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Lead AzureDevOps Engineer / Hybrid / Dallas, TX

Addison, Texas

Hybrid

Full Time

$180k - $190k

A leading Cybersecurity company that specializes in optimizing a company’s Entra ID and Active Directory is hiring for a Lead Azure DevOps Engineer on a full-time direct hire basis.

They are ideally looking for a Lead DevOps engineer that is highly skilled in working with Azure. You will have the opportunity to take ownership of the deployment, orchestration, and secure operations of their identity and security products. You will lead a global team, and be involved in architecting and implementing solutions directly, while also guiding, mentoring, and enabling a team of engineers to operate at the highest standards of DevOps.

Their environment consists of Azure, AKS, Terraform, Terragrunt, Helm, Azure DevOps, Key Vault, Blob Storage, CosmosDB, Git, and Python.
This is a full-time direct hire position with a flexible hybrid onsite requirement of 3 days in office and 2 days remote.

Required Skills & Experience
  • 5+ years of DevOps/SRE experience in SaaS or cloud-native environments
  • 2+ years in a formal engineering leadership role, including people management and performance reviews
  • Proven expertise with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • Terraform and Terragrunt
    • Kubernetes (AKS) and Helm
    • Istio Service Mesh and Istio Ingress Gateways
    • ArgoCD and GitOps workflows
    • CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps
    • Zero Trust architecture, including PIM and RBAC
    • Observability tools: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor
    • Bash scripting: Python or Go for automation/tooling
  • Comfortable supporting production systems in on-call rotation
  • Strong communication, leadership, and troubleshooting abilities
  • Experience with WAFs and secure network configurations in Azure
Desired Skills & Experience
  • Hands-on experience with Kafka and event-driven systems
  • Familiarity with microservices and distributed systems architecture
  • Advanced knowledge of OpenSearch or Elasticsearch
  • Deep understanding of CosmosDB performance tuning and data modeling
  • Exposure to Azure API Management, Logic Apps, and other Azure native services
  • Experience building and operating large-scale SaaS platforms
What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown
  • 100% Azure

The Offer
  • Salary + Benefits + Bonus + Stock/RSU’s
You will receive the following benefits:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Vacation Time
  • Stock Options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Posted by: Jillian Freesman

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