Staff Devops & Infrastructure Engineer

COMPANY OVERVIEW

TransGrid Energy(“TGE”) is a renewable energy company focused on investing, developing, owning and operating utility-scale battery energy storage systems and PV projects. TransGrid has a robust pipeline of projects under construction and in late-stage development, and the Company is actively expanding its energy asset portfolio across the United States.

As an affiliate company of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 company driven by a firm commitment to advancing the clean energy future, TransGrid Energy is striving to shape the renewable energy landscape by providing sustainable and reliable power solutions tailored to meet the energy needs of today and tomorrow.

POSITION OVERVIEW

TransGrid Energy is seeking a Staff DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer to serve as a technical leader responsible for evolving and scaling the Company’s cloud infrastructure and DevOps capabilities. The candidate will drive the design, automation, security, and reliability of TransGrid Energy’s Azure environment, establishing best practices across cloud architecture, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and platform operations. This is a high-impact role that will partner closely with engineering, data, AI, and business teams to deliver secure, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure while mentoring engineers, guiding technical decisions, and building scalable systems to support the Company’s continued growth and evolving technology needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the technical lead for the infrastructure team, setting direction for how our existing cloud environment is operated and improved, and mentoring engineers through code review, pairing, and design discussions.

• Own and evolve the company's existing Azure landing zones, including management group hierarchy, subscription strategy, hub-and-spoke or Virtual WAN networking, identity, and policy guardrails aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework.

• Maintain and extend our Terraform codebase, improving modules, state management, environment promotion, and standards so infrastructure changes stay safe, reviewable, and repeatable.

• Maintain and improve configuration management with Ansible and GitOps-based delivery to Kubernetes (AKS) using Argo CD.

• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions for infrastructure and application deployments, including automated testing, policy checks, and approval workflows.

• Operate, secure, and scale shared cloud services, including Azure Functions, Azure Event Hubs, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Foundry, and Temporal, partnering with data, AI, and application teams to keep them reliable, governed, and cost-effective.

• Strengthen security and compliance across the environment through Azure Policy, RBAC, Microsoft Entra ID, Key Vault, private networking, and secrets management, working closely with security stakeholders.

• Improve monitoring, logging, and alerting with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics; lead incident response and blameless post-incident reviews, and drive improvements in reliability.

• Manage cloud cost visibility and optimization, including tagging standards, budgets, and right-sizing.

• Partner with engineering, data, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into infrastructure solutions, and communicate trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Write and maintain clear documentation, runbooks, and architecture decision records.

• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform, or site reliability engineering, including 2+ years in a technical lead or staff-level role.

• Deep, hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure in production environments, including networking, identity, compute, storage, and governance services, as well as Azure Functions and Azure Event Hubs.

• Expert-level Terraform skills, including authoring reusable modules, remote state management, and running Terraform through CI/CD at scale.

• Experience operating and evolving Azure landing zones built on the Cloud Adoption Framework or equivalent enterprise-scale patterns.

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric (or closely related services such as Synapse, Data Factory, or Power BI Premium), including capacity, workspace, and access management.

• Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.

• Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management.

• Experience running Kubernetes (preferably AKS) and GitOps delivery with Argo CD or a similar tool.

• Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

• Solid understanding of cloud security practices, including least-privilege access, network segmentation, secrets management, and policy-as-code.

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, and communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert, or HashiCorp Terraform Associate are a plus.

• Experience operating Temporal and/or Azure AI Foundry is a plus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION

The ideal candidate for this role will have authorization to work in the US prior to joining TransGrid Energy LLC. The Company will not sponsor or offer assistance with the sponsorship for work authorization in the United States.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

TransGrid Energy believes that diversity and inclusion are vital to our success. We believe that by embracing different ideas and approaches, we enhance our ability to deliver the best results for our employees, our environment, and ultimately our business partners and customers. We foster a culture where all colleagues are able to share their passions and ideas in order that we may collectively embrace and overcome the challenges in our industry, and work toward a brighter future.

TransGrid Energy is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.