Position: Lead DevOps with AZURE
Location: Erie PA
Duration: Long Term
Job Description:
About the Role
We are seeking experienced DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in AZURE to join our team. The engineer will be responsible for creating and modifying infrastructure using Terraform supporting both development pipelines and production environments. This role requires a solid understanding of CI/CD practices infrastructure as code (IaC) and observability with a proactive mindset toward maintaining uptime and managing deployments.
Key Responsibilities
Design implement and maintain scalable infrastructure using AZURE.
Modify and enhance existing infrastructure in AWS including services such as RDS Aurora and IBM WebSphere
Support both development pipelines and production environments
Participate in daily deployment activities including evening deployments (7 PM 10 PM ET)
Work closely with internal teams and respond to incident alerts during contracted hours
Contribute to monitoring and observability setup using Datadog and Slack alerts
Support and troubleshoot issues using runbooks and escalate when necessary
Ensure SLA/SLI/SLO targets are met including 99.5% uptime 1 hour detection 4 hours incident resolution
Tech Stack & Tools
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform Terragrunt
Cloud: AWS (EC2 RDS Aurora VPC IAM etc.)
CI/CD: GitHub Actions
Monitoring & Alerting: Datadog Slack
Operating Systems: Linux
Database: PostgreSQL Aurora RDS
Other Tools: Custom database scripts IBM WebSphere
Preferred Qualifications
11 years in DevOps roles with a focus on Terraform and AWS
Experience in highly modular IaC environments and CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with SOC 1 compliance practices
Strong communication and collaboration skills across distributed teams
Experience working with incident management and runbook-driven operations