Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Redmond, WA (Onsite)

Duration: Long Term

About WaferWire: WaferWire Cloud Technologies (WCT) specializes in delivering comprehensive Cloud, Data and AI solutions through Microsoft's technology stack. Our services include Strategic Consulting, Data/AI Estate Modernization, and Cloud Adoption Strategy. We excel in Solution Design encompassing Application, Data, and AI Modernization, as well as Infrastructure Planning and Migrations. Our Operational Readiness services ensure seamless DevOps, ML Ops, AI Ops, and Sec Ops implementation. We focus on Implementation and Deployment of modern applications, continuous Performance Optimization, and future-ready innovations in AI, ML, and security enhancements. Delivering from Redmond-WA, USA, Guadalajara, Mexico and Hyderabad, India, our scalable solutions cater precisely to diverse business requirements and multiple time zones (US time zone alignment).

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and manage CI/CD pipelines for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Investigate and triage deployment failures, ensuring timely resolution.
• Identify and resolve root causes of failures, including:
• Tooling issues (e.g., misconfigurations, build agent failures).
• Capacity constraints (e.g., compute/memory limits, API throttling).
• Billing and quota limits (e.g., exceeding Azure subscription quotas).
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to resolve deployment issues.
• Improve deployment reliability by analyzing patterns and implementing optimizations.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and change management policies.
• Support production and non-production deployments within an Azure App Service Environment (ASE).
• Participate in incident management and on-call rotations to provide deployment support.
• Document troubleshooting processes, best practices, and lessons learned.

Required Skills & Experience:

Technical Expertise:

• Azure DevOps & CI/CD Pipelines – Strong understanding of Azure DevOps, pipeline automation, and deployment workflows.
• YAML Expertise – Experience defining and troubleshooting YAML-based pipeline configurations.
• Azure App Service Environment (ASE) – Experience in deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting applications within an ASE.
• Incident Management & Troubleshooting – Ability to investigate, diagnose, and triage failures in build and deployment pipelines.
• Azure Cloud Knowledge – Strong understanding of Azure services, networking, storage, and VM instances.
• Billing and Quota Management – Awareness of Azure subscription quotas, cost management, and optimizing resource usage.

Preferred Skills:

• Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Background – Understanding of:
• AVD architecture (host pools, session hosts, workspaces).
• AVD deployment models (pooled vs. personal desktops).
• FSLogix profile management for user session persistence.
• RDP and networking configurations for AVD connectivity.
• AVD scaling plans and cost optimization strategies.

Compensation / Salary Range: The typical pay for this role across the U.S. is: $80,000 - $90,000 per annum. Factors that may affect pay within or outside of this range may include but not limited to geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: Medical, dental, Vision, Life, PTO, Holidays, 401(k) benefits and ancillaries may be available for eligible WCT employees and may vary depending on the nature of your employment.

WCT will accept applications and processes offers for these roles until 03/17/2025 or till the role is filled.

Equal Employment Opportunity Declaration:

WCT is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.