Technology

Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLCChelmsford, MA🇺🇸United States

Why this role stands out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to drive significant modernization efforts within an established enterprise software company, leveraging your expertise in Azure, Kubernetes, and CI/CD to enhance developer productivity and operational excellence. You'll thrive here if you enjoy building scalable platforms, influencing technical direction, and solving complex deployment challenges in a highly visible, hands-on capacity. Apply now to make a real impact and advance your career in a dynamic environment.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior

Work modeHybrid

LocationChelmsford, MA, United States

DockerTeamCityLoad BalancingSOC 2AnsibleAzureBashDNSDigitalOceanGitGitHub ActionsGitLab CIGrafanaJMeterJenkinsKubernetesPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonRabbitMQRedisTerraformk6

Job description

Our client is an established enterprise software company undergoing a major modernization effort across its infrastructure, cloud platforms, and software delivery processes. As the organization continues to invest in cloud-native technologies, automation, and modern DevOps practices, they are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer who enjoys building scalable platforms, improving developer productivity, and driving operational excellence.
This is a highly visible, hands-on role where you'll own engineering environments, CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, and infrastructure automation while partnering closely with cloud operations and software engineering teams. You'll have the opportunity to influence technical direction, introduce modern tooling, and solve complex deployment challenges across both cloud-hosted and customer-managed environments.
Required Skills & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
5+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
Deep Linux administration and troubleshooting experience
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
Experience with Docker and containerized application deployments
Experience supporting on-premises software deployments and customer environments
Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (TeamCity, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)
Experience with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, TLS, VPNs, firewalls, and load balancing
Experience with Git-based source control workflows
Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience with Prometheus and Grafana
Terraform, Ansible, or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, or RabbitMQ
Load and performance testing using tools such as k6, JMeter, or Locust
Experience with Kubernetes management tools such as K9s or Headlamp
Familiarity with DigitalOcean environments
Experience supporting SOC 2 or similar compliance initiatives
Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400, or similar)
Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude

What You Will Be Doing

Design, build, and maintain development, QA, staging, and performance testing environments
Automate infrastructure provisioning and environment lifecycle management
Develop and maintain deployment tooling for both cloud and customer-hosted environments
Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment workflows
Partner with engineering teams to improve software delivery, deployment reliability, and operational efficiency
Support production issues alongside cloud operations teams and participate in root cause analysis
Build monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions across engineering environments
Design and execute performance, load, and scalability testing
Improve infrastructure security and support compliance initiatives
Research, evaluate, and implement modern DevOps technologies and automation tools
Create technical documentation, operational runbooks, and deployment guides
Participate in an on-call rotation supporting production systems

Tech Breakdown

30% Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure
25% CI/CD & Release Engineering
20% Infrastructure Automation & Scripting
15% Observability, Monitoring & Performance
10% Customer Deployments & Operational Support

Daily Responsibilities

50% Hands-On Engineering
20% Infrastructure Automation & Platform Improvements
15% Cross-Functional Collaboration
10% Troubleshooting & Incident Response
5% Documentation & Technical Planning

The Offer

Competitive salary plus annual bonus
Hybrid schedule (3 days onsite)
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid vacation and company holidays
Professional development and certification opportunities
Opportunity to shape the future of a modern cloud-native engineering platform while working with cutting-edge infrastructure technologies

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship is not available for this position.