Azure Cloud & DevOps Engineer - Scale, Secure, Automate

AIS (Applied Information Sciences); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 114,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

AIS is seeking an Azure Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and operate cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. This role combines Azure architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps automation, and security remediation to modernize infrastructure and strengthen security posture.

You will collaborate with development and operations teams to support migration efforts, improve reliability, and drive standardized practices across projects in a fast-paced, mission-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
• Strong proficiency with Azure services, automation, and IaC (PowerShell, ARM, Terraform or Ansible a plus).
• Experience with cloud security remediation, compliance, and governance.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage Azure infrastructure, including compute, network, and storage services.
• Modernize the infrastructure repository by bringing unmanaged Azure resources into source control and refactoring IaC (primarily PowerShell).
• Automate deployments and operational workflows using Infrastructure as code (IaC) tools and scripting.
• Analyze and remediate Azure scan findings, focusing on critical and high‑priority issues to meet security and compliance standards.
• Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud environments to ensure performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide guidance on Azure best practices.
• Configure CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Azure cloud

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

PowerShell

ARM

Terraform

Ansible

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI/CD

PowerShell

Terraform

Ansible

ARM templates

Job description

AIS is seeking an Azure Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and operate cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. This role combines Azure architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps automation, and security remediation to modernize infrastructure and strengthen security posture.

You will collaborate with development and operations teams to support migration efforts, improve reliability, and drive standardized practices across projects in a fast-paced, mission-driven