Manager, GitHub DevOps Engineer/Architect

Avanade Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade Inc. is seeking an Azure DevOps. & GitHub Engineer/Architect at the Manager level to lead design and implementation of modern DevOps and cloud architectures using Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, and Microsoft Azure technologies.

You will guide clients through AI-enabled engineering roadmaps and scalable, secure development ecosystems. The role requires strategic thinking, leadership, and collaboration across global teams to deliver measurable AI outcomes and revenue impact.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design/implementation of DevOps and cloud architectures.
• Ability to guide AI transformation initiatives and client coaching.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management in matrixed, multi-team environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for AI solution architecture and DevOps delivery aligned to client strategy.
• Own end-to-end sales cycles: identification, qualification, solution shaping, proposals, pricing inputs, and closure.
• Originate and develop AI opportunities, map business value to solutions, and drive delivery readiness.
• Translate business requirements into scalable AI architectures in collaboration with AI teams.
• Lead governance, quality assurance, and delivery best practices across project teams.

Skills

Azure DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Copilot

Azure Cloud

Solution Architecture

Tools

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Job description

Avanade is looking for an Azure DevOps & GitHub Engineer/Architect at the Manager level. In this role, you will lead the design and implementation of modern DevOps solutions, cloud architectures, and software delivery platforms leveraging Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft Azure technologies. You will help clients define their AI‑enabled engineering vision, translate business priorities into practical GitHub adoption roadmaps, and establish scalable, secure, and cost‑conscious development and deployment ecosystems.

This role demands a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, leadership, and client coaching to guide teams through cloud, DevOps, platform engineering, and AI transformation journeys. You will advise leaders on resp...

The AI Architect Manager is a critical leadership role responsible for designing, developing, and scaling enterprise AI solutions aligned to business strategy and measurable outcomes. This role serves as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, enabling clients to establish, mature, and scale their AI programs across the Microsoft ecosystem.

The incumbent will lead AI architectural design and end‑to‑end solutioning and sales efforts, including opportunity origination, qualification, solution shaping, and delivery, by evaluating business processes, operating models, and application architectures to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing AI solutions tailored to client environments. This role is responsible for translating complex business requirements into actionable AI architectures that deliver tangible value and measurable client outcomes.

Come Join Us

The AI Architect Manager will partner closely with cross‑functional stakeholders and global teams across Avanade, Accenture, Microsoft, and partner ecosystems to ensure a cohesive, enterprise‑wide approach to AI solution delivery, innovation, and revenue growth.

This position requires a strategic and hands‑on leader capable of operating effectively in a complex, matrixed environment while driving innovation, collaboration, client impact, and commercial success.

What you'll do

Provide leadership and oversight for AI solution architecture, ensuring alignment with client business strategies, technical requirements, and industry best practices.

Own and drive end‑to‑end sales cycles, including opportunity identification, qualification, solution shaping, proposal development, pricing inputs, and deal closure.

Partner with account teams and clients to originate and develop AI opportunities, aligning solutions to business value and measurable outcomes.

Translate business requirements into AI solution scope, value propositions, and scalable architectural designs in collaboration with AI teams and Solution Architects.

Analyze client processes, systems, and data landscapes to identify AI transformation opportunities and recommend appropriate approaches based on client maturity.

Lead solutioning activities including estimation, technical design, and proposal development across the pre‑sales and delivery lifecycle.

Deliver AI engagements in roles including AI SME, Solution Architect, or Technical Architect, ensuring high‑quality outcomes.

Provide governance, quality assurance, and best practice guidance across AI project teams related to delivery approach, design, and implementation.

Facilitate client workshops, stakeholder meetings, and pre‑sales presentations to articulate AI value, solution approach, and business impact.

Develop and contribute to AI assets, accelerators, and methodologies to enhance organizational capability, sales effectiveness, and delivery efficiency.

Collaborate across global teams and partner ecosystems to share knowledge, drive innovation, and scale AI capabilities.

Priority Skill

Agentic AI Solution Architecture

Job Requirements:

Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as business needs require, with reasonable accommodation provided where required by applicable law.

Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as business needs require.

IMPORTANTbefore applying for a job internally:

You must already possess the appropriate visas and/or work permits required to live and work in the country the job is based. Do not apply until you have confirmed these authorizations are in place, or the job description states that international applicants will be considered.

If you apply and are selected for a job at a higher level, it will be offered at your current level. You will be considered for promotion at the next eligible promotion period,except where subject to local law or contractual obligations*.

*ICEG, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, and Germany: Promotions will be handled in accordance with local labor laws and works council agreements, where applicable).

A Senior Manager who is part strategist, part consultant, and parthands‑onpractitioner.You’reas comfortable in the boardroom as you are in a whiteboard session with architects. You shape complex deals, craftexecutive‑readynarratives, and lead multidisciplinary teams to turn agentic AI concepts into secure,production‑readysolutions on the Microsoft stack. You thrive at the intersection of client value, technical depth, and storytelling.

As a Microsoft‑specialized Agentic AI Senior Manager in AMBG, you will lead origination andpre‑salessolutioning forhigh‑impactopportunities, steerC‑suiteconversations, and provide technical leadership across the Microsoft AI platform.You’llcreate compelling visions and roadmaps, architect solution approaches (from POV to pilot to scaled deployment), and orchestratecross‑functionalteams from Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft to win and deliver transformative outcomes.

What you´ll do

Ownend‑to‑endpursuit leadership for agentic AI opportunities: discovery, value hypothesis, solution blueprint, estimation, risk/RAI posture, and commercial constructs; partner closely with AMBG sellers and Microsoft field teams.

Build defendable, scalable proposals and SOWs; align solution scope, staffing model, and delivery approach to client outcomes and riskprofile.

Craft crisp,board‑levelnarratives that connect industry problems to agentic AI outcomes; usedata‑backedstorytelling to secure executive sponsorship and funding. (Aligned to Senior Manager executive communication expectations.)

Facilitate exec workshops to shape transformation agendas, operating models, value cases, and governance for Copilots and autonomous agents.

Technical Leadership & Architecture

Define reference architectures and patterns for agentic workflows (planning, reasoning, tools, memory), orchestration, retrieval (RAG), evaluation, guardrails, and observabilityonAzure.

Guide teams building POCs and accelerators with Copilot Studio (low‑code) and Azure AI Foundry (pro‑code), including PromptFlow‑basedevals, content safety, andend‑to‑endMLOps/GenAIOps.

Ensuresecure‑by‑designsolutions across identity, data, Responsible AI, compliance, and lifecycle governance for enterprise deployment.

Delivery Readiness & Scale

Coach and upskillcross‑functionalteams (strategy, industry, data/AI, Modern Work, Security) to deliver repeatable outcomes and reuse accelerators.

Ecosystem Orchestration

Operate as one with Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft—co‑innovating,co‑selling, andco‑delivering; align to Microsoft programs andco‑fundingwhereappropriate.

Travel may berequiredfor this role.The amount of travel will vary from 05% to 100% depending on businessneedand client requirements.

Want todrivecustomer value withAIand turn your ideas into human impact? So dowe.

At Avanade, we are breaking apart the traditional process of setting strategies and goals first, then finding technologies to achieve them. In theage of AI and rapiddigitaltransformation,there’sno time for that linear process. We partner with clients to accelerate valueby beingambitious, imaginative – and fast. We believe“big”and deliver personally. We relentlessly challenge, encourage, support our client partners and each other.

As the strategic andexperienceconsulting arm of Avanade, our Advisory & Experiences practice ensures enterprise technology investments deliverreal businessresults. We combine deep Microsoftexpertisewith strategic vision and human understanding to transform how organizations apply technology toaccomplishtheir goals. Our approach is comprehensive yet practical: we develop strategies rooted in businessobjectives, design systems thathumansactually wantto use, and enable our clients to implement real solutions that drive measurable outcomes—from operational efficiency to productivity gains, sustainable growth, and breakthrough innovation.

What you’ll do:

Within Organizational Change Management (OCM), we guide clients through the journey from awareness to adoptionfor criticalArtificial Intelligence, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, and Microsoft 365transformations.Our consultants help our clientsrealize the full value of their Microsoft technology investments, aligningstakeholders aroundsharedvisions,developingand implementingtailored change strategies, leadingcommunicationsand engagement efforts,assessingchange impacts,and designingtraining programs that upskill workforces and drive sustained adoption. We measure what matters—tracking progress, surfacing insights, and adjusting strategies to ensure lasting impact. Microsoft is our medium, and we are masters of our craft—bringing unmatched product knowledge, strategic insight, and human-centered delivery to every engagement.

United States

This position is open to candidates located anywhere in the United States. Candidates are welcome to work remotely or out of one of our regional offices.

We are seeking a highly experienced Azure Enterprise Architect with a strong full stack engineering background and deep expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud architecture, enterprise application modernization, AI/GenAI solutions, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and large‑scale delivery leadership.

The ideal candidate will possess 15+ years of progressive experience designing and delivering enterprise‑grade solutions while leading distributed engineering teams across onshore and offshore models. This individual will serve as the primary technical authority for strategic initiatives, guiding architecture decisions, mentoring engineering teams, engaging directly with executive stakeholders, and ensuring successful project execution from inception through production.

This is a hands‑on leadership role requiring deep technical expertise across cloud, application development, infrastructure, networking, DevOps, and AI platforms.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and oversee enterprise‑scale cloud‑native solutions on Microsoft Azure aligned with business and technology strategies.

Lead architecture and delivery for complex full stack applications using modern frontend technologies including React, Angular, TypeScript, and mobile frameworks when required.

Provide technical leadership across backend platforms utilizing .NET, C#, Python, Node.js, microservices, APIs, event‑driven architectures, and distributed systems.

Own end‑to‑end Azure architecture including networking, security, governance, identity management, observability, resilience, performance, and cost optimization.

Define and implement enterprise Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards using Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, and Azure DevOps pipelines.

Lead architecture reviews, technical design sessions, and solution governance processes across multiple concurrent projects.

Drive application modernization initiatives, cloud migrations, and hybrid cloud integration strategies.

Guide engineering teams in designing and implementing AI and Generative AI solutions leveraging Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, Agentic AI frameworks, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, and enterprise AI architectures.

Establish architecture standards, engineering best practices, coding standards, security requirements, and cloud governance frameworks.

Collaborate closely with client executives, business stakeholders, product owners, program managers, and engineering leadership to ensure successful delivery outcomes.

Lead globally distributed teams including architects, developers, DevOps engineers, data engineers, and QA resources across onshore and offshore delivery models.

Drive Agile and Scrum practices while providing delivery oversight, risk management, estimation, roadmap planning, and technical project leadership.

Mentor architects and senior engineers while establishing a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Evaluate emerging technologies and develop strategic recommendations aligned with organizational objectives.

Ensure solutions comply with enterprise security, compliance, privacy, governance, and regulatory requirements.