Azure Devops Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, maintain, and support high-quality in-house software build systems for Enterprise class software
• Design and maintain automated pipelines to continuously deliver value to clients
• Provide design, implementation guidance and tutoring as necessary to other team members in best practices, tool use, and DevOps principals
• Designing, training, and implementing source code control management best practices 
• Creation and maintenance of an automated build/release scripts and plans
• Work independently and within project teams to provide guidance and recommendations to business stakeholders and management for risk remediation
• Communicate effectively with members of software development and other project related groups to ensure processes and project objectives are met
• Contribute and review ongoing improvements of the implementation of standards, methods, and procedures for DevOps best practices

Qualifications

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps/SCM engineer, or in a position with similar skill sets and responsibilities.
• Experience building .NET applications using build tools like Team City, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, MSBuild.
• Experience deploying applications in a CD fashion (Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, Github Actions, etc.).
• Experience using a scripting language such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator or DevOps Engineer Expert certification
• Proficiency with Windows operating systems. 
• Experience with Azure supporting IaaS and PaaS software implementations.
• Experience with Cloud Native applications (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform or similar
• Strong knowledge of n-tier web applications. 
• Knowledge of desired state configuration technologies such as DSC, Puppet, Chef, SCCM/SMS. 
• Experience with continuous delivery concepts.

Key skills and behaviours:

• Courage to challenge the status-quo when you spot an opportunity.
• Experience establishing standards and procedures and advocate best practices.
• Familiarity with change management systems and processes.
• Familiarity with principles of continuous integration and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical, creative, adaptable, resourceful, innovative, and imaginative.
• Strong problem-solving skills required, and ability to follow through to completion.
• Customer focused and commitment to best-in-class processes and procedures.