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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Azure DevOps Architect | Remote | Independent Candidates - **Company:** TMS LLC - **Location:** Myrtle Point, OR, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Computing Platforms, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Policy as Code, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Kubernetes, Bicep, Terraform, Devsecops, Microservices - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2f0f236b8103f79c ## About the Role * Azure Deployment Stacks - Enterprise-scale infrastructure lifecycle governance across hundreds of Azure subscriptions, including resource management, scoping, and deny assignment enforcement., 10+ years of experience in DevOps architecture and cloud platform engineering. * Demonstrated enterprise-scale delivery across Fortune-level organizations in finance, healthcare, retail, or technology * Proven hands-on experience with all seven mandatory niche skills listed above - generalist profiles will not be considered * Experience supporting 500+ engineering teams or equivalent large-scale platform environments * Background in regulated industries with strong understanding of compliance, audit, and security requirements * Azure DevOps - Enterprise CI/CD platform design and management * Kubernetes (AKS) - Large-scale cluster platform engineering * Infrastructure as Code - Terraform and/or Bicep at enterprise scale * DevSecOps Architecture - Security-first pipeline design and governance * Secure Artifact Signing Pipelines - Integration with modern supply chain security frameworks ## Description * 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). * Sigstore - Production-level implementation of artifact signing, verification, and software supply chain integrity pipelines across distributed engineering environments * Azure Chaos Studio - Resilience engineering through controlled fault injection and distributed system failure experimentation across microservices and cloud-native workloads * Azure Confidential Computing - Architecture and deployment of secure enclave workloads for high-security, regulated enterprise environments * SBOM Automation Pipelines - End-to-end automated Software Bill of Materials generation, dependency visibility, and vulnerability tracking integrated into CI/CD workflows * FluxCD GitOps Platform Engineering - Enterprise-grade GitOps-driven infrastructure delivery and cluster management for large-scale AKS environments, Architect and govern centralized CI/CD platforms supporting large engineering organizations using Azure DevOps integrated with OPA policy-as-code enforcement * Design and implement enterprise infrastructure lifecycle management using Azure Deployment Stacks across multi-subscription Azure environments * Build and operate GitOps delivery frameworks using FluxCD for large-scale AKS cluster management * Lead software supply chain security initiatives including Sigstore artifact signing and automated SBOM generation pipelines * Architect secure workload environments leveraging Azure Confidential Computing for regulated and high-security use cases * Conduct resilience engineering experiments across distributed microservices using Azure Chaos Studio * Define and enforce DevSecOps standards, governance frameworks, and security controls across engineering teams * Collaborate with security, platform, and product engineering teams to align DevOps strategy with enterprise compliance and regulatory requirements * Mentor senior engineers and establish best practices for GitOps, supply chain security, and policy-driven delivery ## Related Videos - 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