Principal Azure DevOps Engineer (remote)

About the Role

If you're passionate about high-availability, reliability, scalable infrastructure, security, and automation,  let’s talk!

We’re looking for a Principal Azure DevOps Engineer with deep experience deploying complex systems to the cloud. You’ll be a key member of a talented cross-functional team of architects, product managers, software, hardware, and QA engineers, working together to power the next-generation access control and video surveillance solutions in the cloud. This role is pivotal in driving the deployment, automation, and reliability of our Azure-based SaaS platform, engineered for 99.99% uptime. We value self-starters who thrive in fast-paced environments, love solving hard problems, and are motivated by continuous improvement and innovation.

In this role, you’ll use the latest cutting-edge technologies to build and support highly available, secure, and scalable platforms and services. You’ll drive cloud automation, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD best practices, while solving unique challenges using open-source and cloud-native tools. This is a remote opportunity for individuals that reside in the US.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and automate infrastructure using Terraform, ARM, Helm, Ansible, CloudFormation, Vagrant

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions

• Deploy and manage services on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and other Azure resources:
  VNets, VMs, ACR, Azure Container Apps, Blob Storage, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Event Grid

• Implement GitOps workflows and manage Git repositories (GitHub, Azure DevOps)

• Support both Linux and Windows environments using Bash and PowerShell

• Enforce cybersecurity best practices and ensure compliance

• Collaborate with architects and product owners to define deployment strategies

• Document architecture, runbooks, deployment instructions, and findings from POC’s & evaluations in Confluence

• Promote DevOps principles: infrastructure-as-code, automation, continuous improvement, and high collaboration

What We’re Looking For

Required

• 8+ years in software/DevOps roles

• 5+ years Azure experience with core services

• 5+ years automating builds/deployments of complex systems

• 4+ years with IaC tools (Terraform, ARM, Helm, etc.)

• 4+ years managing Git repositories and workflows

• 4+ years deploying to Kubernetes clusters

• 4+ years managing Linux systems; 2+ years with Windows systems

• Experience with GitOps tools like ArgoCD

• Strong scripting skills: Bash, PowerShell, Python, JavaScript

• Deep understanding of containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm

• Solid grasp of networking: CIDR, subnets, NSG, VPNs, DNS, TCP/UDP, TLS, PKI, firewalls, proxies, API gateways, NAT, IPv6

• Experience working with Microsoft Fabric for data integration and analytics

• Experience using Git with various workflow and branching strategies

🌟 Preferred

• Experience with Kubernetes Operators

• Proficiency with tools like kubectl, K9s, oc, helm, kustomize, ArgoCD

• Familiarity with registries: Artifactory, Azure Artifacts, GitHub Packages, ACR, Harbor, Docker Hub, Nexus, ECR

• Experience with observability platforms: Elastic Stack, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry

• Certifications in Kubernetes, networking, security, or cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)

• 🎥 Video Streaming Experience (Preferred) - Familiarity with WebRTC, HLS, RTMP, RTSP, CDN integration, and media encoding workflows

• 📡 IoT Protocols & Messaging (Preferred) - Experience with MQTT, AMQP, and brokers like HiveMQ, RabbitMQ

Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here.