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Senior Azure Integration & Automation Engineer The Opportunity: Seeking an experienced Senior Azure Integration & Automation Engineer (Contract) to design, implement, and operationalize secure, scalable Azure-based integrations and automation solutions. This role is a hands-on individual contributor, focused on delivery and platform enablement rather than people management. You will partner closely with IT, Security, and business application owners to build production-ready integrations and establish repeatable standards across the enterprise. All acronyms and technologies referenced below are defined within context. Responsibilities Engineering & Delivery • Design and implement integration workflows across SaaS and internal systems using Azure Functions. • Build, publish, and manage APIs using Azure API Management (APIM), including versioning, product configuration, and developer onboarding guidance. • Implement APIM policies for authentication/authorization, throttling and quotas, transformation, logging, and IP filtering as required. • Develop Azure Functions (C#/.NET, Node.js/TypeScript, or Python) for data transformation, enrichment, orchestration helpers, and lightweight services. • Implement standardized error handling, retry logic, idempotency, and exception capture patterns. Security, Compliance, and Operations • Implement secrets and credential management using Azure Key Vault, including managed identity access and rotation-friendly patterns. • Apply secure-by-default practices such as role-based access control (RBAC), least privilege, and managed identities. • Implement centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics, including correlation IDs across APIM, Logic Apps, and Functions. • Create operational runbooks, support documentation, and handoff materials for production support teams. Platform Enablement & Standards • Establish reusable templates and patterns (Function App standards, APIM policy snippets). • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for repeatable deployments and environment promotion (Dev/Test/Prod). • Partner with stakeholders to define integration requirements, service-level expectations, and support models. Required Skills, Experience and Education: • Minimum 5+ years of experience in integration, automation, or cloud engineering, including 2+ years of hands-on Azure delivery. • Proven experience with: • Azure API Management (APIM) – policies, products/subscriptions, authentication patterns • Azure Functions – serverless development (C#/.NET, Node.js, TypeScript, or Python) • Azure Key Vault – secrets, certificates, and managed identities • Azure Monitor / Log Analytics – KQL queries, dashboards, and alerts • Azure SQL server – data definition, queries, stored procedures • Strong understanding of integration fundamentals: REST/JSON, webhooks, OAuth2, JWT, managed identity, retries, and idempotency. • Experience delivering production systems with operational maturity (monitoring, alerting, and runbooks). • Familiarity with enterprise tooling such as Git, Jira and ServiceNow. Preferred Skills: • Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps. • Experience with Terraform. • Knowledge of Azure networking and security patterns, including private endpoints and virtual network integration. • Experience integrating enterprise business applications such as Workday, NetSuite, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, ADP and similar platforms. • Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., SOC 1/2, SOX, GxP) with audit-friendly logging practices.

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Must-haves

Senior Azure Integration & Automation Engineer
Engineering & Delivery
Design and implement integration workflows across SaaS and internal systems using Azure Functions.
Build, publish, and manage APIs using Azure API Management (APIM), including versioning, product configuration, and developer onboarding guidance.
Implement APIM policies for authentication/authorization, throttling and quotas, transformation, logging, and IP filtering as required.
Develop Azure Functions (C#/.NET, Node.js/TypeScript, or Python) for data transformation, enrichment, orchestration helpers, and lightweight services.
Implement standardized error handling, retry logic, idempotency, and exception capture patterns.
Security, Compliance, and Operations
Implement secrets and credential management using Azure Key Vault, including managed identity access and rotation-friendly patterns.
Apply secure-by-default practices such as role-based access control (RBAC), least privilege, and managed identities.
Implement centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics, including correlation IDs across APIM, Logic Apps, and Functions.
Create operational runbooks, support documentation, and handoff materials for production support teams.
Platform Enablement & Standards
Establish reusable templates and patterns (Function App standards, APIM policy snippets).
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for repeatable deployments and environment promotion (Dev/Test/Prod).
Partner with stakeholders to define integration requirements, service-level expectations, and support models.
Minimum 5+ years of experience in integration, automation, or cloud engineering, including 2+ years of hands-on Azure delivery.
Azure API Management (APIM) – policies, products/subscriptions, authentication patterns
Azure Functions – serverless development (C#/.NET, Node.js, TypeScript, or Python)

Nice-to-haves

Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps.
Experience with Terraform.
Knowledge of Azure networking and security patterns, including private endpoints and virtual network integration.
Experience integrating enterprise business applications such as Workday, NetSuite, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, ADP and similar platforms.
Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., SOC 1/2, SOX, GxP) with audit-friendly logging practices.

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