource creation and lifecycle management
• Engineer and support cloud‑native applications deployed on Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, and hybrid environments
• Maintain platform accreditation by applying patches, updates, compliance controls, and configuration changes across Azure and DevSecOps toolchains
• Operate and engineer automated security capabilities including Trellix, Invicti, Anchore, vulnerability scanning, SAST/DAST, container hardening, and RMF-aligned compliance automation
• Review logs, alerts, and analytics from Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and security tools to identify, investigate, and remediate resource or subscription issues
• Lead customer onboarding into the Enterprise DevSecOps environment, ensuring proper provisioning, RBAC, configuration, documentation, and compliance readiness
• Provide helpdesk and incident support through Remedy, performing root cause analysis and supporting post‑incident reviews
• Collaborate across engineering, operations, security, QA, and stakeholder teams within Agile/SAFe ceremonies and sprint cycles
• Produce documentation including system specifications, diagrams, onboarding guides, engineering prototypes, and audit compliance artifacts

Requirements:

• The qualified candidate must be located in either Charleston, SC or Stafford, VA for periodic visits to the customer site/location
• Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret
• Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, Engineering, Math, or related field and 8 or more years of experience (6 years of related experience required with a Master's). Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Security+ (IAT II) or equivalent DoD 8570 certification
• Deep experience with Azure cloud environments, DevSecOps pipelines, CI/CD engineering, and operational sustainment
• Strong proficiency with Linux and Windows system administration
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible) and scripting (Azure CLI, PowerShell)
• Hands‑on experience with automated security, compliance tools, container security, and cloud‑native observability platforms
• Experience with DoD cloud ecosystems or Marine Corps enterprise environments
• Experience designing GitOps pipelines, Helm charts, cloud‑native platform components, and Kubernetes operators
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures, advanced container security patterns, and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk)
• Azure cloud certifications (Azure Admin, Developer, Architect), CKAD/KCNA, or AWS/Azure DevOps certifications