Key Responsibilities\:

• Maintain & upgrade CI/CD implementations and automation

• Help remove technical blockers and provide technical guidance to team members on DevOps implementations

• Provide guidance to Architects and/or Product Development Teams

• Work with the Azure Landing Zone architects to design new features

• Participate in all SCRUM ceremonies and implement new requirements from the backlog

• Consolidate & continuously update documentation/wiki & how-to guides

Qualifications

The candidate is expected to have the following technical skills and experience\:

• 5 years’ experience engineering/operating IT Infrastructure solutions in Microsoft Azure

• Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD strategies in Azure DevOps

• Hands-on experience in implementing and managing Microsoft Azure infrastructure & governance (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).

• Strong experience in provisioning, configuring, and deploying Azure infrastructure, Azure policies, creating CI/CD pipelines, release management and IaC with Terraform

• Expert level knowledge of Azure Cloud including the following\:

◦ Cloud networking knowledge covering macro and micro-segmentation, Virtual Networks/VPCs, sub-netting, route tables, VPN, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, IPsec, Load Balancing.

◦ Network services knowledge\: DHCP, DNS, AWS Route53/ Azure Private DNS Zones, NTP, Azure Traffic Manager

◦ Strong, working knowledge of Configuration and Infrastructure as Code concepts

◦ Authentication, Directory Services, LDAP and IAM\: Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Certificate Services, PKI, Single Sign-On, AWS IAM.

◦ Cloud storage knowledge covering Azure Storage Accounts, Azure Blobs, Azure Files

◦ Cloud serverless infrastructure with Azure LogicApps, Azure Functions, and Azure WebApps

◦ Cloud messaging knowledge covering Azure Notification Hub, Azure EventGrid, Azure ServiceBus, Azure EventHub, IoT Hub

• Knowledge of tools\: Github Actions, JIRA, Confluence, Sharepoint

• Expert knowledge of Docker and Container services; with specific experience with Docker Compose, and Dockerfile to build and manage container images.

• Familiar with non-functional requirements – Logs, Backup, DRP, Resilient Design

• Have a service-oriented attitude (flexible, personable, and approachable)

• Knowledge of agile development practices (SCRUM, SAFe)

• Nice to have\: Certified Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104, AZ-700, AZ-305)