Senior Azure Platform & DevOps Lead

Makai Labs, LLC.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Makai Labs, LLC is seeking a senior Azure Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud platforms for diverse clients. You will stand up scalable Terraform foundations from scratch and own how the whole ecosystem fits together.

You will work directly with client DevOps teams, make architectural calls, manage migrations, and ensure security and reliability as you scale across environments. A strong background in Azure is essential.

Qualifications

• Azure production experience with networks, VNets, NSGs and load balancers.
• Terraform on Azure with state management, backends and migrations.
• CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Azure data services sizing, failover and cutover risks.
• Entra ID RBAC and service principals; proper access control.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to explain plans clearly.
• Authorized to work in the US; no visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Stand up new Azure platforms from scratch including network, compute and data pipelines.
• Decide architecture changes and manage in-place vs destroy-and-replace updates.
• Migrate live platforms onto new foundations with runbooks and rollback plans.
• Maintain platform health: upgrades, drift, security and shared foundations as more clients join.
• Collaborate with client DevOps engineers and explain plans, unblock failures.

Skills

Azure

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Cloud architecture

Runbooks & rollback

Communication

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

VM Scale Sets

Azure DevOps

Job description

Makai Labs, LLC is seeking a senior Azure Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud platforms for diverse clients. You will stand up scalable Terraform foundations from scratch and own how the whole ecosystem fits together.

You will work directly with client DevOps teams, make architectural calls, manage migrations, and ensure security and reliability as you scale across environments. A strong background in Azure is essential.