DevOps & Azure Lead

Stand8 Technology Consulting; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stand8 Technology Consulting in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a hands-on DevOps and Azure Lead to own infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and disaster recovery across multiple environments. You will lead a two-person IT team, define architecture, and drive safe implementation and ongoing improvements.

Required: 5+ years in production infra with 3+ years on Azure, Terraform in multi-environment codebases, Ansible, Azure networking and identity, and strong mentoring skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years running production infrastructure, with at least 3 years on Microsoft Azure.
• Terraform in a real multi-environment codebase: modules, remote state, plan review, and safe refactors with moved blocks.
• Ansible roles and playbooks for configuring Linux servers at scale.
• Azure networking: hub-and-spoke VNets, peering, NSGs, NAT gateway, private DNS and private endpoints, VPN.
• Azure identity: Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities, service principals, and group-based access.
• CI/CD pipelines (Azure Pipelines or GitLab CI) and an artifact repository such as Artifactory.
• Monitoring and alerting design, and calm, methodical incident response.
• At least 2 years leading or mentoring engineers, including setting priorities and giving feedback.
• Clear written runbooks and change records. Our procedures live as Markdown in Git.

Responsibilities

• Be the primary developer and maintainer of the Terraform and Ansible codebase that defines every environment.
• Design and write changes, review others' changes, and keep production changes safe once live.
• Run and improve CI/CD in Azure Pipelines and GitLab CI: application builds, Artifactory, and one-click deploys to dev, QA and stage.
• Support the application development team's pipelines: onboard new projects, write and fix build and deploy definitions, manage service connections and agents, and unblock failed builds quickly.
• Operate production and its disaster-recovery copy: Db2 HADR clusters, backups to the opposite region, and failover runbooks that get tested.
• Own monitoring and alerting with Azure Monitor and Icinga. Tune alerts so on-call pages mean something.
• Run monthly OS patching across the Ubuntu fleet, with Db2 primaries restarted in order inside a maintenance window.
• Keep network security tight: NSGs that deny by default, Application Gateway WAF, point-to-site VPN with Entra sign-in, and Key Vault.
• Manage cloud cost: right-size VMs, keep the pre-production start/stop schedule, and explain spend per environment.
• Keep the runbooks in docs/ current. When a step fails and the cause is found, write it down.

Skills

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Monitoring

Leadership

Runbooks

Documentation

Tools

Azure Pipelines

GitLab CI

Artifactory

Job description

Stand8 provides end to end IT solutions to enterprise partners across the United States and with offices in Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, and more including internationally in Mexico and India.

This hands-on DevOps and Azure Lead will be the primary engineer for Azure infrastructure-as-code and lead a two-person IT team. The role owns the Terraform and Ansible codebase supporting production and disaster recovery across East US and West US 2, plus dev, QA, demo, and stage environments, and is responsible for day-to-day CI/CD, monitoring, patching, security, and cloud cost management. Production workloads moved from on-premises VMware to Azure in October 2026, and the platform is defined in code. The platform owner sets architecture and direction while this role drives safe implementation, operational reliability, and continuous improvement.

Location & Work Type

Location: Jacksonville, FL
Work Type: Hybrid; remote candidates may be considered with occasional travel to the Jacksonville office

Key Responsibilities

• Be the primary developer and maintainer of the Terraform and Ansible codebase that defines every environment.
• Design and write changes, review others' changes, and keep production changes safe once live.
• Run and improve CI/CD in Azure Pipelines and GitLab CI: application builds, Artifactory, and one-click deploys to dev, QA and stage.
• Support the application development team's pipelines: onboard new projects, write and fix build and deploy definitions, manage service connections and agents, and unblock failed builds quickly.
• Operate production and its disaster-recovery copy: Db2 HADR clusters, backups to the opposite region, and failover runbooks that get tested.
• Own monitoring and alerting with Azure Monitor and Icinga. Tune alerts so on-call pages mean something.
• Run monthly OS patching across the Ubuntu fleet, with Db2 primaries restarted in order inside a maintenance window.
• Keep network security tight: NSGs that deny by default, Application Gateway WAF, point-to-site VPN with Entra sign-in, and Key Vault.
• Manage cloud cost: right-size VMs, keep the pre-production start/stop schedule, and explain spend per environment.
• Keep the runbooks in docs/ current. When a step fails and the cause is found, write it down.

Qualifications

Required:

• 5+ years running production infrastructure, with at least 3 years on Microsoft Azure.
• Terraform in a real multi-environment codebase: modules, remote state, plan review, and safe refactors with moved blocks.
• Ansible roles and playbooks for configuring Linux servers at scale.
• Azure networking: hub-and-spoke VNets, peering, NSGs, NAT gateway, private DNS and private endpoints, VPN.
• Azure identity: Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities, service principals, and group-based access.
• CI/CD pipelines (Azure Pipelines or GitLab CI) and an artifact repository such as Artifactory.
• Monitoring and alerting design, and calm, methodical incident response.
• At least 2 years leading or mentoring engineers, including setting priorities and giving feedback.
• Clear written runbooks and change records. Our procedures live as Markdown in Git.

Preferred (Optional):

• IBM Db2 administration, especially HADR, backup and restore, and encryption.
• Running Java application servers (TomEE, Tomcat) and Spring Boot in production.
• Hands-on SOC 2, ISO 27001 or similar audit experience: control evidence, policies, risk registers.
• Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online administration, and hybrid Active Directory to Entra ID migrations.
• Microsoft Defender, Purview, and vulnerability management with OpenVAS or similar.
• Power BI gateway and Pentaho operations.
• A migration from on-premises VMware to Azure.
• Azure certifications: AZ-104, AZ-400 or AZ-305.
• Medical coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) through Anthem
• Dental/Vision/Various Ancillary coverages through Unum
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Paid-time-off options
• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discount programs through ADP WorkforceNow

The base range for this salary position is $130,000 - $150,000 / per year, depending on experience. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires of this position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered.

About Us

Stand8 provides end-to-end IT solutions to enterprise partners across the United States and globally with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Mexico, Japan, India, and more. Stand8 focuses on the "bleeding edge" of technology and leverages automation, process, marketing, and over fifteen years of success and growth to provide a world-class experience for our customers, partners, and employees.

Our mission is to impact the world positively by creating success through PEOPLE, PROCESS, and TECHNOLOGY.

Check out more at www.stand8.io; and reach out today to explore opportunities to grow together!

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