Senior Azure Cloud & GitHub Platform Engineer

Job ID: JP00017445
Location: Vienna, VA (Hybrid – Local Candidates Only)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud & GitHub Platform Engineer to design, automate, secure, and maintain enterprise-scale Azure cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, GitHub Enterprise platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft Entra ID, GitHub Enterprise Administration, GitHub Actions, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevSecOps.

This is a hands-on platform engineering role focused on cloud architecture, automation, identity management, developer enablement, security, governance, and production reliability.

Key Responsibilities

1. Azure Cloud Engineering & Kubernetes

• Design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable Microsoft Azure infrastructure and cloud-native applications.

• Administer Azure services including AKS, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Storage Accounts, App Services, Key Vault, API Management, and Azure Networking.

• Manage AKS clusters, including provisioning, upgrades, ingress controllers, autoscaling, networking, security, and monitoring.

• Implement high-availability, disaster recovery, and cloud governance best practices.

2. Identity & Access Management (IAM)

• Implement and administer Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, Managed Identities, Service Principals, Conditional Access, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).

• Configure secure authentication using OpenID Connect (OIDC), federated credentials, and secretless authentication.

• Enforce least-privilege access and enterprise security policies.

3. GitHub Enterprise Administration

• Administer GitHub Enterprise organizations, teams, repositories, permissions, branch protection, and repository rulesets.

• Manage GitHub Apps, OAuth integrations, webhooks, and repository security configurations.

• Implement enterprise-wide GitHub governance, access controls, and automation standards.

4. CI/CD Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, reusable workflows, and composite actions.

• Configure, scale, secure, and maintain GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners.

• Automate cloud infrastructure provisioning using Packer and ARM Templates.

• Integrate GitHub Actions with Azure services and AKS deployments.

• Implement blue-green, canary, and rolling deployment strategies.

• Develop automation scripts using PowerShell, Bash, and Python.

5. DevSecOps, Monitoring & Reliability

• Integrate security scanning, vulnerability management, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines.

• Implement monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, and Grafana.

• Troubleshoot Azure infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, IAM, GitHub, and deployment issues.

• Support production incident management, root-cause analysis, and platform reliability improvements.

• Develop technical documentation, operational runbooks, and engineering standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.

• 7+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.

• 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure cloud experience.

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Kubernetes administration.

• Expertise in Azure services, including Functions, Service Bus, Storage Accounts, App Services, Key Vault, and Networking.

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identities, Service Principals, Conditional Access, and PIM.

• Proven experience administering GitHub Enterprise, including organizations, repositories, access controls, and governance policies.

• Strong expertise in GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, reusable workflows, and self-hosted runners.

• Experience with GitHub Apps, OAuth, OIDC, and secure workload authentication.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Packer and ARM Templates.

• Proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar automation scripting languages.

• Strong knowledge of cloud security, DevSecOps, container security, and enterprise governance.

• Experience with logging, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure Certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400).

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

• GitHub Actions Certification.

• Experience with GitOps, Azure Landing Zones, and enterprise cloud governance.

• Experience supporting large-scale GitHub Enterprise environments.

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps and developer self-service platforms.

• Prior experience in financial services, banking, healthcare, or other regulated industries.

Ideal Candidate

A senior hands-on engineer with proven expertise across Azure Cloud, AKS, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, IAM, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and DevSecOps who can independently manage enterprise cloud platforms and improve developer productivity, deployment security, and operational reliability.

Important: Candidates must be local to Vienna, VA, or the surrounding Northern Virginia / Washington, DC metropolitan area and be available for hybrid onsite work.