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# Lead Azure DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Kelly Services Inc.
- **Location:** Raleigh, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Log Analysis, Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, YAML, Datadog, Scripting, Containerization, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Bicep, Terraform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/ABF5BAFA267D469F95004AE50D51BDC2/job/

## About the Role

* 7+ years in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Engineering
 * 4+ years of hands-on Azure experience in enterprise environments
 * Strong expertise in Azure DevOps and YAML pipeline architecture
 * Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code, specifically ARM and Bicep
 * Experience designing reusable CI CD pipelines and templates
 * Strong scripting experience with PowerShell and Bash
 * Experience partnering directly with application development teams
 * Strong understanding of Git workflows, branching strategy, and releases
 * Proven ability to lead cross team technical initiatives without direct authority

Desired Skills and Experience

 * Experience supporting or working alongside .NET application teams
 * Familiarity with Terraform in addition to Bicep
 * Exposure to GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
 * Experience with Kubernetes, AKS, or containerized environments
 * Observability tooling such as Azure Monitor or Log Analytics
 * Background in telecom, retail, or large scale enterprise environments
 * Azure certifications such as AZ 400, AZ 305, or AZ 104

## Description

This role is a true senior level individual contributor position where you will operate as a DevOps leader with SRE style ownership. You will drive consistency, best practices, and standardization across more than 10 application teams that are continuously shipping code. This is ideal for someone who has operated at a senior, lead, or principal level and enjoys working closely with developers, especially in .NET environments, while owning architecture decisions and improving engineering maturity at scale.


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