Azure DevOps Engineer

32bjfunds; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

32BJ Funds is seeking an Azure DevOps Engineer to design and maintain enterprise Azure and on‑premises environments supporting business objectives. You will engineer deployment automation, build pipelines, and secure infrastructure while coordinating with IT and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities include building scalable production systems, monitoring performance and costs, and collaborating across teams to resolve incidents and improve processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 1–3+ years hands-on Azure infrastructure and DevOps experience.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Develop deployment automation for Azure cloud environments.
• Build, migrate and test Azure and on-premises integrations.
• Automate infrastructure, deployment, and operations tasks.
• Implement release tools to support continuous build and release processes.
• Monitor cloud system performance, reliability, and costs.
• Integrate security controls into DevOps pipelines.

Skills

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

PowerShell

Python

Linux

Windows

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Git

Ansible

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

AKS

GKE

Terraform

Job description

Job Title: Azure DevOps Engineer

Labor Grade:

Department: Information Technology

Reports To: Manager, DevOps

FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary:

Under the supervision of the Manager, DevOps, the Azure DevOps Engineer will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to engineer (maintain) the 32BJ Funds primary enterprise Microsoft Azure and on‑premises environments supporting business objectives. He/she will primarily be responsible for DevOps activities related to the architecture, design, development, implementation, testing, deployment, automation, security and support of the Microsoft Azure and on‑premises environments and application integrations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop deployment automation to provide a fully functional cloud stack in Microsoft Azure that supports new and existing environments.
• Build, migrate and test Microsoft Azure environments and integrations.
• Integration with on‑premises applications, cloud providers or other platforms.
• Develop templates or scripts to automate everyday infrastructure, development, deployment, or operations functions.
• Develops automated release tools meant to allow continuous build and release processes.
• Monitor the performance of systems in a cloud based computing environment, including overall system health, reliability, performance, and cost. Able to identify bottlenecks and scale up/down resources to meet demands and expectations.
• Incorporate security products and processes into existing and new systems and infrastructure.
• Bake operational and security controls into engineering and DevOps pipelines (e.g., build automation and configuration management).
• Setup multi‑level network environments using Microsoft Azure.
• Provision cloud resources to support existing and new applications.
• Develop operational best practices to control cloud usage costs.
• Build and maintain scalable and performant production infrastructure, improving and ensuring reliability across systems.
• Assist IT, Development, and Data teams with Cloud management tasks.
• Assist production support teams with troubleshooting anomalies.
• Troubleshoot and debug infrastructure issues.
• Plan and prioritize activities.
• Work on multiple projects at the same time.
• Report activities and progress to the management on a weekly basis.
• Perform tasks as required by management.
• Provide support after hours and on weekends, when necessary.

Qualifications:

• 1‑3+ years of hands‑on experience with Azure Infrastructure and development solutions.
• 1‑3+ years of experience in designing DevOps pipelines, installations, configurations, automations and monitoring of various cloud services including: (laaS, PaaS, and SaaS).
• Experience in implementing Full lifecycle DevOps automation including Configurations management, Build Automation, Release Management, Development Automation and Infrastructure management.
• Solid experience with DevOps implementations, migrations and upgrades within the Microsoft Cloud Azure solution suite.
• Deep understanding of Cloud Azure Kubernetes Service with container‑based development skills, Experience with container management tools like Docker, ACS, Kubernetes, AKS, and GKE.
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD tools and concepts – Jenkins, Git, Ansible, Chef, Azure DevOps and staged integrations etc.
• Experience with scripting languages – PowerShell, Groovy, Javascript, Python, and Golang.
• Understanding of microservices, containerization, and other app modernization strategies.
• Understanding of APIs, SDKs, and other integration methods.
• Familiar with Network Infrastructure and Security.
• Knowledge of IP networking, private tunnel, VPN's, DNS, load balancing and firewall.
• Familiar with Windows and Linux.
• Experience with Amazon AWS and/or Google Cloud is a plus.
• Experience implementing CI/CD for Dynamics 365 using Azure DevOps is a plus; Experience with SQL Server, SSRS, SSIS and Transact SQL is a plus.
• Candidate must have excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, including effectively communicating with technical and non‑technical team members.
• Experience working in a high demand work environment.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Detail oriented with excellent organization and analytical skills.
• Ability to plan and take initiatives to accomplish objectives in timely fashion.
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with team members, supervisors, and employees from other departments.

Education and/or Experience:

 Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related discipline.

Language Skills: Speak, read, write and understand English

Reasoning Ability: High

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: None

Physical Demands:

• Under 1/3 of the time: Standing, Walking, Climbing or Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, or Crawling
• 1/2 to 2/3 of the time: Sitting, Reaching with Hands & Arms
• Over 2/3 of the time: Talking or Hearing
• 100% of the time: Using Hands

Work Environment:

• 1/3 to 2/3 of the time: Work near moving or mechanical parts, exposure to radiation, moderate noise.