Azure Platform Lead & DevOps Architect

Altis; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Altis is seeking a Lead DevOps & Platform Engineer to build the technical foundation for scalable cloud infrastructure and engineering standards. You will drive Azure-based architecture, security, and AI-enabled development practices while shaping long-term platform direction.

You will mentor developers, influence product roadmaps, and establish modern DevOps practices, aiming for reliable, secure delivery and continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in DevOps, platform engineering, site reliability engineering, cloud infrastructure, or related software engineering environments.
• Expertise with Microsoft Azure, GitHub Actions, Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Bicep, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Strong knowledge of Azure security, Entra ID, identity and access management, networking, secrets management, and secure software delivery.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, observability, incident response, disaster recovery, and operational excellence frameworks.
• Professional experience supporting AI-enabled applications and implementing responsible AI engineering practices.
• Proficiency with PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar automation languages.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of Microsoft Azure infrastructure, ensuring security, scalability, reliability, and cost optimization across environments.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Bicep while standardizing CI/CD pipelines, repository governance, and deployment processes using GitHub Actions.
• Establish monitoring, observability, incident response, disaster recovery, and operational best practices that support highly reliable digital products.
• Introduce secure AI-assisted engineering practices, protecting proprietary information while enabling responsible innovation.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, mentoring, documentation, engineering standards, and collaboration across distributed development teams.
• Partner with product leadership to translate priorities into scalable technical solutions and future platform roadmaps.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Mentoring

Automation scripting

Observability

Security best practices

AI engineering practices

Problem solving

Tools

Azure

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Bicep

CI/CD

Job description

Altis is seeking a Lead DevOps & Platform Engineer to build the technical foundation for scalable cloud infrastructure and engineering standards. You will drive Azure-based architecture, security, and AI-enabled development practices while shaping long-term platform direction.

You will mentor developers, influence product roadmaps, and establish modern DevOps practices, aiming for reliable, secure delivery and continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.