Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

About You You are a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience implementing Azure platform services and building modern DevOps practices across enterprise cloud environments. You are passionate about designing secure, scalable, and automated Azure platforms while enabling reliable infrastructure and application delivery through Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD automation. You combine Azure Platform Engineering expertise, including landing zones, networking, identity, security, and governance, with strong Azure DevOps engineering experience using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines to manage cloud infrastructure and application deployments. You thrive in environments where ownership, scalability, and continuous improvement are highly valued. You are adaptable, detail-oriented, and capable of providing technical leadership and operational guidance to support cloud transformation initiatives and enterprise DevOps practices. Note: this role operates under a contractor model. You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience. 7+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps and cloud environments. Strong experience designing and implementing Azure tenant platforms aligned with Microsoft CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework) . Expertise building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform. Experience implementing Azure landing zones for application and workload migrations. Proficiency with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines, source control, and project management. Experience with Azure networking (VNets, peering, private endpoints, NSGs, or similar). Hands-on experience with Terraform state management, Terraform imports, and secret management (e.g., Azure Key Vault integration). Strong automation and scripting skills using PowerShell, Python, or Bash. Knowledge of Azure security controls, identity an