DevOps Engineer

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Our client, an investment firm, is seeking a Delivery Engineer to join their team in Menlo Park, CA!The ideal candidate will own the systems and tooling that let our development teams ship software reliably and securely. This is a hands-on role that blends platform engineering, automation, and internal customer service.

Responsibilities

• Delivery Pipeline & CI/CD (Azure + GitHub)
• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to deploy applications and infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) so environments are repeatable, versioned, and auditable.
• Manage build, test, security-scan, and release stages, including approvals and gated promotions across dev, test, and production environments.
• Configure and secure deployment credentials, service connections, and secrets (e.g., GitHub OIDC to Azure, Azure Key Vault) following least-privilege principles.
• Monitor pipeline health and deployment metrics, and continuously improve build times, reliability, and rollback safety.
• Developer Workstation Spec & Policy
• Define and document a standard developer workstation specification covering hardware, operating system, and the approved software/toolchain.
• Establish and maintain a workstation policy covering configuration baselines, security controls, patching, and acceptable use.
• Keep specs and policies current as tools and security requirements evolve, and ensure changes are communicated clearly.
• Developer Support
• Act as the first point of contact for developer tooling, environment, and pipeline issues; triage, troubleshoot, and resolve or escalate.
• Onboard new engineers, getting them productive on their workstation, repositories, and pipelines quickly.
• Maintain clear internal documentation, runbooks, and self-service guides.
• Gather feedback from developers and turn recurring pain points into platform improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines, with strong hands-on GitHub Actions skills.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, identity, and deployment services).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
• Familiarity with Git workflows and managing GitHub organizations/repositories.
• Experience managing or standardizing developer environments and endpoints.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a customer-service mindset toward internal developers.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to write usable documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with endpoint/device management tooling (e.g., Intune) and dev environment tooling (e.g., dev containers, golden images).
• Exposure to security and compliance requirements in a regulated environment.
• Experience with monitoring/observability and cost management on Azure.
• Attributes
• Self-directed and reliable, comfortable owning systems others depend on.
• Pragmatic about balancing speed, security, and maintainability.
• Patient and approachable when helping colleagues.
• Salary: $225,000 - $275,000