Azure DevOps Architect (remote)

What you’ll do

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

Johnson Controls is seeking 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.

How you’ll do it

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

• Architect solutions that scale efficiently and ensure high availability across Azure cloud environments.

• 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 you will need

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

• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage to manage costs effectively.

• Design secure systems with role-based access control, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning.

• Implement and test DR plans and backup solutions for critical infrastructure.

• Set up observability tools and define alerting strategies for proactive issue resolution.

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

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $129,000 - $173,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and
abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at