DEVOPS ENGINEER

COPE Health Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep, and a strong understanding of working in highly regulated environments like healthcare (e.g., HIPAA, HiTrust, SOC 2). You’ll help build, maintain, and evolve secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines across our cloud environment. You’ll be part of a cross-functional engineering team and work closely with developers, QA, security, and compliance teams to ensure our infrastructure meets business, performance, and compliance needs.
FLSA Status
Exempt
Salary Range
$90,000- $110,000
Reports To
Director, Data Information and Security / VP of Engineering
Direct Reports
None
Location
Ireland (remote)
Travel
Occasional
Work Type
Regular
Schedule
Full Time

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Azure and Bicep templates.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, etc.) for application deployment and infrastructure automation.
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with compliance requirements (HIPAA, HiTrust, etc.) and supports secure SDLC practices.
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics).
• Support containerization efforts using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, and/or Docker.
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to conduct audits, manage security baselines, and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Automate routine operational tasks using scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Manage secrets and access controls securely using tools like Azure Key Vault and role-based access control (RBAC).
• Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity planning/testing.
  Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across environments and support root cause analysis.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, computer engineering, informatics, management information systems or STEM discipline strongly preferred
• 3–5+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps or Cloud Engineering role.
• Strong experience with Azure infrastructure and services (e.g., VNETs, Key Vault, App Services, AKS, SQL/Azure Storage, Application Gateway).
• Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep (ARM templates or Terraform experience a plus).
• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Proficiency with scripting languages like PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Experience in highly regulated environments (preferably healthcare) and familiarity with HIPAA, HiTrust, or SOC 2.
• Knowledge of secure cloud architecture best practices and secure SDLC.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and identity management in Azure.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools in Azure (App Insights, Log Analytics, Azure Monitor).
• Familiarity with containers and orchestration tools (Docker, AKS).
• High attention to detail with ability to adapt and be flexible in a complex, changing environment
• A willing, effective, and efficient learner; willingness to receive feedback and take direction
• Ability to work remotely and travel occasionally for team meetings

Preferred:

• Azure Certifications
• Practical experience leveraging AI to improve efficiencies.
• Experience integrating vulnerability scanning tools into CI/CD.
• Experience with policy-as-code using Azure Policy.
• Experience supporting audits and documentation for compliance frameworks.

WHAT WE DO:

COPE Health Solutions is a national mission-driven consulting firm that partners with health systems and payor clients. We provide our clients with the tools, services and advice they need to thrive in the current complex and uncertain pluralistic payment environment and achieve visionary, organizationally relevant results. Our firm has expertise in all aspects of population health, strategy, delivery system development, payment systems reform, workforce development and population health management support services, including peerless analytics and performance improvement. We are driven by our passion to help transform health care delivery, align financial incentives to support population health management and build the workforce needed as health care moves to value-based care.
The Analytics for Risk Contracting (ARC) Suite provides a powerful array of analytic and reporting tools designed to achieve optimal value and performance for organizations currently in or planning to move to risk-based arrangements. Leveraging our extensive, hands-on expertise in helping IPAs, ACOs and health systems achieve successful outcomes in risk contracts, our team of managed care experts draw insights from the analytic outputs that are tailored to each organization’s unique circumstances to interpret the data and recommend initiatives to help improve total cost and quality.

Please refer the Job description for details