Azure DevOps Engineer with Strong Cloud experience

Azure DevOps Engineer with Strong Cloud experience

Franklin, Massachusetts

Primary focus:- Azure platform, CI/CD, deployments, automation, monitoring, production readiness and operational support

Works with:- EY engineering, Mazda Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Data/EIM, application teams and AMS

Role objective:-Make deployment and platform operations secure, repeatable, supportable, and Mazda-owned

POSITION SUMMARY

The Azure DevOps Engineer will provide technical ownership of the Azure platform and deployment processes supporting . The role will work with EY engineers and Mazda technology teams to establish reliable, secure, and repeatable delivery across Development, Test/UAT and Production, while reducing dependency on external resources for deployment troubleshooting and ongoing platform operations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Azure infrastructure and deployment requirements for across Development, Test/UAT and Production.

• Design, maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and automated build, deployment, and release processes.

• Support containerized application deployment, Azure Kubernetes/container platforms, and Azure Container Registry where applicable.

• Troubleshoot application deployment, environment configuration, frontend/backend/API connectivity, and platform issues.

• Coordinate networking, firewall, DNS, certificates, VPN and connectivity requirements with Mazda Infrastructure teams.

• Support Azure identity, managed identities, service principals, secrets, and Key Vault integration.

• Partner with Security on SSO, RBAC, access controls and cloud security requirements.

• Manage environment-specific application configuration and support technical validation before promotion.

• Establish monitoring, logging, alerting and operational dashboards for application and platform health.

• Develop repeatable deployment, rollback, recovery, and release procedures.

• Support Infrastructure as Code and automation practices where appropriate.

• Participate in production-readiness reviews, releases, go-live and hypercare.

• Maintain environment, pipeline, deployment, and operational documentation.

• Transfer platform knowledge to Mazda IT/AMS support resources and support ongoing troubleshooting.

• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, security, automation, performance, and cloud operating cost.

RELEVANT TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

• Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps; CI/CD pipeline design and support.

• Docker, Kubernetes / AKS or comparable container orchestration platforms.

• Azure Container Registry, Azure Key Vault, Azure networking / VNet, managed identities and service principals.

• Entra ID, SSO and RBAC.

• Azure monitoring, logging and alerting.

• Azure Databricks / Data Lake integration exposure is preferred.

• APIs, microservices, PostgreSQL or comparable cloud database platforms.

• Infrastructure as Code and automated environment/configuration management.

REQUIRED / PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of Cloud, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or comparable experience.

• Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure experience supporting enterprise applications.

• Experience promoting applications through Development, QA/UAT and Production environments.

• Experience with cloud security, identity, networking, secrets management and troubleshooting across application/infrastructure layers.

• Experience working with external development partners and supporting applications through go-live and production support.

• Azure certifications are preferred but not required.

SUCCESS MEASURES

• Deployments are repeatable, controlled and increasingly automated.

• Mazda has documented ownership of environments, release procedures, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

• Production-readiness issues are identified early and resolved through clear technical ownership.

• Knowledge of the cloud platform is retained within Mazda beyond implementation.