What are the responsibilities and job description for the Azure Ops Manager position at Motion Recruitment?
This is a full-time opportunity with a global cloud consulting and infrastructure modernization firm that has been leading modernization efforts for Arizona’s Department of Transportation systems. These systems power every transportation office statewide, including driver services and registration platforms. The environment is heavily based in Azure, modern architecture, and enterprise DevOps tooling.
This is a leadership position that still allows you to stay technical. You will oversee a core team responsible for deployment pipelines and the stability of the production environment. You will lead roughly 3 to 5 direct reports while collaborating across an infrastructure group of about 10 to 15 people. This platform has been so successful in Arizona that additional states are now adopting the same solution. Joining now positions you to help scale the platform nationally, grow into higher leadership, and guide modernization initiatives that directly impact millions of end users.
Contract Duration - 6 Months
Required Skills & Experience
Tech Breakdown
This is a leadership position that still allows you to stay technical. You will oversee a core team responsible for deployment pipelines and the stability of the production environment. You will lead roughly 3 to 5 direct reports while collaborating across an infrastructure group of about 10 to 15 people. This platform has been so successful in Arizona that additional states are now adopting the same solution. Joining now positions you to help scale the platform nationally, grow into higher leadership, and guide modernization initiatives that directly impact millions of end users.
Contract Duration - 6 Months
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong experience supporting production application environments and ensuring uptime
- Working knowledge of the OSI model to troubleshoot Layer 3 through Layer 7 issues
- Proficiency with PowerShell or Python for automation and scripting
- Experience managing Azure DevOps Server or Azure DevOps Services
- Hands-on experience with Azure Repos, Boards, Pipelines (YAML preferred), and Artifacts
- Experience working within Agile environments and release management processes
- Ability to lead teams and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience supporting or designing infrastructure within large enterprise or government environments
- Background in site reliability engineering or modern infrastructure builds
- Previous leadership or mentorship responsibilities
- Experience scaling platforms across multiple regions or organizations
Tech Breakdown
- 60% percent Azure DevOps and pipeline engineering, and support
- 25% percent Automation and scripting in PowerShell or Python
- 15% percent Infrastructure troubleshooting and production support
- 50% percent Hands-On technical responsibilities
- 30% percent Team leadership and operational oversight
- 20% percent Cross-team collaboration and stakeholder communication