Senior IT & Azure DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Senior IT & Azure DevOps Engineer

On-Site (Woburn, MA) 5 days a week

Key Responsibilities

1. DevOps & Automation

• Design and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML) for build, test, security scanning and release of AI/ML models.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using ARM templates, Terraform, or Bicep.
• Manage artifact repositories and container image signing for compliance.

1. Cloud & Platform Management

• Administer Azure environments, including AKS clusters for containerized workloads and GPU-enabled pools for ML training.
• Standardize environments for business applications and Azure Machine Learning workspaces.

1. Security & Compliance

• Enforce governance guardrails for both IT and AI workloads.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and internal security standards.

1. Collaboration & Support

• Partner with data science teams to enable rapid deployment of ML models.
• Work with IT stakeholders to maintain reliability and scalability of enterprise systems.

Required Skills

• Strong experience with Azure DevOps, AKS, and Azure Machine Learning.
• Proficiency in CI/CD, IaC, and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks.
• Knowledge of AI/ML deployment workflows and traditional IT infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GPU workloads on AKS or AML; model serving (Azure ML Managed Online Endpoints, Kubernetes Inference).
• Familiarity with Databricks, Fabric, or other data platforms that feed AI services.
• Certifications: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Solutions Architect, or equivalent.

Core Tools & Technologies

• Azure: AKS, Functions, Storage, Key Vault, Monitor/Log Analytics, API Management, Event Hub/Service Bus.
• DevOps: Azure DevOps, GitHub, ACR, Helm, Docker; Terraform or Bicep/ARM.
• Security/Governance: Azure Policy, RBAC, Managed Identity, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud.
• Observability: Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Grafana/Prometheus.
• Languages: YAML, PowerShell, Python; optional Bash.