Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer

JPS Tech Solutions is hiring an Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer to support VDOT ITD Tolling modernization. The role focuses on building secure CI/CD pipelines, automating deployments, engineering and governing Azure resources, monitoring service reliability, supporting compliance, and optimizing cloud costs.

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

Requirements:

• 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
• 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)