Junior Azure DevOps Engineer

In this role

You will design, build, and maintain the infrastructure, automation tools, and deployment pipelines that support software development and AI model training workflows. This hands-on role combines DevOps engineering, Python automation, cloud infrastructure, and build and release engineering to improve reliability, reduce manual work, and help engineering teams deliver software efficiently. You will troubleshoot complex technical issues, automate repetitive processes, and support end-to-end development and deployment workflows in a collaborative, onsite engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and optimize continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Automate software build, testing, validation, packaging, deployment, and release processes.

• Develop Python scripts and automation tools to streamline engineering and operational workflows.

• Provision, configure, and maintain cloud infrastructure and development environments.

• Manage source control, branching strategies, build systems, artifact management, and release workflows.

• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration automation.

• Manage software dependencies, environment configurations, credentials, secrets, and deployment settings.

• Configure and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational health checks.

• Troubleshoot build failures, deployment issues, infrastructure problems, networking, and environment configuration challenges.

• Improve system reliability, deployment consistency, release quality, and developer productivity through automation.

• Support containerized applications and deployment environments where applicable.

• Identify repetitive manual processes and develop automated solutions to improve engineering efficiency.

• Collaborate with software engineers and technical stakeholders to improve development, testing, and deployment workflows.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guides.

• Evaluate and implement tools and technologies that improve automation, infrastructure management, and engineering workflows.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical or related field.

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, CI/CD, build engineering, or release engineering.

• Strong Python programming and scripting skills.

• Experience with Microsoft Azure or another major cloud platform.

• Experience with Git and modern source control workflows.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.

• Understanding of software build, testing, deployment, and release processes.

• Experience troubleshooting infrastructure, build, deployment, and environment issues.

• Familiarity with Windows and/or Linux operating environments.

• Ability to independently investigate technical problems, identify root causes, and implement solutions.

• Strong technical communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub.

• Experience with Docker and containerized application environments.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes or other container orchestration technologies.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or Ansible.

• Experience with monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting solutions.

• Familiarity with networking, identity and access management, certificates, secrets management, and cloud security.

• Experience supporting development, testing, staging, and production environments.

• Experience building automation for AI model training, deployment pipelines, or other machine learning engineering workflows.

• Experience working in large-scale technology or enterprise engineering environments.

 

Salary Range 

At Blueprint, we strive to offer competitive pay that reflects the value of our team members. Compensation for this role is influenced by a variety of factors, including skills, education, responsibilities, experience, and geographic market. For candidates based in Washington State, the anticipated salary range is $40/hr-45/hr.  Please note that we typically do not hire new employees at the top of the posted range. Actual starting pay will be determined based on experience, skills, and internal equity. The final salary and job title may vary depending on the selected candidate’s qualifications and could fall outside the stated range.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Blueprint Technologies, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, orientation, veteran/military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital, or familial status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other status protected by law. 

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please reach out to: recruiting@bpcs.com 

Blueprint believe in the importance of a healthy and happy team, which is why our comprehensive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage 
• Flexible Spending Account 
• 401k program 
• Competitive PTO offerings 
• Parental Leave 
• Opportunities for professional growth and development 

Location: Fully onsite in Redmond, WA