Azure DevOps Architect

Connect Tech+Talent; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly?

Job summary

Connect Tech+Talent is seeking an accomplished DevOps/Platform Architect to design and govern enterprise CI/CD platforms with Azure DevOps and policy-as-code enforcement. You will architect multi-subscription Azure deployments and lead GitOps initiatives using FluxCD for large AKS environments.

Role requires 10+ years in DevOps architecture, experience delivering at Fortune-scale organizations, and a strong background in regulated industries, security, and compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps architecture and cloud platform engineering.
• Demonstrated enterprise-scale delivery across Fortune-level organizations in finance, healthcare, retail, or technology.
• Experience with all seven mandatory niche skills listed above.
• Experience supporting 500+ engineering teams or equivalent large-scale platform environments.
• Background in regulated industries with strong understanding of compliance, audit, and security requirements.
• Azure DevOps — Enterprise CI/CD platform design and management.
• Infrastructure as Code — Terraform and/or Bicep at enterprise scale.
• DevSecOps Architecture — Security-first pipeline design and governance.
• Secure Artifact Signing Pipelines — Integration with modern supply chain security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Architect and govern centralized CI/CD platforms supporting large engineering organizations using Azure DevOps integrated with OPA policy-as-code enforcement.
• Design and implement enterprise infrastructure lifecycle management using Azure Deployment Stacks across multi-subscription Azure environments.
• Build and operate GitOps delivery frameworks using FluxCD for large-scale AKS cluster management.
• Lead software supply chain security initiatives including Sigstore artifact signing and automated SBOM generation pipelines.
• Architect secure workload environments leveraging Azure Confidential Computing for regulated and high-security use cases.
• Conduct resilience engineering experiments across distributed microservices using Azure Chaos Studio.
• Define and enforce DevSecOps standards, governance frameworks, and security controls across engineering teams.
• Collaborate with security, platform, and product engineering teams to align DevOps strategy with enterprise compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Mentor senior engineers and establish best practices for GitOps, supply chain security, and policy-driven delivery.

Tools

Azure Deployment Stacks

Open Policy Agent (OPA)

Policy-as-Code

Sigstore

Azure Chaos Studio

Azure Confidential Computing

SBOM Automation Pipelines

FluxCD GitOps

Azure DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

• Azure Deployment Stacks— Enterprise-scale infrastructure lifecycle governance across hundreds of Azure subscriptions, including resource management, scoping, and deny assignment enforcement.
• Open Policy Agent (OPA) / Policy-as-Code — Design and enforcement of security and compliance policies embedded natively across CI/CD pipelines at enterprise scale (500+ engineering teams).
• Sigstore — Production-level implementation of artifact signing, verification, and software supply chain integrity pipelines across distributed engineering environments
• Azure Chaos Studio — Resilience engineering through controlled fault injection and distributed system failure experimentation across microservices and cloud-native workloads
• Azure Confidential Computing — Architecture and deployment of secure enclave workloads for high- security, regulated enterprise environments
• SBOM Automation Pipelines — End-to-end automated Software Bill of Materials generation, dependency visibility, and vulnerability tracking integrated into CI/CD workflows
• FluxCD GitOps Platform Engineering — Enterprise-grade GitOps-driven infrastructure delivery and cluster management for large-scale AKS environments

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps architecture and cloud platform engineering.
• Demonstrated enterprise-scale delivery across Fortune-level organizations in finance, healthcare, retail, or technology
• Proven hands-on experience with all seven mandatory niche skills listed above — generalist profiles will not be considered
• Experience supporting 500+ engineering teams or equivalent large-scale platform environments
• Background in regulated industries with strong understanding of compliance, audit, and security requirements
• Azure DevOps — Enterprise CI/CD platform design and management
• Infrastructure as Code — Terraform and/or Bicep at enterprise scale
• DevSecOps Architecture — Security-first pipeline design and governance
• Secure Artifact Signing Pipelines — Integration with modern supply chain security frameworks

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and govern centralized CI/CD platforms supporting large engineering organizations using Azure DevOps integrated with OPA policy-as-code enforcement
• Design and implement enterprise infrastructure lifecycle management using Azure Deployment Stacks across multi-subscription Azure environments
• Build and operate GitOps delivery frameworks using FluxCD for large-scale AKS cluster management
• Lead software supply chain security initiatives including Sigstore artifact signing and automated SBOM generation pipelines
• Architect secure workload environments leveraging Azure Confidential Computing for regulated and high-security use cases
• Conduct resilience engineering experiments across distributed microservices using Azure Chaos Studio
• Define and enforce DevSecOps standards, governance frameworks, and security controls across engineering teams
• Collaborate with security, platform, and product engineering teams to align DevOps strategy with enterprise compliance and regulatory requirements
• Mentor senior engineers and establish best practices for GitOps, supply chain security, and policy-driven delivery

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