Azure DevOps/SRE

Convene, Inc.; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Convene, Inc. is seeking an Azure DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer with strong development background to design and run CI/CD pipelines in Azure and to ensure reliable cloud infrastructure.

The role blends cloud automation, reliability engineering, and hands-on coding across Azure environments. Responsibilities include implementing SRE practices, building automation tools, managing IaC, and collaborating with development teams to ensure scalable, secure systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Azure DevOps, SRE, or cloud engineering roles.
• Strong development experience in C#, Python, or PowerShell (build tools, not just scripts).
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts, and Boards.
• Deep knowledge of Azure services, cloud architecture, and distributed systems.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (AKS), containerization, and microservices.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates for IaC.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting frameworks.
• Solid understanding of SRE principles, SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and reliability metrics.
• Experience with Git, branching strategies, and DevOps best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML-based CI/CD) for apps and infra.
• Implement SRE practices: observability, incident response, postmortems, SLOs, error budgets.
• Develop automation tools and scripts in C#, Python, or PowerShell.
• Create and maintain IaC using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Manage Azure resources: AKS, App Services, Functions, Storage, Key Vault, API Management, Azure SQL.
• Set up monitoring with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics; integrate Grafana/Prometheus.
• Improve reliability via capacity planning, chaos engineering, resilience tests.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure cloud-native, scalable designs.
• Support containerization/orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes (AKS).
• Drive deployment process improvements and cloud governance; participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Azure DevOps

SRE

Cloud engineering

C#

Python

PowerShell

Git

Tools

Azure DevOps Repos

Azure Pipelines

Azure Artifacts

Azure Boards

AKS

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Job description

Convene, Inc. is a Tampa based, award-winning technology services organization with offices and resources throughout the US, Mexico, and India. We have successful, referenceable customers, competitive benefits, and high-growth opportunities.

Azure DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (with Development Experience)

We are seeking an Azure DevOps Engineer with strong Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience and a solid background in software development. This role blends cloud automation, reliability engineering, CI/CD excellence, and hands-on coding to ensure scalable, secure, and highly available systems across Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML-based CI/CD) for application and infrastructure deployments.
• Implement SRE best practices including observability, incident response, postmortems, error budgets, and service-level objectives (SLOs).
• Develop automation tools, scripts, and services using C#, Python, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Build and maintain IaC using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Manage and optimize Azure resources including AKS, App Services, Functions, Storage, Key Vault, API Management, and Azure SQL.
• Implement monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Grafana/Prometheus (if applicable).
• Improve system reliability through performance tuning, capacity planning, chaos engineering, and resilience testing.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure applications are designed for reliability, scalability, and cloud-native operation.
• Support containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS).
• Drive continuous improvement across deployment processes, release automation, and cloud governance.
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response efforts when needed.
• Must be an open and apt communicator.
• Must adapt easily to being embedded in a fast-paced development team

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in Azure DevOps, SRE, or cloud engineering roles.
• Strong development experience in C#, Python, or PowerShell (must be able to build tools, not just scripts).
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts, and Boards.
• Deep knowledge of Azure services, cloud architecture, and distributed systems.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (AKS), containerization, and microservices.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates for IaC.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting frameworks.
• Solid understanding of SRE principles, SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and reliability metrics.
• Experience with Git, branching strategies, and DevOps best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Landing Zones, cloud governance, and enterprise-scale architecture.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or other CI/CD tools.
• Experience with chaos engineering tools (Gremlin, Chaos Mesh).
• Background supporting high-availability, mission-critical systems.
• Knowledge of security best practices: RBAC, managed identities, secrets management, and zero-trust principles.