.Net + Azure Architect with DevOps & AI Fundamentals
Job details
- Level
- Staff / principal
- Posted
- Nov 3, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Nov 4, 2026
About this role
- Job ID:
J53755
- Job Title:
.Net + Azure Architect with DevOps & AI Fundamentals
- Location:
Charlotte, NC
- Duration:
24 Months + Extension
- Domain Exposure:
IT/Software
- Work Authorization:
US Citizen,Green Card,OPT-EAD,CPT,H-1B,H4-EAD,L2-EAD,GC-EAD
- Client:
To Be Discussed Later
- Employment Type:
W-2, 1099, C2C
Job Title: .Net + Azure Architect with DevOps & AI Fundamentals
Location: Charlotte, NC
Duration: 8 Months + Extension
Bill Rate: $77/hour (C2C)
Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C
Client: To Be Discussed Later
Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other
Job Description :
.NET, Azure, CICD with Terraform as the core engineering expectation and
positioned AI fundamentals as practical working knowledge, rather than
expecting an AIML specialist
Role Overview:
- We are looking for an experienced.NET/Azure Architect with strong
hands-on expertise in building and modernizing cloud-native
applications.
- The candidate should have solid experience in CI/CD automation and
Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, along with practical exposure to
modern AI-assisted software engineering, including building basic AI
agents and awareness of concepts such as SDD and MCP.
- The person should be comfortable working across application
development, cloud engineering, DevOps and AI-enabled development
practices.
Responsibilities:
- .NET & Application Engineering Design, develop and maintain scalable
applications using C#, .NET / .NET Core and ASP.NET Core.
- Develop and integrate REST APIs and microservices. Apply engineering
practices such as SOLID principles, dependency injection, design
patterns and clean architecture.
- Design solutions for scalability, performance, resilience and
maintainability.
- Participate in technical design, code reviews, troubleshooting and
production issue resolution.
- These expectations are consistent with the existing Principal
Engineer_Architect_JD.docx, which emphasizes .NET Core, microservices,
REST APIs, DDD and cloud-native engineering. Microsoft Azure Strong
hands-on experience with Azure services such as:
- Azure App Service
- Azure Functions
- Azure API Management (APIM)
- Azure Service Bus / Event Hubs
- Azure SQL Azure Storage
- Azure Key Vault Azure Monitor / Application Insights
- Exposure to AKS / containerized applications is desirable.
- The existing internal JD also identifies App Services, Functions, AKS,
APIM, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Key Vault, Azure SQL and Azure Monitor as
relevant Azure engineering capabilities.
- CI/CD & DevOps Strong practical knowledge of Azure DevOps CI/CD
pipelines.
- Experience creating and maintaining YAML-based build and deployment
pipelines.
- Automate application build, testing and deployments across
environments.
- Good understanding of branching strategies, release management,
deployment approvals and environment configuration.
- Exposure to GitHub Actions is an advantage.
- Your existing AX - Software Developer .NET -Azure, API.docx
specifically calls for unit testing, CI/CD, YAML pipelines, Terraform
and trunk-based branching.
- Terraform / Infrastructure as Code Hands-on experience with Terraform
for provisioning and managing Azure infrastructure.
- Ability to create, understand and modify Terraform modules.
- Understanding of Terraform state management, environments, variables
and reusable modules. Integrate Terraform provisioning with CI/CD
pipelines.
- Understanding of secure handling of configuration and secrets.
- Terraform module structure, environment handling, state management and
CI/CD integration are also reflected in your existing interview
criteria.
- AI / GenAI Fundamentals The candidate does not need to be an AI/ML
specialist, but should be comfortable adopting AI within software
engineering.
- Expected exposure: Understanding of Generative AI and LLM
fundamentals.
- Ability to create simple AI agents / agentic workflows.
- Basic understanding of prompting and tool-based AI interactions.
Awareness of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) concepts.
- Awareness of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and its purpose in
connecting AI applications/agents with tools and contextual information.
- Awareness of SDD (Spec-Driven Development) and AI-assisted software
development practices.
- Exposure to AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot or similar
tools.
- Ability to identify practical opportunities where AI can improve
development, testing, documentation and engineering productivity.
- Exposure to Azure AI / Azure OpenAI / Microsoft Foundry is desirable,
not mandatory.
Equal Opportunity
Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.