Seniors Azure DevOps Architect (remote)

Donnelly-; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

OpNet is seeking a REMOTE Senior Azure DevOps Architect to lead design and implementation of DevOps, IaC, automation, and platform reliability for a NYC client. You will define scalable patterns for provisioning, config management, deployment, recovery, and operational support.

The role requires strong experience with Azure DevOps, Git, Terraform, Ansible, Vault, Nutanix AHV, and observability tooling, guiding engineering teams through implementation and standardization.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing enterprise DevOps architectures.
• Proven ability to implement IaC and automated provisioning at scale.
• Strong expertise with Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible, and HashiCorp tooling.

Responsibilities

• Define the overall DevOps and IaC architecture and technical roadmap.
• Establish reusable patterns for automated provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible.
• Design CI/CD architecture using Azure DevOps and Git with proper controls and testing.
• Architect secure secret-management patterns using Vault and enterprise solutions.
• Provide guidance for Nutanix AHV, Linux/Windows, and Oracle-related platforms.

Skills

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Agile Change Management

Ansible

AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

AIOps / predictive log analysis

Git

Grafana

HashiCorp Packer

HashiCorp Vault

Linux (Red Hat)

Oracle access management

Nutanix AHV

PostgreSQL

Prometheus

Python scripting

Terraform

Windows Server

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Our Utility Client in NYC is looking for a REMOTE Senior Azure DevOps Architect for 12+months.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Must Have

• ADO
• Agile Change Management
• Ansible
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Experience applying AI/ML to IT operations (AIOps), specifically in predictive log analysis, automated incident remediation, and automated root-cause analysis
• Git Repository
• Grafana
• Hashicorp Packer
• HashiCorp Vault
• Linux Red Hat
• manage Oracle database access requirements
• Nutanix
• PostgreSQL
• Prometheus
• Python Scripting
• Terraform
• Windows Server Configuration

JOB DESCRIPTION

The DevOps Architect will provide technical leadership for the design and implementation of OpNet’s DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and platform reliability strategy. This role will define scalable, secure, and repeatable architecture patterns that improve infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, recovery, and operational support.

The architect will establish DevOps standards and reference architectures using Azure DevOps, Git, Terraform, Ansible, HashiCorp Packer, Vault, Nutanix AHV, and related automation technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the overall DevOps and IaC architecture and technical roadmap.
• Establish reusable architectural patterns for automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible.
• Design CI/CD architecture using Azure DevOps and Git, incorporating appropriate controls, approvals, testing, and deployment practices.
• Architect secure secrets and credential-management patterns using Vault and approved enterprise solutions, keeping credentials outside source repositories.
• Provide architecture guidance for Nutanix AHV, Linux, Windows, Oracle-related platforms, networking, storage, and infrastructure services.
• Drive automation patterns that reduce manual effort, configuration drift, and dependency on tribal knowledge while improving repeatability and recovery readiness.
• Integrate observability and operational validation into DevOps designs using Grafana, Prometheus and alerting capabilities.
• Partner across infrastructure, application, security, networking, database, and operations teams to translate requirements into maintainable technical architectures.
• Provide technical leadership and design guidance to DevOps/IaC engineers responsible for implementation.
• Establish documentation, architecture standards, implementation patterns, and operational handoff requirements.

Ideal Experience

Strong experience with enterprise DevOps architecture, Azure DevOps, Git, Terraform, Ansible, HashiCorp technologies, Nutanix/virtualization, Linux and Windows infrastructure, CI/CD, secrets management, monitoring/observability, and disaster-recovery automation. The candidate should combine hands-on technical depth with the ability to establish standards and guide engineering teams through implementation.