Senior Azure Cloud Developer

Senior Azure Cloud Developer

Jersey City, NJ (Onsite)

Long-term contract role

Senior Azure Cloud Developer to lead the design, implementation, and automation of Azure infrastructure for a financial services client. This hands-on role involves architecting scalable infrastructure, driving CI/CD pipeline efficiency, and contributing to DevOps transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate has deep expertise with Azure services, Terraform, scripting, and enterprise deployment practices.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and support CI/CD pipelines across Azure environments.
• Use Terraform to provision, configure, and maintain Azure infrastructure.
• Execute deployment runbooks and adjust infrastructure as needed.
• Work with internal tools (e.g., Jet and Jewels) to manage deployments.
• Administer core Azure services: compute, networking, storage, and identity.
• Support Azure messaging systems such as Event Grid, Event Hubs, and Service Bus.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support deployment readiness.

Required Qualifications

• 8 10+ years of experience with Azure cloud infrastructure and automation.
• Extensive experience with Terraform for building and managing complex infrastructure at scale.
• Proven track record in designing and managing enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines.
• Expert knowledge of Azure services, including compute, networking, IAM, and storage.
• Strong scripting experience in Python or other languages for automation.
• Experience with JAVA development
• Ability to lead infrastructure initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and drive architectural decisions.
• Experience with internal DevOps platforms such as Jet and Jewels or similar systems. Preferred

Qualifications:

• Experience leading infrastructure modernization or DevOps transformation projects.
• Hands-on experience with GitOps workflows, infrastructure testing, and policy-as-code.
• Expertise in implementing security, governance, and compliance in Azure environments.