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Azure DevOps Engineer

Reailize
Full-time
On-site
Bothell, Washington, United States
Azure


Role Overview

This position is an Azure DevOps Engineer role within our client’s pre-production Mobility Labs group. The team is responsible for building and standardizing CI/CD pipelines that automate how Network Functions are deployed across multiple lab environments, with a future path to production deployments.

 

This role works closely with our client’s application teams and third-party vendors to design, implement, and drive CI/CD automation using Azure DevOps (ADO). The focus is on pipeline development, deployment automation, and workflow orchestration.

 

We are seeking a well-rounded professional who brings an equal balance of vendor management expertise (50%) and hands-on technical skills (50%). This role serves as a key bridge between external partners and internal technical teams, ensuring vendors deliver high-quality solutions while also contributing directly to technical execution and problem-solving


This opportunity requires onsite presence twice a week out of any of these locations:

  • Texas: Austin, Dallas, Plano
  • New Jersey: Middletown, Bedminster
  • Georgia: Lenox/Atlanta, Alpharetta
  • Washington: Bothell, Redmond

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment of Network Functions across lab and future production environments
  • Collaborate directly with application teams and third-party application vendors to integrate CI/CD workflows
  • Coordinate vendor deliverables, timelines, and dependencies with internal stakeholders
  • Ensure vendors meet quality, security, and compliance standards
  • Identify CI/CD improvements and standardization opportunities
  • Support container-based workflows using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Create and troubleshoot Linux shell script templates from scratch
  • Develop and maintain YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines, with emphasis on deployment activities
  • Work with Azure DevOps agents, repositories, and pipeline templates
  • Implement secure pipeline integrations using Azure Key Vault, service principals, and Azure Resource Manager endpoints
  • Automate infrastructure configuration using Terraform (pipeline-driven, not infra ownership)
  • Use Azure CLI extensively for automation and troubleshooting
  • Drive and lead technical discussions, design reviews, and working sessions
  • Troubleshoot pipeline failures and deployment issues across environments

  

Qualifications:

  • Strong hands-on experience with Linux and shell scripting
  • Strong experience working with external vendors is mandatory
  • Strong experience with Ansible and Python
  • Expert-level understanding of Azure DevOps and Azure, including:
    • Azure DevOps Pipelines (especially YAML pipelines)
    • Azure DevOps Agents
    • Azure DevOps Repos
    • Azure Key Vault (AKV)
    • Azure Container Registry (ACR)
    • Azure Resource Manager (service connections, endpoints, service principals)
  • Experience creating and maintaining deployment-focused CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong experience working with Git (branching, tagging, commits, pull requests)
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD methodologies and best practices
  • Strong working knowledge of YAML and JSON, including variable definition and reuse
  • Troubleshooting and working with different CNI/CSI is a nice to have