Senior Azure DevOps Engineer: AKS & Cloud Infra

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to provision and manage Azure infrastructure, automate deployments, and support API services on AKS.

This hands-on role requires experience with Azure, Kubernetes, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines across dev, test, and production environments. You will work with development, architecture, security, and operations teams to deliver secure, repeatable deployments, communicate release status, and optimize resource usage in a hybrid Chicago

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience provisioning, configuring, and troubleshooting Azure infrastructure.
• Experience deploying containerized API services on AKS with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience building YAML-based CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency with Terraform or Bicep, Git-based version control, and scripting.
• Strong understanding of Linux, HTTP/REST APIs, DNS, TLS, ingress, and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Execute production releases and validate service health after deployment.
• Configure and operate Cosmos DB databases, including container creation and indexing.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, tests, image publishing, and deployments.
• Configure Kubernetes deployments, services, ingress, probes, resources, and env settings.
• Implement secure connectivity, TLS, load balancing, and private endpoints as needed.
• Implement least-privilege access and secrets management via Azure Key Vault.
• Integrate automated tests and security checks into deployment pipelines.
• Set up monitoring and alerts using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Troubleshoot deployments, pod/container issues, networking, and API performance.
• Maintain environment consistency and change records per security controls.
• Collaborate with developers, security, and ops teams to resolve dependencies.
• Improve deployment reliability and cost efficiency via automation.
• Foster collaboration acrossProduct Management, System Architects, and stakeholders.
• Support program execution and governance with PMO.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD automation

Security practices

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

kubectl

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Azure

Bicep

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Azure Monitor

Job description

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to provision and manage Azure infrastructure, automate deployments, and support API services on AKS.

This hands-on role requires experience with Azure, Kubernetes, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines across dev, test, and production environments. You will work with development, architecture, security, and operations teams to deliver secure, repeatable deployments, communicate release status, and optimize resource usage in a hybrid Chicago