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Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.
Within Microsoft Fabric, the Data Integration team enables organizations to connect, move, and shape data across their entire data estate. As data is generated across applications, devices, and systems, our integration capabilities make it easy to ingest, transform, and prepare data for downstream use. Fabric’s unified integration experience simplifies how customers bring data together, ensuring it is trusted, usable, and ready to power analytics, real-time insights, and AI scenarios.
The Fabric Data Integration team is currently seeking DevOps Engineer – Azure/Fabric with expertise in Azure DevOps, CI/CD, PowerShell/Python, infrastructure automation, Git, Azure deployment technologies, monitoring, and troubleshooting. The role will focus on automating ADF and Microsoft Fabric region/cloud buildouts, building scalable deployment pipelines, improving operational reliability, and driving zero-touch automation. Experience with Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Airflow, ARM/Bicep, networking, identity, and multi-region cloud deployments is preferred.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- CI/CD & Release Engineering
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Git-based workflows.
- Automate build, validation, deployment, and post-deployment verification.
- Support safe promotion of changes across development, test, and production environments.
- Improve deployment reliability through automated validation and quality gates.
- Region & Cloud Buildout Automation
- Automate infrastructure and service onboarding for new Azure regions and sovereign clouds.
- Identify manual deployment steps and convert them into repeatable, zero-touch automation.
- Develop reusable scripts/tools for pre-buildout, buildout, validation, and post-buildout activities.
- Support ADF, ADMS, Fabric DI, and Airflow deployment workflows.
- Infrastructure & Automation
- Develop automation using PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, REST APIs, ARM/Bicep or equivalent infrastructure-as-code technologies.
- Manage configuration across environments and regions.
- Build automated health checks and deployment validation mechanisms.
- Improve scalability and repeatability of infrastructure provisioning.
- Reliability & Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot deployment, configuration, networking, authentication, certificate, and infrastructure issues.
- Perform root-cause analysis and develop automation to prevent repeat failures.
- Improve monitoring, diagnostics, alerting, and operational readiness.
- Participate in production/live-site investigations and drive issues to closure.
Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C#, Java, React, or Python ○ OR equivalent experience.
- Experience in data integration or migrations or ELT or ETL tooling is mandatory
Strong experience with Azure DevOps / CI-CD pipelines - PowerShell and/or Python scripting
- Git and branch/PR workflows
- Azure infrastructure and deployment concepts
- Infrastructure as Code and deployment automation
- REST APIs and automation tooling
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
- Monitoring, logging, and incident investigation experience
- Kubernetes/AKS and container technologies
Other Requirements
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:
○ This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Job Requirements: Other & Additional
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- ARM/Bicep
- Azure networking and Managed VNet concepts
- Azure identity, Managed Identity, Service Principal, RBAC, certificates
- Experience with multi-region or sovereign-cloud deployments
- Kusto / Azure Monitor / Geneva or similar observability platforms
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience
- Experience with data integration, data migrations, ELT, or ETL tooling
- Strong experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
- PowerShell and/or Python scripting
- Git and branch/PR workflows
- Azure infrastructure and deployment concepts
- Infrastructure as Code and deployment automation
- REST APIs and automation tooling
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
- Monitoring, logging, and incident investigation experience
- Kubernetes/AKS and container technologies
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check
- ARM/Bicep
- Azure networking and Managed VNet concepts
- Azure identity, Managed Identity, Service Principal, RBAC, and certificates
- Experience with multi-region or sovereign-cloud deployments
- Kusto, Azure Monitor, Geneva, or similar observability platforms
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in specified languages, or equivalent experience
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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