Azure App Modernization & DevOps Customer Engineer

JDA TSG is seeking an Azure App Modernization & DevOps Customer Engineer to join their growing team. This role focuses on assisting customers in building, deploying, and scaling applications using Azure technologies while adopting best practices in DevOps and modern application architectures.

Responsibilities:

• Guide customers through the design and deployment of modern application architectures on Azure using App Services, APIM, and microservices
• Help teams adopt DevOps best practices with GitHub and Azure DevOps, optimizing pipelines for scalability, security, and automation
• Enable containerization strategies using Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Container Apps (ACA) for elastic, resilient services
• Integrate GitHub Copilot to accelerate development cycles, improve code quality, and drive AI-assisted developer workflows
• Assist with API strategy and management, leveraging Azure API Management (APIM) for secure and scalable exposure of services
• Provide architectural guidance and hands-on support during cloud-native transformations and app re-platforming efforts
• Own technical governance across engagements, ensuring alignment with Microsoft best practices and enterprise scalability needs
• Collaborate cross-functionally to remove technical blockers and deliver on high-impact modernization initiatives

Requirements:

• Expert in modern app development in Azure, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps excellence
• Experience in building, deploying, and scaling applications using Azure App Services, API Management, microservices, and container platforms like AKS and Azure Container Apps
• Ability to guide development teams in integrating AI-driven productivity tools like GitHub Copilot
• Experience in shaping secure and efficient CI/CD workflows in GitHub and Azure DevOps environments
• Guide customers through the design and deployment of modern application architectures on Azure using App Services, APIM, and microservices
• Help teams adopt DevOps best practices with GitHub and Azure DevOps, optimizing pipelines for scalability, security, and automation
• Enable containerization strategies using Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Container Apps (ACA) for elastic, resilient services
• Integrate GitHub Copilot to accelerate development cycles, improve code quality, and drive AI-assisted developer workflows
• Assist with API strategy and management, leveraging Azure API Management (APIM) for secure and scalable exposure of services
• Provide architectural guidance and hands-on support during cloud-native transformations and app re-platforming efforts
• Own technical governance across engagements, ensuring alignment with Microsoft best practices and enterprise scalability needs
• Collaborate cross-functionally to remove technical blockers and deliver on high-impact modernization initiatives
• Proven experience modernizing monolithic apps into Microservices and/or container-based architectures
• Hands-on knowledge of GitHub, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipeline engineering
• Experience delivering cloud-native solutions across the entire app lifecycle—from architecture and DevOps to scaling and support
• Azure Application Services: App Services, APIM, Logic Apps, Azure Functions
• 10- 15+ years in software engineering or cloud architecture roles, with a focus on Azure Platform, Azure Application Services, Architecture & Dev Practices, DevOps & CI/CD and Security & Governance
• Strong customer engagement skills, including the ability to present to both technical and business stakeholders