.Net + Azure Architect with DevOps & AI Fundamentals

Valiant Technologies LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 88,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in Charlotte, NC is seeking an experienced .Net + Azure Architect to lead cloud-native application design, DevOps, and AI-enabled development. You will craft scalable solutions with .NET, REST APIs, and microservices, while implementing CI/CD pipelines and Terraform for IaC.

The role requires hands-on Azure expertise, AKS exposure, and familiarity with modern AI practices, including agentic workflows and prompt-based interactions. This is a contract engagement in the US.

Qualifications

• Experience building and modernizing cloud-native applications on .NET and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable .NET applications using C#, .NET Core and ASP.NET Core.
• Develop and integrate REST APIs and microservices with SOLID, dependency injection and clean architecture.
• Design solutions for scalability, performance, resilience and maintainability.
• Participate in technical design, code reviews, troubleshooting and production issue resolution.
• Leverage Azure services (App Services, Functions, AKS, APIM, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Key Vault, Azure SQL, Monitor).
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and YAML; automate Terraform provisioning.
• Explore AI-enabled development including simple AI agents and awareness of MCP/SDD concepts.

Skills

.NET

Azure

CI/CD

Terraform

AKS

Cloud architecture

DevOps

AI fundamentals

REST APIs

Microservices

DDD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

YAML

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

AKS

APIM

Service Bus

Event Hubs

Key Vault

Azure SQL

Azure Monitor

GitHub Actions

Job description

.Net + Azure Architect with DevOps & AI Fundamentals

Location:

Charlotte, NC

Duration:

8Months+ Extension

Domain Exposure:

Banking & Finance

Client:

To Be Discussed Later

Employment Type:

W-2, 1099, C2C

Work Authorization:

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Job Title: .Net + Azure Architect with DevOps & AI Fundamentals

Location: Charlotte, NC

Duration: 8 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $77/hour (C2C)

Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description:

• We are looking for an experienced.NET/Azure Architect with strong hands‑on expertise in building and modernizing cloud‑native applications.
• The candidate should have solid experience in CI/CD automation and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, along with practical exposure to modern AI‑assisted software engineering, including building basic AI agents and awareness of concepts such as SDD and MCP.
• The person should be comfortable working across application development, cloud engineering, DevOps and AI‑enabled development practices.

Responsibilities:

• .NET & Application Engineering Design, develop and maintain scalable applications using C#, .NET / .NET Core and ASP.NET Core.
• Develop and integrate REST APIs and microservices. Apply engineering practices such as SOLID principles, dependency injection, design patterns and clean architecture.
• Design solutions for scalability, performance, resilience and maintainability.
• Participate in technical design, code reviews, troubleshooting and production issue resolution.
• These expectations are consistent with the existing Principal Engineer_Architect_JD.docx, which emphasizes .NET Core, microservices, REST APIs, DDD and cloud‑native engineering. Microsoft Azure Strong hands‑on experience with Azure services such as:
• Exposure to AKS / containerized applications is desirable.
• The existing internal JD also identifies App Services, Functions, AKS, APIM, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Key Vault, Azure SQL and Azure Monitor as relevant Azure engineering capabilities.
• CI/CD & DevOps Strong practical knowledge of Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience creating and maintaining YAML‑based build and deployment pipelines.
• Automate application build, testing and deployments across environments.
• Good understanding of branching strategies, release management, deployment approvals and environment configuration.
• Exposure to GitHub Actions is an advantage.
• Your existing AX - Software Developer .NET -Azure, API.docx specifically calls for unit testing, CI/CD, YAML pipelines, Terraform and trunk‑based branching.
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code Hands‑on experience with Terraform for provisioning and managing Azure infrastructure.
• Ability to create, understand and modify Terraform modules.
• Understanding of Terraform state management, environments, variables and reusable modules. Integrate Terraform provisioning with CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of secure handling of configuration and secrets.
• Terraform module structure, environment handling, state management and CI/CD integration are also reflected in your existing interview criteria.
• AI / GenAI Fundamentals The candidate does not need to be an AI/ML specialist, but should be comfortable adopting AI within software engineering.
• Expected exposure: Understanding of Generative AI and LLM fundamentals.
• Ability to create simple AI agents / agentic workflows.
• Basic understanding of prompting and tool‑based AI interactions. Awareness of RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) concepts.
• Awareness of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and its purpose in connecting AI applications/agents with tools and contextual information.
• Awareness of SDD (Spec‑Driven Development) and AI‑assisted software development practices.
• Exposure to AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot or similar tools.
• Ability to identify practical opportunities where AI can improve development, testing, documentation and engineering productivity.
• Exposure to Azure AI / Azure OpenAI / Microsoft Foundry is desirable, not mandatory.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.