Azure DevOps Engineer (LATAM, Remote)
Remote - Canada \| Contract
Client: Azure-exclusive consultancy helping mature startups migrate to Azure and get enterprise-ready.
Location: Remote within Latin America
Language: English B2+ or higher
Engagement: Full-time, long-term contract
Responsibilities
Design, automate, and execute infrastructure migrations from AWS or GCP to Azure, aligned to Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework (Landing Zone, governance, security).
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Bicep; use GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps Pipelines for build/release, approvals, and environment promotion.
Collaborate with architects, project managers, and internal teams to deliver secure, low-downtime cutovers; define RTO/RPO, rollback, and validation steps.
Implement security, monitoring, and governance: Azure Policy/Blueprints or AVM patterns, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, PIM/JIT, tagging/budgets.
Analyze existing AWS/GCP services, map to Azure equivalents, and engineer landing zones, networking (hub-spoke or vWAN), private endpoints, and DNS cutover.
Stand up observability with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, alerts/runbooks; integrate dashboards as needed.
Apply FinOps practices to optimize cost and performance; right-size, autoscale, and track spend.
Maintain clear documentation for architectures, pipelines, and operational runbooks.
Troubleshoot and resolve infra and deployment issues across Azure services; participate in incident response within agreed hours.
Mandatory Requirements
5+ years managing, deploying, and supporting cloud infrastructure; 3+ years hands-on with Azure.
Proven expertise across Azure IaaS/PaaS, networking, identity, and security services.
Strong IaC with Terraform and/or Bicep; familiarity with ARM templates is a plus.
CI/CD with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps; artifact strategy, approvals, and multi-env workflows.
Production migrations from AWS and/or GCP to Azure, including identity, networking, data plane, and cutover planning.
Monitoring/observability with Azure Monitor/Log Analytics/App Insights; alerting and runbooks.
Governance and security: Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, RBAC, workload identities.
Cost management experience in Azure (budgets, tags, right-sizing).
Strong scripting (PowerShell and/or Python).
English communication skills (written and verbal) and solid collaboration chops.
Nice-to-Have
Certifications: AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700; FinOps Certified Practitioner.
Experience with AKS or Container Apps; GitHub Advanced Security or supply-chain hardening.
Azure Database Migration Service, SQL MI/Postgres Flexible Server moves.
Reusable migration automations and landing-zone modules.
Exposure to Azure Marketplace enablement or enterprise readiness workflows.
Of Note:
You will be required to provide your own laptop and basic software tools.
Completed background checks will be required before the start date if you are selected as a winning candidate.
While we strive to respond to all applicants, please understand that due to the high volume of applications we receive, providing individual feedback or responses to every candidate may not be feasible. Rest assured that your application will be carefully reviewed and considered. We appreciate your understanding and interest in joining our team.