What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Architect position at Oxenham Group?
Core Functions:
- Provision Azure infrastructure components including virtual machines, key vaults, and supporting services through automated pipeline workflows
- Oversee the health of cloud environments, resolving bottlenecks and tuning resource utilization
- Build and sustain continuous integration and delivery workflows within Azure DevOps
- Author and maintain infrastructure definitions using declarative tooling (Bicep, Terraform, or ARM)
- Audit, refactor, and debug existing infrastructure code across the platform
- Architect and operate isolated, hardened Azure environments for sensitive workloads
- Safeguard the reliability, throughput, and protection posture of these isolated environments
- Administer access controls and identity governance, enforcing minimum-necessary permissions throughout
- Work alongside adjacent engineering groups to evolve cloud capabilities
- Diagnose advanced platform issues and serve as a senior escalation point
- Capture runbooks, design decisions, and remediation steps in written form
- Automate the lifecycle of Azure Virtual Desktop images, including scheduled refreshes
- Build and operate Kubernetes-based workload orchestration
- Stand up and tune AKS clusters along with their supporting fabric
- Streamline rollout, elasticity, and day-two operations for containerized services
- Help end users layer applications onto standardized desktop images using configuration management tooling (DSC, Packer, or similar)
- Work with senior stakeholders to influence technical direction and forward-looking initiatives
- Translate dense technical material for business and operational audiences
Background We're Looking For:
- Degree in a computing discipline, or comparable hands-on background
- A decade or more building and running cloud platforms, with Azure as the primary focus
- Time spent operating inside hardened or regulated cloud boundaries, with working knowledge of relevant compliance regimes
- Deep familiarity with the Azure service catalog, particularly Azure Virtual Deskto-
- Practical experience with declarative provisioning (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) integrated with Azure DevOps
- Comfort scripting in PowerShell and adjacent languages
- A track record of replacing manual provisioning with code-driven workflows
- Fluency across YAML, JSON, Bicep, and PowerShell
- Willingness to weigh in on architectural calls and untangle ambiguous problems
- A habit of sharpening team workflows and shipping cadence
- Azure credentials (AZ-104, AZ-305, or comparable) are a plus
- Occasional travel, roughly one week in ten
Position Conditions:
- Candidate must live within commuting range of Lorton, VA, or be open to relocating (assistance available)
- Role is performed onsite
- Some travel required (up to 10%)
- Active TS/SCI clearance (or higher) is mandatory
- U.S. citizenship is required under the terms of the supporting federal contra
Salary : $180,000 - $200,000