Mid DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Mid Dev Ops Engineer (Azure + Git Hub Actions)

Location: Remote (U.S.; Grand Rapids, MI time zone preferred)

Employment Type: Contract (W2 through Zip Staff - No C2C or 1099)

About the Opportunity: Zip Staff is seeking a Mid Dev Ops Engineer for release engineering and Azure PaaS delivery at a major grocery and retail organization. You will own cross-team deployments, automate Azure App Service / Function App paths, and migrate pipelines from Azure Dev Ops to Git Hub Actions. This is a build-and-automate seat - not a console operator. Night releases run 2-3 nights per week
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• Plan, coordinate, and execute releases that span multiple teams and shared release trains.
• Build and improve automated deployment paths for Azure PaaS (App Service, Function Apps), including networking, identity, and secrets.
• Migrate pipelines and repos from Azure Dev Ops to Git Hub Actions; create repeatable templates.
• Build and maintain Git Hub Actions CI/CD for secure, repeatable delivery.
• Write Power Shell, Python, and Bash to remove manual steps.
• Create self-service templates for repos, pipelines, and containers
• Enable agile teams to run their own delivery - set them up, unblock them, hand the capability back.
• Troubleshoot builds and deployments; support night releases 2-3 nights per week.
• Contribute documentation and guardrails for security and reliability.

• 2-4 years Dev Ops, release engineering, or cloud engineering with software-engineering fundamentals.
• Azure PaaS:
  Function Apps, App Service, networking, Key Vault.
• Deep Git Hub Actions plus Azure Dev Ops Pipelines.
• Release engineering across teams with shared dependencies.
• Production deployments for infrastructure, .NET
  , and Maven
  .
• Scripting:
  Power Shell, Python, Bash.
• Able to build, run, and debug apps in C#/.NET, Java, Node.js, or Type Script.
• Willing to support night releases 2-3 nights per week.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

• Kubernetes and Git Ops (Argo CD);
  Canary / Blue-Green.
• GCP.
• Terraform / YAML IaC.
• SAFe.
• Kafka, GraphQL, Temporal, Launch Darkly, Sonar Qube, Backstage, or mobile-app release.

• Health Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• 401(k).
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off.
• Referral Program.

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