Azure DevOps Engineer

Job Title                       -                   Azure DevOps Engineer II

Job Location               -                    Remote – EST hours

Job Duration               -                   12 Months Contract  

Job Description: Callouts:

o     This role is fully remote ; candidates can be anywhere in the US as long as they are ok to work east coast hours

 o         Strong development experience with .NET / C# / Java.

o          Experience building APIs.

o          Solid Cloud/DevOps experience, especially with Azure.

o          Hands-on experience with Azure technologies including Web Functions, Webhooks, and Queue/Service Bus, etc.

The DevOps Engineer helps increase speed of delivery, improve quality/security of code, and optimize processes for development team. The DevOps Engineer is responsible for identifying the bottlenecks of various development and delivery processes, working with team members to improve them, and improving the overall experience of developers. They are responsible for infrastructure-as-code deployment tooling and supporting services on multiple cloud provides along with metrics and login

Responsibilities:

Works closely with Tech Leads and developers of various teams to assess existing problems and to come up with process improvement solutions

Identifies bottlenecks in coding development and deployment processes

Participates in planning delivery time, code quality, and process efficiency improvement projects

Executes on plan by building coding standardizations and automating processes for the organization

Performs daily tasks such as environmental health checks, disk space monitoring, and environmental status reports

Maintains and grows knowledge of platform configuration management and troubleshooting

Actively participates in deploying application artifacts to appropriate target environments using the supported technologies and infrastructure

Surveys developers and technical members of the organization to understand their main pain points in the coding and development process

Collaborates with the rest of DevOps team to deliver consistent and holistic solution to the organization

General:

Passionate about technology and excited about the impact of emerging/disruptive technologies

Wants to unleash inner self-starter and work in an environment that fosters entrepreneurial minds

Believes in culture of brutal transparency and trust

Open to learning new ideas outside scope or knowledge

Required skills:

Excellent coding and scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Powershell) and experience with implementing high-scale cloud architectures using modern, cloud-based container platforms (PaaS/SaaS)

Working knowledge of deployment automation solutions (i.e. Terraform, ADO)

Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) and cluster management tools like Kubernetes

Experience with containers such as Docker, OpenShift

Experience with continuous integration and related tools such as Jenkins, Hudson, Maven, Ant, Git, Sonar, etc.

Strong understanding of Agile methodologies

Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex technical concepts and align organization on decisions

Sound problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply

Utilizes team collaboration to create innovative solutions efficiently

Experience as a DevOps or SRE Engineer on a cross-functional agile team preferred