Azure DevOps Java; Locals to IL

Job Title

Azure Dev Ops with Java

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid - 3 days a week onsite)

Job Type: Contract

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with strong expertise in Azure Cloud Services, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), API concepts, CI/CD automation, and Python scripting.

• API Concepts
• Deep understanding of REST, SOAP, and Graph
  
  QL API standards
• Knowledge of API security protocols, including OAuth 2.0, JWT token validation, and related best practices
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Experience creating, maintaining, and refactoring Terraform modules
• Strong understanding of Azure resource provisioning using IaC
• Azure Cloud Services
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Cloud Services
• Preferred experience with Azure API Management
• Azure Application Gateway (including WAF)
• Azure Front Door
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Monitoring & Logging solutions
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, including routing, firewalls, load balancing, and DNS
• Software Engineering & Dev Ops
• 8+ years of experience with Java/J2EE technologies
• Strong understanding of Azure Dev Ops pipelines, CI/CD automation, and Git-based workflows
• Experience driving end‑to‑end delivery of initiatives for both in‑house and third‑party applications into Production
• Working knowledge of Java Spring Framework