Azure/AWS DevOps Lead - TFS to Azure Migration

Job title: Azure/AWS DevOps Lead - TFS to Azure Migration

Location: REMOT
mandatory Skills: Azure,AWS,Devops, TFS 2015

JD: We are seeking an experienced Azure /AWS DevOps Expert to lead the end-to-end migration of legacy systems to modern DevOps practices within Microsoft Azure..

This role will focus on: -

• Migrating TFS 2015 (TFVC and Git) to Azure Repos
• Migrating JIRA 7.x to Azure Boards
• Transforming and modernizing TeamCity build pipelines to Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines
• The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience with third-party tools such as OpsHub, Solidify, or equivalent for complex, history-preserving migrations, combined with deep Azure DevOps expertise.

Responsibilities: -

• Lead end-to-end migration strategy and execution from TFS 2015 to Azure DevOps Repos with full history retention and branch mapping.
• Manage JIRA 7.x to Azure Boards migration, including workflows, issue types, fields, custom rules, and sprint data, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Transform and re-implement TeamCity CI/CD pipelines into Azure DevOps pipelines, following YAML best practices.
• Design and implement DevOps governance policies: permissions, audit logging, branching policies, pipeline approvals, etc.
• Work with cross-functional teams to align Agile processes and ensure tooling integration with Azure Boards and Git.
• Automate post-migration validation, CI/CD testing, and regression checks for pipeline and source control correctness.
• Provide architectural guidance for Azure DevOps adoption across multiple product teams.
• Conduct knowledge transfer, documentation, and training for developers, testers, and project managers.

Mandatory skills

• Deep knowledge of Azure & AWS Networking (VPC, VNETs, Subnets, NSGs, UDRs, Private Endpoints, DNS Zones, Storage, Key Vaults).
• 5+ years of experience in Devops & Infrastructure Automation.
• Good understanding of TFS & Jira architecture and Migration steps to Azure Devops.
• Deep hands-on experience with TFVC & Git repository migration, including full commit history and branch topology preservation
• Strong Git knowledge and history-preserving repository management
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies, sprint planning, boards, and metrics
• Expertise in migrating Jira Epics, Stories, Bugs, Custom Fields, States, and Workflows
• Experience in converting build definitions from TeamCity to YAML-based Azure DevOps Pipelines
• Experience with Building Azure DevOps Pipelines for Build and Deployment automation.
• Strong grounding in CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code, and release pipeline design
• Scripting Skills: Strong scripting (eg: PowerShell, Bash, YAML, REST APIs) for Azure DevOps / JIRA and automation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong leadership skills, decision making and problem-solving abilities
• Experience working with stakeholders, driving migration workshops, and leading cross-functional teams
• Ability to implement RBAC, security policies, and tagging strategies as needed.
• Deploying, automating, maintaining, and managing Azure /AWS production system,
• Build, release, and configuration management of production systems
• Evaluate new technology options and vendor products.
• Monitoring Tools: Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g., Nagios).
• Problem Solving: Ability to analyse and resolve complex infrastructure resource and application deployment issues

Good to have skills: -

• Proficiency with OpsHub OMT, Solidify Migration Tool, git-tfs, or custom migration scripting
• AWS/Azure / Terraform Certification
• Experience with Azure Artifacts and internal NuGet feed management
• Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, or other observability tools
• Experience with TeamCity, Jenkins, Helix ALM or legacy build systems
• Working knowledge of Work Item Rule Customization, Extensions, and Azure DevOps API scripting
• Exposure to large-scale enterprise migrations with parallel execution, rollback strategies, and cutover planning
• Familiarity with Atlassian API, JIRA SDK, and custom field schema mapping
  
  
  
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