Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Alpha FMC is seeking an Azure Platform Engineer to lead the design and ownership of the Azure foundation for a municipal modernization program. This hands-on role involves overseeing the Azure environment structure, CI/CD standards, and infrastructure-as-code strategy to ensure a secure and compliant cloud foundation.
Responsibilities
- Platform Architecture & Environment Ownership
- Establish and manage dev, test, and production environments with strict separation
- Define secure networking, identity, and role-based access boundaries
- Configure VNETs, NSGs, private endpoints, and hybrid connectivity (VPN / ExpressRoute)
- Establish standardized patterns for App Services, Azure SQL, storage, and shared services
- Define platform standards to be used consistently across consolidated applications
- Design and maintain standardized CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- Develop reusable pipeline templates and release patterns
- Implement approval gates, rollback strategies, and deployment controls aligned to audit requirements
- Ensure consistent deployment practices across application teams
- Ensure all infrastructure deployments are executed through CI/CD pipelines using IaC templates (no manual provisioning)
- All infrastructure must be provisioned and maintained via Terraform or Bicep
- Establish IaC as the only approved deployment mechanism for cloud resources
- Enforce code review, version control, and change traceability for all infrastructure changes
- Prevent manual configuration drift across environments
- Embed FedRAMP Moderate–aligned controls into platform design
- Implement centralized logging, monitoring, and retention policies
- Configure Azure Policy and Defender for Cloud guardrails
- Implement secrets and certificate management using Azure Key Vault
- Establish audit traceability for infrastructure and deployment changes
- Support disaster recovery and business continuity planning and testing
- Support production deployments and release windows
- Troubleshoot infrastructure and pipeline issues
- Define and maintain platform standards and operational runbooks
- Implement cost governance and resource optimization strategies
Skills
- A Bachelors' degree in a related field, along with at least 5 years' experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure
- Strong hands-on Azure experience in regulated or audit-sensitive environments
- Experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline design
- Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale Infrastructure-as-Code programs (Terraform), including governance and enforcement of IaC-only deployment standards
- Experience embedding compliance and security controls into cloud platforms
- Working knowledge of FedRAMP Moderate or comparable compliance frameworks
- Experience supporting municipal or public sector programs
- Experience leading on-premises to Azure migrations
- Azure certifications (Administrator, DevOps Engineer, Architect)
Benefits
- Contractor may be hired as W2 through a Partner agency.
Company Overview
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry. It was founded in 2003, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://alphafmc.com.