Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (AI-Driven Infrastructure)

About the role

Applaudo, an AI-native organization building AI-powered solutions, is hiring a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer under a contractor framework. The engineer builds reliable, secure and scalable cloud environments from the ground up, integrating AI coding agents into daily work to speed up infrastructure and pipeline creation while keeping strong version control, security and human review. The role is autonomous and requires clear communication and thorough documentation.

Key responsibilities

• Build the project's Azure environments within the platform guardrails set 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.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years in DevOps or cloud engineering, including 3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Fluent English; ability to adapt quickly to new environments and work with minimal supervision.

Required skills

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform or Bicep.
• CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Azure Function Apps, API Management, Service Bus and Azure SQL Database.
• Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities and Azure Key Vault.
• Experience using AI coding agents to generate IaC and pipelines, with version control and human review.
• Nice to have: Policy as Code, cloud cost controls and database deployment automation.