What are the responsibilities and job description for the Azure Cloud Engineer position at New York Technology Partners?
Job Title: Azure Cloud Engineer
Location: Onsite in Vienna, VA
Duration: W2 Long term contract
What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
1.Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
2. Github Services, CI/CD , branching strategies.
3. GIT, Orchestration
Summary: Seeking an experienced Azure Cloud & GitHub Platform Engineer with 10 yrs in Azure DevOps to GitHub migration, GitHub Enterprise administration, and advanced GitHub Actions platform engineering to design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automation frameworks on Microsoft Azure & GitHub. The role involves close collaboration with development, QA, and operations teams to streamline delivery, enhance system reliability, and enforce security and compliance standards.
Job Description/ Responsibilities:
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise Cloud/Server administration
• Extensive experience creating and managing GitHub Actions workflows using YAML
• Designing and implementing reusable workflows and composite actions
• Automating pipeline/workflow creation using GitHub APIs, templates, and automation frameworks
• Deep understanding of GitHub Apps, OAuth Apps, and GitHub authentication models
• Experience with OIDC federation, Azure Entra ID, Service Principals, and RBAC
• Azure integration with GitHub Actions for secure deployments
• Enterprise governance including:
o SSO integration with Entra ID
o MFA enforcement
o Branch protection rules
o Repository rulesets
o Secret scanning
o Depend Bot
o Least-privilege access controls
• Lead Azure DevOps to GitHub migration initiatives.
• Design enterprise-wide GitHub Actions frameworks.
• Create reusable workflow standards and automate pipeline generation.
• Manage GitHub Enterprise governance, security, and compliance.
• Implement secure Azure-GitHub integrations using OIDC and modern authentication methods.
• Support enterprise repository management, organizational policies, and platform automation.
Azure Knowledge Required
• Azure App Services
• AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
• Azure API Management
• Key Vault
• Managed Identities
• Azure Networking and Security
• Infrastructure deployment through GitHub Actions
Nice-to-Have
• Terraform/Bicep
• GitHub REST & GraphQL APIs
• Repository migration automation
• Enterprise-scale platform engineering experience
• Developer self-service and onboarding automation