Senior DevOps Engineer - Remote

Senior DevOps Engineer Remote | Full-Time | $100K+ Based on Experience

About the Role

Savance is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to take ownership of our cloud infrastructure, deployment strategy, security, and DevOps practices as we continue to scale. This is a high-impact role for someone who wants more than maintaining an established environment. You’ll have the opportunity to evaluate our current infrastructure, introduce best practices, improve automation, and help define the future of DevOps at Savance. You’ll partner closely with development, support, and implementation teams to build and maintain the infrastructure, tools, and deployment pipelines they need to deliver reliable software efficiently. Our environment is primarily Microsoft Azure and includes technologies such as Azure Front Door, Azure Web Apps, Azure DevOps, Linux-based Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, IIS, Windows application servers, virtual machines, containers, and Windows development/test environments. You’ll also play an important role in security and compliance initiatives, including SOC 2, ISO, and HIPAA, while helping ensure our infrastructure remains secure, scalable, reliable, well-documented, and cost-effective. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced DevOps professional who enjoys ownership, solving complex infrastructure challenges, and building systems and processes from the ground up. About Savance Savance is a fast-paced and collaborative technology company where initiative, continuous learning, and accountability are highly valued. We work best with people who are independent, self-motivated, technically curious, and comfortable solving complex problems. Our team values individuals who are confident enough to take ownership while remaining collaborative and open to learning. If you enjoy being challenged, introducing new ideas, and making a visible impact on a growing technology organization, Savance may be a great fit. What You’ll Do As our Senior DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Own and continuously improve our Azure-based production, staging, testing, and development environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain reliable cloud infrastructure with appropriate monitoring, alerting, logging, and documentation.
• Partner with software development teams to architect modern web applications, microservices, containerized workloads, and cloud-native distributed systems.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, including YAML-based pipelines and automation tools such as Ansible.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, configuration, and operational processes.
• Configure and manage Azure resources including virtual networks, virtual machines, Azure SQL, storage, web applications, load balancing, security groups, Key Vaults, and related services.
• Design cloud solutions for high availability, scalability, security, performance, and reliability.
• Manage Azure subscriptions, resource groups, IAM permissions, roles, groups, and access controls.
• Establish secure access for employees, contractors, applications, and services using least-privilege principles.
• Manage operating system updates, patching, and ongoing maintenance for Azure-hosted virtual machines.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, security, and cost and proactively recommend improvements.
• Regularly audit the cloud environment to identify opportunities to improve scalability, reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Support and improve deployment strategies, including techniques such as Blue-Green Deployment.
• Participate throughout the software development lifecycle, including planning, requirements, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Research, evaluate, and implement new technologies and tools that improve automation, repeatability, efficiency, and reliability.
• Support security and compliance initiatives related to SOC 2, ISO, and HIPAA.
• Assist with certification and audit readiness, documentation, controls, and remediation activities.
• Manage technical aspects of employee onboarding and offboarding while maintaining security and compliance requirements using tools such as Sprinto.
• Develop and maintain clear documentation for infrastructure, deployment processes, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Serve as a technical resource and DevOps subject-matter expert across the organization.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of professional DevOps experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a technical role, such as software development, cloud engineering, systems engineering, IT, or software architecture.
• Advanced experience administering and supporting Microsoft Azure environments.
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps and Git.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including YAML-based pipelines.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible.
• Experience securing, monitoring, and maintaining production Azure environments.
• Strong understanding of Azure administration, including subscriptions, IAM, resource groups, networking, and access management.
• Experience designing highly available, scalable, and reliable cloud architectures.
• Experience supporting modern application architectures, including cloud-native applications, containers, and microservices.
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, disaster recovery, and production reliability.
• Experience supporting technical teams throughout the software development and deployment lifecycle.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into practical infrastructure solutions.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex technical initiatives.

Azure Experience Candidates should have strong hands-on knowledge across a range of Azure technologies, including:

• Azure Virtual Machines
• Azure Web Apps
• Azure Resource Groups
• Azure Virtual Networks
• Azure Front Door
• Azure Load Balancer
• Network Security Groups and security rules
• Azure SQL / SQL Server
• Azure Blob Storage
• Azure Cache
• Azure Alerts
• Azure Monitor, Metrics, and Logs
• Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
• Azure Key Vault
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Azure DevOps

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with any of the following is a plus:

• Azure DevOps certification or other relevant Microsoft Azure certifications
• SOC 2, ISO, HIPAA, or similar security/compliance frameworks
• Sprinto or similar compliance management platforms
• Infrastructure as Code and advanced cloud automation
• Containerized application environments
• Blue-Green or similar zero/minimal-downtime deployment strategies
• Agile and Waterfall software development methodologies
• Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL migrations
• Programming or development experience with C#, VB.NET, Angular, SQL, HTML, or CSS
• Google Workspace

What Makes Someone Successful at Savance

• Ownership-Oriented

You take responsibility for systems and projects from identification through implementation and ongoing improvement.

• Technically Curious

You enjoy learning new technologies, evaluating better approaches, and continuously improving the environment.

• Automation-Minded

You look for opportunities to replace repetitive manual processes with reliable, repeatable automation.

• Security-Conscious

You consider security, access control, compliance, and risk as fundamental parts of infrastructure design.

• Problem-Solver

You can investigate complex technical issues, determine root causes, evaluate alternatives, and implement practical solutions.

• Organized & Detail-Oriented

You can manage multiple priorities while maintaining accurate documentation and following through on important operational details.

• Self-Motivated

You can work independently, prioritize effectively, and deliver results without requiring constant supervision.

• Collaborative

You communicate effectively with developers, technical teams, leadership, and other stakeholders and enjoy working toward shared goals.

• Quality-Focused

You build infrastructure and deployment processes with reliability, repeatability, testing, and long-term maintainability in mind.

• Adaptable

You’re comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities evolve and you may occasionally need to wear multiple hats. Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
• 5+ years of DevOps experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development, cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, IT, software architecture, or a related technical discipline.
• Microsoft Azure or Azure DevOps certification preferred.

Compensation & Benefits Savance offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including:

• $100,000+ annual base salary, based on experience
• Performance-based bonuses
• Two weeks of paid time off
• 8–10 paid holidays annually
• 401(k) with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible work schedule
• Remote, work-from-home position

Make an Impact This is an opportunity to become a key technical owner within Savance and help shape how we build, deploy, secure, and scale our technology. If you have deep Azure and DevOps experience, enjoy solving challenging infrastructure problems, and want the freedom to introduce better tools, processes, and practices, we’d like to hear from you. Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Do you have at least 5 years of professional DevOps experience?
• Do you have hands-on experience administering and supporting Microsoft Azure cloud environments?
• Do you have experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, including YAML-based pipelines?
• Do you have experience securing and monitoring production cloud environments, including IAM/access management?
• Do you have experience designing or supporting highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• DevOps: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Azure or Azure DevOps (Required)

Work Location: Remote