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Azure DevOps Cloud Infrastructure EngineerMinneapolis, MN (OR) Saint Pual, MN (ONLY LOCALS)Contract to Permanent Position The OpportunityWe’re seeking a strategic, hands-on Azure Platform Lead to own application development on Azure and guide the platform’s architecture, governance, and DevOps practices. What You’ll DoOwn the Azure platform roadmap: reference architectures, landing zones, guardrails, cost management, and governance.Design & build scalable solutions on Azure (App Services, Functions, AKS or containers, API Management, Service BEvent Grid, Azure SQL/Storage).Stand up/optimize DevOps: repos/branching, pipelines, environments, test automation, blue-green/rolling deploys via Azure DevOps or GitHub.Lead Power Platform enablement: advanced model-driven/canvas apps, ALM, solutioning, connectors, environment strategy, and COE patterns.Reliability & security: monitoring/alerting, SLOs, incident response, Key Vault, Entra ID (AAD), network design (VNets, private endpoints).Coach & collaborate with product, security, and business stakeholders; mentor engineers; set engineering standards.Document clearly: patterns, playbooks, and “how-to” guides others can reuse. What You Bring8+ years in modern application engineering, 5+ years deep on Azure.Proven solution architecture across app, data, integration, security, and networking pillars.Strong DevOps/IaC: Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; Bicep/Terraform; CLI/PowerShell.Proficiency in at least one core language (e.g., .NET/C#, Node.js, or Python).Excellent communication; ability to influence, simplify, and ship. Nice to HaveAPI design at scale (API Management), event-driven patterns, caching.Data integration (Data Factory/Fabric), observability (App Insights/Log Analytics).

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