Senior Azure DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer

job summary:
Senior Azure DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer

Location: Boston area

Work Arrangement: Onsite/Hybrid

Employment Type: Contract, with potential for extension or conversion

Duration: 6+ months

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Azure DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer to help build, secure, automate, and support an enterprise Azure environment supporting AI and data initiatives.

This is a hands-on platform engineering role. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Azure, Terraform, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, networking, identity, and cloud security and can work closely with data, application, cybersecurity, and architecture teams.

The team already has an engineer focused heavily on Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry. This hire will complement that resource by bringing additional depth across Azure platform engineering, DevOps, security, governance, and infrastructure automation.

Core Requirements

5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering

3+ years of hands-on Azure production experience

Strong Terraform / Infrastructure as Code experience

Strong Azure DevOps and CI/CD experience, including YAML pipelines

Strong understanding of Azure networking, including:

VNets

Subnets

NSGs

Private Endpoints

DNS

Routing

Experience with Microsoft Entra ID / Azure RBAC

Experience with Azure Key Vault

Experience with Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

Experience building and supporting secure Azure environments across Dev/Test/Production

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Preferred Experience

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Fabric / OneLake

Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Search

Azure Policy / cloud governance

AKS

API Management

Bicep

PowerShell or Python

Containerization

AI/data platform infrastructure

Financial services or other highly regulated enterprise environments

What You'll Do

Build and maintain Azure infrastructure supporting enterprise AI and data workloads

Develop and maintain Terraform infrastructure modules

Build and manage Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines

Support Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Foundry, and related platform environments

Implement Azure security, identity, networking, and governance controls

Manage deployments across Dev, Test, and Production environments

Monitor platform performance, availability, cost, and resource utilization

Troubleshoot complex Azure infrastructure and deployment issues

Implement cloud governance using tools such as Azure Policy and Microsoft Purview

Partner with cybersecurity, data, application, networking, and architecture teams

Develop technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures

Ideal Candidate

The strongest candidate will be a hands-on Azure platform engineer first, with strong DevOps and infrastructure automation experience. Experience with Purview, Fabric, Foundry, or other AI/data platforms is a significant differentiator.

This is not primarily an AI developer role. The focus is on the cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, automation, and governance that enable AI and data workloads to operate securely and reliably.

 
location: Woburn, Massachusetts
job type: Contract
salary: $70 - 90 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors

responsibilities:
What You'll Do

• Build and maintain Azure infrastructure supporting enterprise AI and data workloads
• Develop and maintain Terraform infrastructure modules
• Build and manage Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Support Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Foundry, and related platform environments
• Implement Azure security, identity, networking, and governance controls
• Manage deployments across Dev, Test, and Production environments
• Monitor platform performance, availability, cost, and resource utilization
• Troubleshoot complex Azure infrastructure and deployment issues
• Implement cloud governance using tools such as Azure Policy and Microsoft Purview
• Partner with cybersecurity, data, application, networking, and architecture teams
• Develop technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures

qualifications:
Core Requirements

5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering

3+ years of hands-on Azure production experience

Strong Terraform / Infrastructure as Code experience

Strong Azure DevOps and CI/CD experience, including YAML pipelines

Strong understanding of Azure networking, including:

VNets

Subnets

NSGs

Private Endpoints

DNS

Routing

Experience with Microsoft Entra ID / Azure RBAC

Experience with Azure Key Vault

Experience with Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

Experience building and supporting secure Azure environments across Dev/Test/Production

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Preferred Experience

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Fabric / OneLake

Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Search

Azure Policy / cloud governance

AKS

API Management

Bicep

PowerShell or Python

Containerization

AI/data platform infrastructure

Financial services or other highly regulated enterprise environments

skills:
API Management,AI,Microsoft Entra ID,Azure DevOps CI,Bicep,cloud security,Cloud Engineering,Cloud Platform,Containerization,CI/CD,cybersecurity,data platform,data platforms,CD pipelines,DevOps,DevSecOps,DNS,infrastructure automation,Azure Key,Log Analytics,Azure DevOps,Azure environment,Azure,Azure platform,Azure networking,Azure environments,Azure infrastructure,Microsoft Fabric,Python,SRE,RBAC,Routing,AI Search,Strong troubleshooting,Subnets,Terraform,PowerShell,YAML,networking,problem-solving skills,Troubleshoot,architecture,automate,Azure Key Vault,governance,cloud governance,infrastructure,Financial services,Foundry,platform engineering,resource utilization,security,technical documentation

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact View email address on randstadusa.com.


Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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