DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer. This is a contract to hire on-site/ hybrid position in Raleigh, North Carolina with our client. In this role as DevOps Engineer, you will be working on Azure cloud services, modern container orchestration, and support product hosted in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). No visa sponsorship is available at this time or in the future for this position. Responsibilities for a DevOps Engineer: • Own and support container hosting using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) — clusters, nodes, deployment patterns, routing, and service communication. • Support / implement container orchestration patterns without Helm — using Azure-native constructs. • Partner with the engineering org to evolve the platform from AKS toward Azure Container Apps. • Configure and support core SaaS platform components (Azure App Services, Azure SQL, virtual networking, routing, VNETs, subnets, etc.). • Build and maintain ARM/Bicep templates for deployment and environment provisioning (Terraform not used here). • Support CI/CD processes leveraging Azure DevOps — all Microsoft stack (little to no third-party tool usage) • Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve environment / cluster / service-level performance issues. • Participate in design discussions to improve reliability, scalability, and modernization of the platform. • Document solutions, patterns, and operational procedures. Required Skills for a DevOps Engineer: • 7+ years of Systems Engineering or Cloud Engineering experience (Azure strongly preferred) • 3+ years of hands-on production experience with Kubernetes (AKS ideally) • Strong Azure platform knowledge — App Services, Container Apps (preferred), Virtual Networking, routing • SaaS background and understanding of container-based application hosting • Experience deploying via ARM and/or Bicep • Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines (CI/CD exposure) • Windows-heavy background