Azure DevOps Architect in United

Energy Jobline ZR; United (WV); Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR seeks an Azure DevOps Architect to lead enterprise-scale CI/CD governance using Azure DevOps, policy-as-code, and GitOps across large multi-subscription environments. Remote-friendly, 12-month contract with a focus on secure, compliant infrastructure delivery for complex, regulated enterprises.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in DevOps architecture, hands-on experience with AKS, Terraform/Bicep, and security-first pipeline design, and will mentor senior engineers while

Qualifications

• 10+ years of DevOps architecture and cloud platform engineering experience.
• Enterprise-scale delivery across Fortune-level organizations in regulated industries.
• Hands-on experience with all seven mandatory niche skills listed.

Responsibilities

• Architect and govern centralized CI/CD platforms using Azure DevOps with policy enforcement.
• Design enterprise infrastructure lifecycle management with multi-subscription Azure environments.
• Build and operate GitOps delivery frameworks using FluxCD for AKS at scale.
• Lead software supply chain security initiatives including Sigstore signing.
• Architect secure workloads leveraging Azure Confidential Computing for high-security use cases.
• Conduct resilience engineering with Azure Chaos Studio across distributed services.
• Define and enforce DevSecOps standards and governance across teams.
• Collaborate with security, platform, and product teams to align with regulatory requirements.
• Mentor senior engineers and promote best practices in GitOps and policy-driven delivery.

Skills

Azure Deployment Stacks

OPA/Policy-as-Code

Sigstore

Azure Chaos Studio

Azure Confidential Computing

FluxCD GitOps

Kubernetes AKS

Job description

Job Description

Azure DevOps Architect

Location: Durham, NC (Remote)

Duration: 12 Months contract

Visas: Independent Visa only

Mandatory Skills:

• - 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- 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 , 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
• - Kubernetes (AKS) — Large-scale cluster platform engineering
• - 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 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