DevOps Cloud Engineer at Rapid Finance
Bethesda, MD
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Jul 9, 2026
Bethesda, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A cloud engineering role focused on designing, administering, and automating Azure-based infrastructure that hosts multiple software applications. Day-to-day work spans container orchestration with Kubernetes, managing Azure DevOps pipelines, handling security and storage configurations, and coordinating software publishing between IT and development teams. Suits someone with hands-on Azure and DevOps experience who is comfortable bridging infrastructure and application delivery.
Mid level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 570 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 170–850
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role sits between pure infrastructure operations and DevOps automation/tooling engineering. 15-1252 (Software Developers) was chosen because the JD emphasizes building/automating pipelines, publishing infrastructure, and implementing new tooling — work that involves writing and shipping automation code — rather than simply operating existing systems. 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) is a credible runner-up given the strong administration and operations language.
Rapid Finance is headquartered in Bethesda, MD (Washington DC metro area); the posting references an on-site office near a metro stop, so remote=false was applied.
The JD groups Docker and Kubernetes together under one 'Containerization' bullet and Helm and Terraform together under one 'Kubernetes Package Managers' bullet. Each was emitted as a separate skill because they are distinct tools used alongside each other, not true drop-in substitutes; the pairing language ('e.g.') was treated as listing acceptable examples of the same requirement category rather than strict interchangeability.
No total years of experience and no compensation figures are stated in the posting.
'Experience building/configuring dashboards and/or monitoring for Azure services and clusters' was mapped to Azure Monitor as the canonical Azure-native monitoring tool; the requirement is clearly Azure-scoped.
Seniority is assessed as Mid: the JD uses 'Strong experience' language for several skills but states no years requirement, describes a coordination/liaison role without explicit ownership of org-wide architecture, and does not use Senior/Lead/Staff framing in the title.
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