Azure DevOps Architect | Remote | Independent Candidates at TMS, LLC
United States
<section class="job-section" id="st-jobDescription"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Job Description</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg spl-wysiwyg" itemprop="responsibilities"><p><strong>Role: Azure DevOps Architect</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Durham, NC (Remote)</strong></p><p><strong>Duration: 12 Months contract</strong></p><p><strong>Visas: Independent Candidates</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Mandatory Skills:</p><p>- Azure Deployment Stacks — Enterprise-scale infrastructure lifecycle governance across hundreds of Azure subscriptions, including resource management, scoping, and deny assignment enforcement.</p><p>- Open Policy Agent (OPA) / Policy-as-Code — Design and enforcement of security and compliance policies embedded natively across CI/CD pipelines at enterprise scale (500+ engineering teams).</p><p>- Sigstore — Production-level implementation of artifact signing, verification, and software supply chain integrity pipelines across distributed engineering environments</p><p>- Azure Chaos Studio — Resilience engineering through controlled fault injection and distributed system failure experimentation across microservices and cloud-native workloads</p><p>- Azure Confidential Computing — Architecture and deployment of secure enclave workloads for high-security, regulated enterprise environments</p><p>- SBOM Automation Pipelines — End-to-end automated Software Bill of Materials generation, dependency visibility, and vulnerability tracking integrated into CI/CD workflows</p><p>- FluxCD GitOps Platform Engineering — Enterprise-grade GitOps-driven infrastructure delivery and cluster management for large-scale AKS environments</p><p> </p><p>Required Experience:</p><p> </p><p>- 10+ years of experience in DevOps architecture and cloud platform engineering.</p><p>- Demonstrated enterprise-scale delivery across Fortune-level organizations in finance, healthcare, retail, or technology</p><p>- Proven hands-on experience with all seven mandatory niche skills listed above — generalist profiles will not be considered</p><p>- Experience supporting 500+ engineering teams or equivalent large-scale platform environments</p><p>- Background in regulated industries with strong understanding of compliance, audit, and security requirements</p><p>- Azure DevOps — Enterprise CI/CD platform design and management</p><p>- Kubernetes (AKS) — Large-scale cluster platform engineering</p><p>- Infrastructure as Code — Terraform and/or Bicep at enterprise scale</p><p>- DevSecOps Architecture — Security-first pipeline design and governance</p><p>- Secure Artifact Signing Pipelines — Integration with modern supply chain security frameworks</p><p>Note</p><p> </p><p>Key Responsibilities:</p><p> </p><p>- Architect and govern centralized CI/CD platforms supporting large engineering organizations using Azure DevOps integrated with OPA policy-as-code enforcement</p><p>- Design and implement enterprise infrastructure lifecycle management using Azure Deployment Stacks across multi-subscription Azure environments</p><p>- Build and operate GitOps delivery frameworks using FluxCD for large-scale AKS cluster management</p><p>- Lead software supply chain security initiatives including Sigstore artifact signing and automated SBOM generation pipelines</p><p>- Architect secure workload environments leveraging Azure Confidential Computing for regulated and high-security use cases</p><p>- Conduct resilience engineering experiments across distributed microservices using Azure Chaos Studio</p><p>- Define and enforce DevSecOps standards, governance frameworks, and security controls across engineering teams</p><p>- Collaborate with security, platform, and product engineering teams to align DevOps strategy with enterprise compliance and regulatory requirements</p><p>- Mentor senior engineers and establish best practices for GitOps, supply chain security, and policy-driven delivery</p></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-additionalInformation"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Additional Information</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg spl-wysiwyg" itemprop="incentives"><p>All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.</p></div></section>
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