Azure DevOps Engineer

Job Description:

George Consulting is seeking an Azure Devops Engineer to support and advance the USMC Enterprise Dev Sec Ops  ecosystem across both engineering and operational domains. This role blends systems engineering, future capability development, sustainment operations, platform reliability, security compliance, and customer onboarding to ensure the Azure Enterprise Dev Sec Ops  environment remains modern, stable, secure, and aligned with long-term mission needs.

This position provides full-lifecycle technical support from requirements analysis and architecture design to pipeline operations, patching, compliance, and continuous improvement.

• Evaluate emerging Azure services, Dev Sec Ops  tooling, Kubernetes enhancements, automated security technologies, and cloud native architectural patterns.
• Engineer reusable Azure components such as IaC modules, Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, Git Ops workflows, and automation pipelines.
• Prototype new platform features, document engineering findings, and burn down future capability requirements for the USMC Azure Enterprise Dev Sec Ops  roadmap.
• Lead modernization initiatives including refactoring, upgrades, architectural improvements, and engineering design corrections.

• Monitor, maintain, and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure to ensure uptime, resiliency, and performance across enterprise applications.
• Support daily operations for Azure services including VMs, storage, networking, ACR, Key Vault, container workloads, and hybrid integrations.
• Manage production and preproduction CI/CD pipelines, resolve operational failures, and maintain pipeline availability.
• Perform system administration for Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu) and Windows Server environments, including SCCM troubleshooting and domain integration.

• Architect, implement, operate, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Advanced Security, CodeQL, Dependabot, SBOM, SAST/DAST, and automated container security tooling.
• Develop modular Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, and related tools for automated resource creation and lifecycle management.
• Engineer and support cloud native applications deployed on Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, and hybrid environments.

• Maintain platform accreditation by applying patches, updates, compliance controls, and configuration changes across Azure and Dev Sec Ops  tool chains.
• Operate and engineer automated security capabilities including Trellix, Invicti, Anchore, vulnerability scanning, SAST/DAST, container hardening, and RMF-aligned compliance automation.
• Review logs, alerts, and analytics from Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and security tools to identify, investigate, and remediate resource or subscription issues.

• Lead customer onboarding into the Enterprise Dev Sec Ops  environment, ensuring proper provisioning, RBAC, configuration, documentation, and compliance readiness.
• Provide helpdesk and incident support through Remedy, performing root cause analysis and supporting postincident reviews.
• Collaborate across engineering, operations, security, QA, and stakeholder teams within Agile/SAFe ceremonies and sprint cycles.
• Produce documentation including system specifications, diagrams, onboarding guides, engineering prototypes, and audit compliance artifacts.

THIS POSITION REQUIRES AN ACTIVE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TOP SECRET OR SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE.

• Active Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, Engineering, Math, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Security+ (IAT II) or equivalent DoD 8570 certification.
• 8+ years of experience (Bachelor's) or 6+ years (Master's).
• Deep experience with Azure cloud environments, Dev Sec Ops  pipelines, CI/CD engineering, and operational sustainment.
• Strong proficiency with Linux and Windows system administration.
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible) and scripting (Azure CLI, Power Shell).
• Handson experience with automated security, compliance tools, container security, and cloud native observability platforms.

• Experience with DoD cloud ecosystems or Marine Corps enterprise environments.
• Experience designing Git Ops pipelines, Helm charts, cloud native platform components, and Kubernetes operators.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures, advanced container security patterns, and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk).
• Azure cloud certifications (Azure Admin, Developer, Architect), CKAD/KCNA, or AWS/Azure Dev Ops certifications.