Remote Azure DevOps Engineer – GitOps, Terraform, AKS

coherentsolutions; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible remote options

Hybrid work option

Employee referral program

Training and conferences

Job summary

coherentsolutions is seeking an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and operate a production Azure platform for a national financial services client. You will implement IaC with Terraform, build YAML CI/CD pipelines, and drive GitOps with Argo CD targeting AKS, while embedding DevSecOps practices.

The role requires 5+ years in Azure-based automation, strong scripting skills, and collaboration with architecture, data engineering, and security teams.

Qualifications

• Five or more years in Azure DevOps, cloud automation, or equivalent roles.
• Hands-on Terraform expertise including modules, workspaces, backends, and state management.
• Proven experience building and maintaining YAML Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Practical experience with Argo CD and GitOps deployments to AKS.
• Solid Azure administration skills spanning RBAC, networking, storage, and cost governance.
• Experience managing Databricks workspaces and clusters.
• SonarQube integration experience within CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Scripting proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Strong problem-solving ability, independent work style, and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Upper-Intermediate (B2) English or higher.
• Availability for a primary support shift of 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM CST, with occasional 9:00 AM CST meetings for team overlap.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and maintain modular, reusable, version-controlled Azure infrastructure using Terraform.
• Build and optimize YAML-based Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines covering infrastructure, application, containerized, and data workloads.
• Implement GitOps deployment workflows with Argo CD targeting Azure Kubernetes Service clusters.
• Embed DevSecOps practices into pipelines, including SonarQube quality gates, vulnerability scanning, secrets handling, and compliance validation.
• Administer Azure services such as VNets, Load Balancers, App Services, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, and Azure AD with RBAC and governance discipline.
• Configure Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics; troubleshoot build, deployment, and runtime performance issues.
• Manage Azure Databricks workspaces, clusters, access controls, and Unity Catalog configurations, automating deployments through Terraform and CI/CD.
• Partner with architecture, data engineering, and security teams, maintain runbooks, and mentor junior engineers on DevOps standards.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Terraform

YAML pipelines

Argo CD

AKS

RBAC

Databricks

SonarQube

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python)

English (B2+)

Job description

coherentsolutions is seeking an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and operate a production Azure platform for a national financial services client. You will implement IaC with Terraform, build YAML CI/CD pipelines, and drive GitOps with Argo CD targeting AKS, while embedding DevSecOps practices.

The role requires 5+ years in Azure-based automation, strong scripting skills, and collaboration with architecture, data engineering, and security teams.