Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

Place; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO as needed

comprehensive insurance coverage

401(k) match

stock option grants

stock purchase plan

Job summary

PLACE is seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to architect and govern our enterprise Azure cloud platform, drive CI/CD, and codify infrastructure as code to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable services across engineering teams.

You’ll design zero-downtime deployment strategies, implement security controls (Key Vault, RBAC), optimize costs (FinOps), mentor engineers, and partner with product and platform leadership to align infrastructure delivery with business priorities in a hybrid role

Qualifications

• Experience deep in Azure with App Services, AKS, Key Vault, API Management.
• Design and implement IaC and cloud architecture standards.
• Implement secure, cost-aware, scalable cloud solutions at scale.
• Mentor engineers and lead design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise Azure infrastructure using IaC.
• Develop reusable modules and optimize costs without compromising reliability.
• Design, implement, and govern Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines with blue-green, canary, and zero-downtime deployment.
• Maintain load-testing environments and validate auto-scaling configurations.
• Implement security controls including Azure Key Vault, Managed Identity, RBAC.
• Configure Azure WAF and APIM with throttling, governance, and rate limits.
• Implement observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics; lead root-cause analysis.
• Mentor engineers and lead technical design reviews.
• Partner with product and engineering using Agile/Scrum.

Skills

Azure cloud

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

FinOps

Security by design

Root cause analysis

Mentoring

Tools

Azure App Services

AKS

Key Vault

API Management

RBAC

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

Log Analytics

KQL

Job description

Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

At PLACE, we’re building a category-defining company at the intersection of real estate, technology, business services, and the consumer. As a profitable, hypergrowth startup, on the path to an IPO, our standards are high, and our team is scrappy, and our commitment is to execute the best work of our lives.

Your Opportunity

This is YOUR CHANCE to shape the backbone of a company that’s scaling rapidly and innovating boldly. As our Senior Azure DevOps Engineer, you’ll partner with our Platform & Infrastructure Engineering leadership, founders, and executives to architect and govern our enterprise Azure cloud platform, drive CI/CD and infrastructure automation strategy, and set the technical standards that keep our systems secure, scalable, and reliable across every engineering team. If you thrive in complexity, entrepreneurial problem-solving, and believe in scaling through tech and AI, this is your PLACE. This is a hybrid role based in Bethesda, MD.

Who Develops You:

VP Software Engineering and IT Operations

What You’re Great At:

You are a hands-on cloud platform expert who thinks in systems, not just servers. You’ve spent years deep in Azure — App Services, AKS, Key Vault, API Management — and you know how to turn that expertise into infrastructure-as-code that other engineers can trust and build on. You’re as comfortable designing a zero-downtime deployment strategy as you are leading a root-cause analysis after a production incident. Security and cost aren’t afterthoughts for you; they’re built into every architecture decision you make. You mentor generously, communicate clearly with product and engineering leadership, and you’ve got the scars — and the certifications — to prove you’ve done this at scale before.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and maintain enterprise Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC); establish and enforce cloud architecture standards and operational best practices.
• Develop reusable infrastructure modules and deployment patterns, and monitor/optimize Azure infrastructure costs (FinOps) without compromising reliability.
• Design, implement, and govern Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines; standardize deployment processes across multiple development teams, including blue-green, canary, and zero-downtime strategies.
• Design and maintain load-testing environments and automated performance testing strategies; validate auto-scaling configurations for Azure App Services, AKS, APIs, and databases.
• Implement security controls aligned with enterprise standards, including Azure Key Vault, Managed Identity, RBAC, and least-privilege access models.
• Design, configure, and maintain Azure WAF policies and Azure API Management (APIM), including throttling, rate limiting, and API governance standards.
• Implement enterprise observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics/KQL; lead root cause analysis following production incidents.
• Mentor engineers on Azure, DevOps, automation, and cloud-native architecture; lead technical design reviews and serve as subject matter expert for cloud operations and platform reliability.
• Partner with product and engineering teams using Agile/Scrum practices to align infrastructure delivery with business priorities.

Salary:

$150,000-$155,000/year depending on experience.

Why PLACE:

We believe people do their best work when they’re trusted, supported, and surrounded by others who are equally driven. That’s why this role includes a “work from the PLACE you work best” approach – at home, in an office, or on the move.

• PTO as needed
• comprehensive insurance coverage
• a 401(k) match
• stock option grants
• a stock purchase plan

Every team member is an owner, building the “PLACE” they are proud to call “my company.”