Need DevOps Engineer - Chicago, IL

Senior DevOps Engineer Local to CHicago IL only Visa: EAD/TN/OPT/L2

RequiredEducation
DegreeinComputerScience,InformationManagement,orrelatedfield
PreferredCertifications(NicetoHave)
AzureSecurityEngineerAssociate
AWSCertifiedSecuritySpecialty
CISSP,CCSP
RequiredSkills
5+yearsbuildingproductionworkloadsonAzurewithevent-drivenandAPI-firstarchitectures.
StrongAPIMexperience:policies(inbound/outboundXML),backends,namedvalues,developerportal,versioning.
Experienceimplementingimmutable/append-onlystoragepatterns(WORMblobpolicies,CosmosDBchangefeedauditing,orequivalent).
DeployandmanageNoSQLandCosmosDBdatabases.
FamiliaritywithenvelopeencryptionpatternsusingKeyVault(CMK,keyrotation,purgeprotection).
Understandingofzero-trustnetworkdesign:PrivateEndpoints,VNetintegration,NSG/UDRpatterns.
SolidTerraformskills:modules,remotestate,AzureProvider,CI/CDintegrationviaGitHubActionsorAzureDevOps.
StrongcodingexperienceinPythonandNode.js.
Hands-onproficiencywithintegratedtestingtools.
AbilitytowriteKQLforoperationalqueries,alertingrules,andauditloganalysis.
Experienceintegratingwiththird-partytoolAPIs(GRCplatforms,vulnerabilityscanners,ticketingsystems,orsimilar).
SoftSkills
Effectivewrittenandverbalcommunicationskillstocollaboratewithcross-functionalteams.
Wearebuildingacloud-nativeimmutableevidencingplatformtoingestcomplianceartifacts,auditevidence,andcontrolattestationsfromawiderangeofinternaltoolsviaAPI,storethemwithcryptographicintegrityguarantees,andexposequeryingandretrievalcapabilitiestodownstreamGRCandauditworkflows.Thecontractorwillhelpdesign,build,andhardenthisplatformonAzureinalignmentwithPCI-DSS,SOX,andGLBArequirements.
KeyResponsibilities:
DesignandimplementAPIingestionpipelinesviaAzureAPIManagement(APIM)withOAuth2/JWTvalidation,ratelimiting,andschemaenforcement.
Buildevent-driveningestionworkflowsusingAzureServiceBusandAzureFunctions(durable,fan-outpatterns).
ImplementimmutableartifactstorageusingAzureBlobStoragewithWORMpolicies(time-basedretentionlocks)andAzureCosmosDBfortamper-evidentmetadataindexing.
ArchitectRedisCacheforhigh-throughputquerycachingwhilepreservingsource-of-truthimmutabilityguarantees.
IntegrateAzureKeyVaultforenvelopeencryptionofstoredartifacts(customer-managedkeys,automatedrotation).
BuildLogAnalyticsWorkspacetelemetrypipelinescoveringingestionevents,accessaudittrails,andintegrityverificationlogs.
WriteTerraformIaCforallinfrastructurenoclick-ops;allresourcespolicy-as-codecompliant.
Implementthird-partytoolintegrations(connectorAPIs)toingestevidenceartifactsfromsourcesyste