Senior DevOps Engineer - Atlanta, GA

At Cortland, we operate with a forward-thinking approach that challenges conventional norms and actively seeks insights beyond traditional industry boundaries. As a recognized leader in the multifamily sector, our focus on performance, innovation, and disciplined execution continues to drive strong growth and market leadership. We are committed to building a best-in-class organization by empowering top talent with the resources, autonomy, and support needed to deliver results and advance their careers in a high-performance environment.

Role Overview

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll design, build, and manage Azure-based cloud platforms that support secure, reliable application delivery. You'll lead CI/CD enablement, infrastructure automation, and observability efforts, while partnering across Technology teams to improve performance, reliability, and security as Cortland's technology footprint continues to grow. In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping platform standards and operational practices that enable teams to build, test, and deploy at scale.


Cloud Platform & Automation

• Design, deploy, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure supporting application and data platforms.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and Azure Bicep) to enable consistent, repeatable deployments.
• Continuously improve platform reliability, performance, and scalability through automation and optimization.

CI/CD Enablement & Developer Support

• Enable development teams through standardized CI/CD pipelines, reusable templates, and tooling support using GitHub and Azure DevOps.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve build, test, and deployment workflows while promoting DevOps best practices.

Monitoring, Reliability & Operations

• Build and support a centralized monitoring and observability platform covering application availability and performance, infrastructure and network health, alerting, and ServiceNow integrations.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and respond to incidents and outages, collaborating with application teams to diagnose and resolve complex production issues.
• Design and maintain high-availability architectures, backup strategies, and disaster recovery solutions to support business continuity.

Security, Governance & Collaboration

• Implement and enforce cloud security and governance best practices, including IAM/RBAC, Azure Policy, firewall rules, and secure network architectures.
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and Technology Operations teams to deliver reliable, secure cloud platform services.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering, with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and operating production-grade Azure infrastructure.
• Microsoft Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-204, AZ-305, AZ-400) is preferred.
• Familiarity with Microsoft's Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework is preferred.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, or Claude Code is preferred.

Cloud Platform, Automation & CI/CD

• Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Azure Bicep.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell and Python.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms and tooling, including Git, GitHub, and Azure DevOps.

Security, Governance & Platform Operations

• Strong experience with Azure governance and security tools, including Azure Policy, Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Entra ID (Azure Active Directory).
• Experience with application and infrastructure monitoring tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar platforms.
• Experience deploying and supporting Windows Server-based workloads, including Active Directory and Microsoft SQL Server.

Professional Skills

• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex infrastructure and inter-related systems issues
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across teams and providing platform support to multiple stakeholders

About Cortland

Founded in 2005, Cortland is an international, vertically integrated multifamily real estate investment, development, and management firm with a resident-centric approach to living experiences. Recognized as one of the top 10 multifamily owners and operators in the US, Cortland combines in-house design, construction, and operations to deliver value and innovation across its portfolio.

Join us as we reimagine apartment living and drive outsized returns through purpose, performance, and people.

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