Deployment Engineer

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm.  Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity.  We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education. Senior Deployment Engineer  to lead the deployment, automation, and operational enablement of  enterprise‑scale cloud, data, and AI platforms . This role is critical to ensuring  production‑ready, secure, and scalable deployments  across Client analytics, AI, and digital platforms.
The engineer will work closely with Client cloud platform, data engineering, AI, DevOps, and security teams. The role requires deep hands‑on expertise combined with the ability to  own deployment strategy, improve platform standards .
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Platform Deployment Leadership


• Lead end‑to‑end deployment of complex cloud, data, and AI platforms across mostly  Azure but also AWS

• Own deployment architecture, standards, and operational readiness for  non‑prod and production environments

• Serve as the senior escalation point for deployment‑related failures, instability, or performance issues

DevOps & CI/CD Excellence


• Design, build, and optimize  enterprise‑grade CI/CD pipelines  for application, data, and AI workloads

• Establish and enforce deployment best practices including versioning, rollback strategies, and environment parity

• Drive automation to minimize manual deployment effort and reduce operational risk

Kubernetes & Container Platforms


• Lead deployment and operations of containerized platforms on  AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

• Manage cluster configuration, scaling, ingress/egress, secrets, and workload isolation

• Support container security, resilience, and high availability standards

Data & Analytics Platform Enablement


• Own deployment and operationalization of  Databricks  and  Microsoft Fabric  environments

• Support enterprise data workloads including Lakehouse architectures, analytics pipelines, and platform integrations

• Partner with data engineering teams to ensure deployments are optimized for scale, cost, and performance

AI Platform Deployment


• Lead deployment of AI solutions using  Azure OpenAI Service

• Support environment configuration, endpoint management, security controls, and production hardening

• Operationalize AI workloads responsibly and securely

Infrastructure as Code & Cloud Engineering


• Build and maintain  Infrastructure as Code (IaC)  using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or CloudFormation

• Ensure cloud resources follow enterprise security, networking, and governance standards

• Optimize cloud environments for cost efficiency, performance, and reliability

Security, Monitoring & Compliance


• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices (IAM, secrets, encryption, network isolation)

• Own monitoring, logging, and alerting strategy across deployed platforms

• Support audits, compliance reviews, and production readiness validations in regulated environments

 
 
Required Technical Skills
Core Expertise (Senior‑Level)


• DevOps & Deployment Engineering  in large‑scale enterprise environments

• Azure Cloud  (strong experience across compute, networking, security, and governance)

• AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)  – production deployment and operations

• Databricks  – enterprise deployment and platform enablement

• Microsoft Fabric  – environment setup and operational support

• AI Platforms  – experience deploying solutions using  Azure OpenAI Service

• AWS Cloud  – hands‑on deployment and operational understanding

Tooling & Technologies


• CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent)

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep, CloudFormation

• Containers & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes

• Monitoring & observability: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, CloudWatch, Prometheus

Qualifications & Experience


• 8+ years  of experience in Cloud, DevOps, or Deployment Engineering roles

• Proven experience leading deployments for  data, analytics, and AI platforms

• Strong background supporting  production enterprise systems

• Experience in  regulated or audit‑driven environments  is highly preferred

• Ability to operate independently and lead complex deployment initiatives end‑to‑end

  Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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