Alphafmcroles Senior DevOps Architect at Alpha FMC focusing on cloud infrastructure and CI/CD engineering in a client-facing role. Primarily Azure-focused to support financial services clients.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for client application and infrastructure delivery, primarily in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, depending on the client's standard W
Write and maintain Terraform modules to provision and manage client Azure infrastructure, with secondary support for AWS resources on cross-cloud engagements
Manage infrastructure as code across multiple client environments, including state management, module versioning, and drift detection
Automate build, test, and deployment workflows to reduce manual release steps and shorten client lead time to production
Implement and advise on infrastructure security practices, including secrets management, least-privilege IAM and RBAC, and policy-as-code guardrails
Monitor pipeline health and infrastructure reliability, and troubleshoot failures across build, deployment, and runtime layers
Collaborate with client development teams to containerize applications and integrate deployment pipelines with Azure Kubernetes Service, AKS, or equivalent
Support client developers across full-stack builds, troubleshooting issues that span frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers, not just the pipeline
Document pipeline architecture, infrastructure patterns, and runbooks for client operational handoff
Mentor client engineers and junior team members on DevOps practices and Terraform standards
Present technical approaches, infrastructure decisions, and delivery progress to client stakeholders, and maintain strong day-to-day client relationships across the engagement
Partner with senior engineering leadership to codify repeatable DevOps patterns, reference architectures, and Terraform modules that can be reused across client engagement
Qualification
7+ years of experience in a DevOpsStrongWorking knowledge of AWS core servicesAzure certificationAWS certificationAnthropic/Claude certification a plusExperience with policy-as-code tools
Required
7+ years of experience in a DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering role
Strong, hands-on Azure experience, including Azure DevOps, Resource Manager, networking, IAM, and core compute and storage services
Working knowledge of AWS core services, such as EC2, IAM, VPC, and S3, sufficient to support or extend AWS infrastructure on cross-cloud work
Demonstrated experience writing and maintaining Terraform for production infrastructure, including module design and remote state management
Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines from scratch, not just configuring existing ones
Demonstrated ability to design reusable infrastructure and pipeline patterns that hold up across multiple clients or environments, not just single-engagement solutions
Solid scripting ability in at least one of Bash, Python, or PowerShell
Experience with containerization and orchestration, using Docker and Kubernetes or AKS
Working fluency across the full application stack, frontend, backend, and infrastructure, sufficient to support developers and troubleshoot issues beyond the pipeline itself
Understanding of security fundamentals in infrastructure and pipelines, including secrets management and access control
Hands-on use of Claude Code in day-to-day engineering work
Comfortable working directly with client teams in an agile delivery environment, including presenting to client stakeholders and building trusted working relationships
Preferred
Azure certification, such as AZ-400, AZ-104, or AZ-305
AWS certification, Solutions Architect Associate or higher
HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification
Anthropic/Claude certification a plus, though not required
Experience with policy-as-code tools, such as Sentinel, OPA, or Azure Policy
Experience integrating security scanning into pipelines, including SAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning
Prior consulting or client-facing delivery experience