Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (Platform Engineering)

About the role

Applaudo is seeking a Senior Azure DevOps & Platform Engineer to design and operate secure Azure platforms using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines. The role is contractor‑based and requires availability during US Central Time (CT) to support cloud transformation initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure tenant platforms aligned with Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework.
• Build, deploy and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform, including state management and secret handling.
• Implement Azure landing zones, networking, security, and governance controls.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for both infrastructure and application delivery.
• Automate provisioning, scaling and monitoring of cloud resources using PowerShell, Python or Bash.

Required profile

• 9+ years of hands‑on DevOps and cloud experience, preferably in regulated or financial services environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong spoken English (B2+) for daily interaction with US‑based stakeholders.

Required skills

• Azure (landing zones, networking, IAM, AKS, App Service, Functions, Key Vault, Azure Policy).
• Terraform (IaC, state, imports, drift detection, secret management).
• Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, source control and environment approvals.
• Scripting/automation with PowerShell, Python or Bash.
• Azure networking (hub‑spoke, Firewall, VPN Gateway/ExpressRoute, Private DNS, NSGs).