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# Software Engineer III

- **Company:** Ashley James Consulting
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,800 - $145,600
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Virtual Machines, YAML, Datadog, Data Logging, Apache Spark, Firewalls (Computer Science), Git, Data Lakes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bicep, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, Key Vault, Confluent, Databricks
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
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## About the Role

* 12+ years of software engineering experience.
 * Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Azure platform operations, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Git, and operational troubleshooting.
 * Practical experience with Microsoft Entra ID, service principals, managed identities, RBAC, secrets, and least-privilege access.
 * Experience with Databricks operations, including workspaces, Asset Bundles, Unity Catalog, jobs, pipelines, and compute.
 * Strong Bash or PowerShell skills and the ability to read and write Python for operational tooling.
 * Clear communication and effective collaboration across technical teams and stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have

 * Datadog or comparable monitoring, logging, alerting, and dashboard experience.
 * Confluent Cloud Kafka experience.
 * Experience with Spark, Lakeflow, Delta Lake, or Auto Loader.
 * Azure networking experience, including private endpoints, DNS, firewalls, and managed storage.
 * Experience improving CI throughput and test strategy.

Bring your hands-on expertise to a role where you can lead complex technical work and help teams deliver with confidence-apply today.

## Description

Build and support the cloud platforms and delivery systems that keep our client's complex enterprise technology moving. As a hands-on senior individual contributor, you'll solve challenging infrastructure and operational problems, guide technical decisions, and help teams deliver reliable solutions across Azure, DevOps, and Databricks., * Build and troubleshoot Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, service connections, variable groups, environments, approvals, artifacts, and test plans.

 * Manage Azure resources including Key Vault, AKS, Container Registry, virtual machines, networking, and identity access.
 * Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates, including modules, state, plans, reviews, and safe deployments.
 * Develop operational automation using Bash or PowerShell and Python.
 * Deploy and troubleshoot Databricks workspaces and Asset Bundles, including Unity Catalog permissions, service-principal authentication, jobs, pipelines, compute, and deployment state.
 * Investigate incidents across application, pipeline, identity, network, and cloud-resource layers; determine root cause, assess impact, and own resolution.
 * Apply reliable DevOps practices for automation, change control, rollback, access governance, and cost management.
 * Explain technical risks and decisions clearly, coordinate with developers and administrators, and document operational procedures.
 * Influence architectural decisions, drive technical initiatives, and mentor engineers.