Lead Azure DevOps, Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Lead Azure DevOps, Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Location: The Woodlands Texas

Reports To: President of intelliSPEC

Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm, Hybrid – 3 days in office; 40 hours weekly

Travel: Minimal – 5%

About the Role

The Lead Azure DevOps, Infrastructure & Security Engineer will take full ownership of intelliSPEC’s Azure infrastructure, DevOps pipelines, cloud security posture, observability, cost optimization, and executive infrastructure reporting.

This is a high-impact role for someone who can operate across engineering, infrastructure, security, reliability, and business visibility. The right candidate is not just a pipeline administrator. This person will own the cloud operating model, make the platform more secure, scalable, cost-efficient, and reliable, and provide leadership with clear visibility into infrastructure health and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Azure Infrastructure Ownership
• * Own the design, management, optimization, and continuous improvement of intelliSPEC’s Azure infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as Code
• * Build, maintain, and evolve Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or equivalent IaC tools.
• CI/CD and Release Engineering
• * Own and improve intelliSPEC’s CI/CD pipelines across application, API, mobile, and platform services.
• * Build secure, reliable, and automated pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Security and DevSecOps
• * Support SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, and customer security review readiness.
• Observability, Reliability, and Incident Readiness
• * Build and manage observability across Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, alerts, dashboards, and incident workflows.
• * Create runbooks for incident response, disaster recovery, backup validation, environment recovery, and production support.
• Cost Optimization and FinOps
• * Own Azure cost visibility, budget controls, tagging discipline, usage monitoring, and cost optimization recommendations.
• * Build infrastructure cost dashboards for leadership, engineering, and finance.

What We’re Looking For

• – Required
• * 5+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, SRE, or cloud security.
• * 3+ years of hands-on experience managing Microsoft Azure environments.
• * Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or similar tools.
• * Experience managing Azure cost optimization, governance, tagging, budget controls, and cloud resource efficiency.
• * Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices and secure cloud architecture.
• * Ability to troubleshoot production issues across applications, infrastructure, network, identity, and deployment layers.
• * Ability to build executive-level dashboards using Power BI, Azure Workbooks, KQL, or equivalent BI and reporting tools.
• * Strong documentation skills, including runbooks, architecture diagrams, deployment guides, and operational procedures.
• * Strong ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently and drive outcomes.
• About intelliSPEC
• intelliSPEC is transforming industrial operations with a unified, intelligent platform built for safety, reliability, and efficiency. Our solutions empower inspection teams and plant operators to work anywhere, even in low-connectivity environments, with secure, resilient, and intuitive tools.
• Perks/Benefits
• Competitive Pay depending on experience, Paid time off and Holidays, Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), Company Match 401(k), Company Paid Life Insurance, Company Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability, Company Paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• PK Companies Group, LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
• All hiring decisions are based on the qualifications of each candidate compared to other candidates and business needs.
• We thank all applicants for their interest in our company, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
• PK Companies Group, LLC participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the US. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the form I-9.
• Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm, Hybrid - 3 days minimum in office.