Azure Engineer InnovateLab Grand Rapids, MI

Filrsafekeep; Grand Rapids (MI); Remote; USD 87,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Benefits package

Flexible schedules

Job summary

InnovateLab in Grand Rapids, MI is hiring an Azure Engineer to transform cloud infrastructure with OpenShift, Kubernetes, and ECS. Expect a contract schedule with a $87,000–$120,000 annual range and influence that grows as you shape the stack locally.

Bring 6+ years of end-to-end tech leadership and a knack for mentoring teams. Relocation to Grand Rapids or remote work is supported, with a strong benefits suite and flexible hours to fit living in Michigan.

Qualifications

• 6+ years steering technology projects end to end.
• Senior-level judgment on prioritization and escalation.
• Willingness to relocate to Grand Rapids, MI, or to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Turn OpenShift on-call noise into meaningful alerts.
• Build Kubernetes dashboards for the technology team.
• Slice the technology monolith into ECS services for deployment.
• Replace brittle processes with Elasticsearch solutions for scale.
• Lead ECS design reviews to avoid costly mistakes.
• Keep OpenShift CI under ten minutes for smoother flow.

Skills

Senior-caliber judgment

6+ years experience

Effective communicator

Remote/work relocation flexibility

Tools

OpenShift

Amazon ECS

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Job description

InnovateLab is wiring up its next product line, and the Azure Engineer we hire in Grand Rapids, MI gets to choose half the tools. Bring empathy-led Amazon ECS and 7 years to Grand Rapids, and the return is $87,000 - $120,000, a contract schedule, and influence that grows.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn InnovateLab's OpenShift on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something
• Build Kubernetes dashboards so InnovateLab's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers
• Slice the deeply-bought-in technology monolith into Amazon ECS services Grand Rapids, MI can deploy alone
• Replace the brittle Work Ethic hack with an Elasticsearch solution that survives Grand Rapids scale
• Lead Amazon ECS design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Grand Rapids, MI builds them
• Keep InnovateLab's OpenShift CI under ten minutes so Grand Rapids, MI engineers stay in flow

What You'll Bring

• Senior-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• 6 or more years steering technology projects end to end
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• Willingness to relocate to Grand Rapids, MI, or to make remote work
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a collaborative contract team
• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking

Equal parts laboratory and workshop, InnovateLab builds underdog-spirited technology products that hold up far beyond the borders of Grand Rapids, MI. At InnovateLab you can challenge your skip-level's plan and still get a thank-you for it.

We do not just dangle $87,000 - $120,000; we back it with mentorship, a real benefits suite, and schedules that bend around Grand Rapids, MI living.

We refreshed it today so candidates know the contract role is genuinely open.

We're looking for the person who reads technology job posts and thinks I could fix that.