Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer

Position: Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer (812275)

Location: 9120 Lockwood Blvd Mechanicsville VA 23116

Interview:  Web Cam Interview Only

Job: Remote

The DevOps and Cloud Engineer supports VDOT ITD Tolling modernization by building secure automated deployment processes and ensuring reliable delivery and update of services. The role standardizes CI/CD improves availability and cost efficiency.

Core Responsibilities: DevOps & Cloud Engineering

CI/CD Engineering & Release Automation

• Design build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML and Classic) for microservices and APIs.

• Establish reusable pipeline templates release standards and guardrails for compliant repeatable deployments.

• Implement secure secrets and key management using Azure Key Vault and managed identities in pipelines.

• Automate database deployment workflows (e.g. DACPAC/SQLCMD) and integrate migration steps into releases.

• Enable blue/green or automated rollback strategies to minimize downtime and risk.

Environment Consistency & Observability

• Standardize provisioning and configuration across Dev/QA/Prod environments; codify configuration baselines.

• Build monitoring dashboards and actionable alerts for pipeline and deployment health (App Insights pipeline logs).

• Uphold DevOps best practices tailored to a compliant government environment.

Azure Resource Engineering & Governance

• Implement and maintain Azure services and governance standards (e.g. App Services Function Apps API Gateways/API Management AKS) supporting Tolling workloads.

• Support identity and access management (e.g. Entra ID SSO and role assignments) following least-privilege principles.

• Ensure solutions are fault tolerant and highly available; coordinate change requests and rollback procedures.

Monitoring Troubleshooting & Reliability

• Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and performance; perform diagnostic deep-dives with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

• Triage production incidents drive timely resolution and document root cause findings; participate in operational cycles and maintenance readiness checks.

Compliance Data Flows & Cost Awareness

• Consider PCI or comparable regulatory requirements when evaluating system behavior logging and integrations.

• Understand end-to-end data flows across tolling systems (e.g. roadway data financial transactions reporting) and support optimization of integrations.

• Contribute to cloud cost visibility and optimization recommendations; align operational choices with governance and budget goals.

Collaboration & Communication

• Partner with architects developers DBAs and engineers to align deployments with secure network and identity configurations; communicate clearly with stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD (YAML & Classic).

• Azure application deployment engineering (e.g. App Services Functions Containers APIs).

• Secure secrets & key management (Azure Key Vault RBAC managed identities).

• SQL deployment automation integrated with CI/CD.

• Logging & observability (App Insights pipeline logs dashboards alerts).

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform Bicep or ARM templates).

• Scripting & automation (PowerShell and/or Python).

• Experience with Azure administration/engineering in production environments.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience designing CI/CD standards or DevOps frameworks for microservices.

• Containerization & orchestration (Docker AKS); registry-integrated build and release pipelines.

• Governance & compliance automation (Azure Policy RBAC standards pipeline guardrails).

• Experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks.

• Exposure to cloud cost analysis and optimization in enterprise environments.
• Azure certifications (e.g. AZ104 AZ305 AZ-400) preferred.

Guidelines:

• Position requires a fingerprintbased background check;
• Candidate expected continued education to stay current with VDOT technologies.

Regards

Manoj Goud

Derex Technologies INC

Contact : Ext 206

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time