Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (AI-Driven Infrastructure)

About You

You are an Azure DevOps Engineer who enjoys building reliable, secure, and scalable cloud environments from the ground up. You bring a hands-on approach to Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, security, and observability, with the technical expertise to deliver end-to-end Azure solutions within established architectural standards.

You are comfortable taking ownership of cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows, working autonomously, and making informed technical decisions. You integrate AI coding agents into your daily development process to accelerate infrastructure and pipeline creation while maintaining strong version control, security, and human review practices. You adapt quickly to new environments, communicate clearly, and document your work to ensure long-term reliability and maintainability.

Note: This position is offered under a contractor framework.

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.
• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering, including 3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Bicep.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Experience deploying and configuring Azure Function Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Azure SQL Database.
• Strong knowledge of Azure monitoring and observability tools, including Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Experience implementing identity and secrets management using Microsoft Entra ID, Managed Identities, and Azure Key Vault.
• Demonstrated experience using AI coding agents to generate Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring version control and human review before deployment.
• Knowledge of security and quality gates within automated deployment workflows.
• Ability to independently manage DevOps activities and infrastructure delivery within established architectural guidelines.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new cloud environments and work effectively with minimal supervision.
• Fluent English proficiency.

Nice to haves:

• Experience implementing Policy as Code and cloud cost controls in Azure.
• Experience with database deployment automation.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Build the project’s Azure environments within the platform guardrails defined by the Enterprise Architect.
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code for the platform using Terraform or Bicep.
• Build and maintain the CI/CD pipelines that deliver the platform.
• Generate infrastructure as code and pipelines from environment specifications using AI coding agents, keeping every change under version control and human review.
• Implement security and quality gates in the pipelines.
• Deploy and configure Function Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Azure SQL Database.
• Configure identity and secrets with Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, and Key Vault.
• Set up monitoring and observability with Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Document environments and procedures clearly.

• 5+ years in DevOps or cloud engineering, 3+ years on Azure.
• Infrastructure as code on Azure with Terraform or Bicep.
• CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Deployment of Function Apps, API Management, Service Bus, and Azure SQL Database.
• Observability with Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Identity and secrets with Entra ID, managed identities, and Key Vault.
• AI-assisted generation of infrastructure as code and pipelines.
• Fluent English.

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.