Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer: Secure CI/CD & Reliability

Mbi Llc

Mechanicsville, Northern (VA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Mbi Llc is seeking a DevOps and Cloud Engineer to modernize VDOT ITD Tolling by building secure, automated deployment processes and ensuring reliable delivery and update of services. You will standardize CI/CD, improve availability, and drive cost efficiency across Azure-based environments.

Responsibilities include designing pipelines, implementing blue/green deployments, securing secrets, and automating database migrations.

Qualifications

Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic).
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.

Responsibilities

CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps 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 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 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.