Senior DevOps Engineer

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Consultant Advisor, ERP Michael Cooper is recruiting this position.

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Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Location: 100% Remote - Remote (West Coast Healthcare Client)

Duration: 6-Month Contract

Overview

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure) to join a leading West Coast healthcare organization on a fully remote, 6-month contract. This role will focus on designing, building, and operating secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to support enterprise, clinical, and AI-driven workloads.

You will play a key role in advancing cloud platform capabilities, driving DevOps best practices, and enabling high-performing engineering and data teams. This includes supporting next-generation AI/ML initiatives through robust MLOps and automation frameworks in a highly regulated healthcare environment.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Platform Engineering & Infrastructure as Code

• Design and implement Azure cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates
• Build and maintain scalable Azure landing zones and foundational services
• Standardize provisioning using Azure Policy, Managed Identities, and Key Vault

CI/CD & Automation

• Own and optimize Azure DevOps and GitHub environments (Pipelines, Actions, Repos)
• Develop reusable pipeline templates and automation frameworks
• Enable secure, efficient software delivery through multi-stage YAML pipelines and deployment gating

MLOps & AI Enablement

• Support AI/ML initiatives by implementing MLOps workflows using Azure Machine Learning and Kubernetes (AKS)
• Build pipelines for model training, deployment, monitoring, and versioning
• Ensure observability across model performance, drift, and reliability

Observability & Reliability Engineering

• Establish and manage SLIs/SLOs and system monitoring
• Implement telemetry using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements

Security & Compliance

• Embed DevSecOps best practices (SAST, DAST, secrets scanning, IaC scanning)
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA/HITRUST standards and secure handling of sensitive healthcare data
• Implement policy-as-code and secure networking (Private Link, VNET integration)

Cost Optimization

• Monitor and optimize Azure spend through tagging, budgeting, and rightsizing
• Improve performance efficiency across compute, storage, and networking services

Collaboration & Leadership

• Partner with cross-functional teams across Security, Data, AI, and Engineering
• Mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps best practices
• Contribute to platform strategy, tooling decisions, and technical standards

 Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering
• 4+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure experience
• Strong expertise in:
  • Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts)
  • GitHub (Actions, Advanced Security)
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or Bicep)
• Experience with scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes (AKS)
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools in Azure
• Proven experience implementing DevSecOps practices
• Experience working in regulated environments (HIPAA, HITRUST, etc.)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting AI/ML or LLM platforms (Azure ML, Azure OpenAI, etc.)
• Familiarity with GitOps tools (Argo CD, Flux)
• Strong understanding of Azure networking (Hub/Spoke, Private Link, VPN, DNS)
• Experience with Key Vault and enterprise secret management
• Exposure to security tools such as GitHub Advanced Security, CodeQL, Defender for Cloud
• Knowledge of data platforms (Databricks, Synapse) or streaming tools (Kafka, Event Hubs)
• Relevant certifications (nice to have):
  • AZ-400, AZ-104, AZ-305
  • CKA/CKAD
  • SC-100/200, DP-100

To learn more about this and other positions, contact Michael Cooper at or michael.cooper@healthcareitleaders.com. Healthcare IT Leaders is a national leader in IT workforce solutions, connecting healthcare provider, payer and life sciences organizations with experienced technology talent for consulting and full-time hiring. For more information, visit us on the web at www.healthcareitleaders.com.