Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (AI-Driven Infrastructure)

About the role

Applaudo Studios is hiring a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer in Bogotá to build reliable, secure and scalable cloud environments from the ground up. The role covers Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, security and observability, with the use of AI coding agents to speed up infrastructure and pipeline creation. The position is offered under a contractor framework.

Key responsibilities

• Build the project's Azure environments within the platform guardrails defined by the Enterprise Architect.
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code for the platform using Terraform or Bicep.
• Build and maintain the CI/CD pipelines that deliver the platform.
• Generate infrastructure as code and pipelines from environment specifications using AI coding agents, keeping every change under version control and subject to human review.
• Implement security and quality gates in the pipelines.
• Deploy and configure Function Apps, API Management, Service Bus and Azure SQL Database.
• Configure identity and secrets with Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities and Key Vault.
• Set up monitoring and observability with Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Document environments and procedures clearly.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering, including 3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Fluent English.
• Nice to have: experience with Policy as Code and cloud cost controls, and with database deployment automation.

Required skills

• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or Bicep.
• CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Azure Function Apps, API Management, Service Bus and Azure SQL Database.
• Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities and Azure Key Vault.
• Experience generating IaC and pipelines with AI coding agents.