.NET Backend Engineer with strong Azure Cloud

Akkodis is seeking a .NET Backend Engineer with strong Azure Cloud for Contract (W2) with a client in Hopkins, MN - (3 days onsite in a week) . Ideally, we are looking for candidates with a strong background in C#, .NET Core/.NET 8+, Azure, AKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices, Azure DevOps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, Azure API Management (APIM), Terraform/Bicep, Azure SQL, OAuth/JWT, CI/CD, Production Support

Pay Range: $70 -$72/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Position - .NET Backend Engineer with strong Azure Cloud

Location- Irving, TX - (3 days onsite in a week)

Duration- 24 months contract

US Bank

Position Overview

Senior .NET Backend Engineer / Architect (Azure Cloud Focus)

Required Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong expertise in C#, .NET Core, and .NET 8/10+
• Deep hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure
• Strong experience with Azure services including:
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Service Bus
• Azure Storage
• Azure Functions
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Monitor / Application Insights
• Azure API Management
• Azure SQL Database
• Proven experience building scalable, distributed microservices architectures (not monolithic applications)
• Strong understanding of cloud-native and event-driven architectures
• Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting applications in AKS/Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with Docker containerization and Kubernetes orchestration
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, security, and private connectivity concepts
• Experience working in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions
• Experience automating build, deployment, testing, and release processes
• Strong API design, backend architecture, and service integration skills
• Solid experience with SQL Server, Azure SQL, data modeling, and performance tuning
• Strong understanding of resiliency patterns including retries, circuit breakers, failover, and fault tolerance
• Experience supporting high-volume, transaction-intensive distributed systems
• Strong production support and troubleshooting skills across multiple environments
• Experience implementing security best practices including OAuth, JWT, Managed Identities, Key Vault, and secrets management

Preferred Experience

• Hands-on Kafka experience including producer/consumer design, retries, dead-letter queues, and event troubleshooting
• Experience with distributed tracing and observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Experience designing schemas for event-driven systems, including idempotency, ordering, and schema evolution
• Experience with performance engineering, scalability testing, and bottleneck analysis
• Experience leading technical design sessions and mentoring engineers
• Experience modernizing legacy applications and migrating workloads to Azure

What We're Looking For

• Senior engineer who can independently own solutions from architecture through production support
• Strong Azure practitioner, not just someone familiar with Azure concepts
• Comfortable making architecture decisions, troubleshooting complex production issues, and driving cloud modernization initiatives
• Able to work closely with business, architecture, and platform teams while maintaining hands-on development responsibilities

Key emphasis: This role requires a developer with strong real-world Azure implementation experience, particularly with AKS, Azure DevOps, cloud-native microservices, observability, security, and production support, not just .NET development experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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· The California Fair Chance Act

· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance