Senior DevOps Engineer: Azure, AKS & CI/CD Mastery

William Blair; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,300 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k)

Profit sharing

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

William Blair is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer in Chicago, Illinois, to design and operate scalable cloud-native platforms within Azure. The role emphasizes the creation of CI/CD pipelines, strong automation, and cloud governance.

Ideal candidates will have experience with AKS, Azure DevOps, and a solid understanding of DevOps practices in regulated environments. Benefits include health coverage and a potential annual bonus.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform engineering roles.
• Strong experience as a Site Reliability Engineer in cloud environments.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and identity in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Build and operate Kubernetes platforms with AKS.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Bicep or Terraform.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps

Kubernetes experience (AKS)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep)

Programming skills (Python)

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Docker

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

William Blair is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer in Chicago, Illinois, to design and operate scalable cloud-native platforms within Azure. The role emphasizes the creation of CI/CD pipelines, strong automation, and cloud governance.

Ideal candidates will have experience with AKS, Azure DevOps, and a solid understanding of DevOps practices in regulated environments. Benefits include health coverage and a potential annual bonus.