Alpha7X | DevOps Engineer

About Alpha7X

Alpha7X is an American technology company building the infrastructure for unified mortgage data. We normalize and reconcile every data field and document to its true Source of Truth, giving stakeholders a single, trusted dataset they can use across the entire loan lifecycle.

Our platform eliminates redundant manual review, improves accuracy, and delivers real-time transparency across stakeholders, solving one of the mortgage industry's biggest operational challenges.

About the Role

We are hiring a DevOps Engineer with deep experience in Azure and strong operational instincts. You will design, secure, automate, and maintain all cloud infrastructure systems that power our products.

Note: This is a remote-first role that will transition to in-office in the coming weeks, so candidates must be able to work on-site soon.

What You’ll Do

Architect and manage cloud infrastructure primarily on Azure
Work with Airflow for orchestration, pipelines, and scheduling
Build and maintain containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes
Implement networking configurations, firewalls, routing, DNS, VPNs, and security rules
Develop CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and infrastructure-as-code
Ensure compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and similar security frameworks
Monitor system performance, availability, and cost optimization
Collaborate closely with engineering teams to support deployments and incident response
Own infrastructure reliability, observability, and scalability end-to-end

What We’re Looking For

Required Skills & Experience:

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (AKS, VMs, networking, security groups, storage)
Airflow experience (self-hosted or managed)
Docker + Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE, or self-hosted clusters)
Strong networking knowledge: VNETs, routing, firewall rules, load balancers, DNS, NAT, VPNs
Strong security mindset: secrets management, zero-trust practices, firewalls, IAM, least privilege
Experience working with or implementing SOC 2 and ISO 27001 requirements
Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or Bicep preferred)
Experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or similar)
Ability to take initiative, work independently, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

Nice-to-Have Skills:

AWS experience (EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, Lambda)
Experience implementing SIEM/SOAR tooling (Azure Sentinel, Splunk, etc.)
Monitoring and observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, CloudWatch
Scripting with Python or Bash
Experience securing environments for HIPAA, PCI, or other regulated industries

What We Offer

Competitive salary
Remote-first today, transitioning to in-office
High autonomy and the ability to deeply influence infrastructure direction
A collaborative engineering culture where initiative is valued and teamwork is essential
Opportunity to build secure, scalable systems that support mission-critical applications