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Sr. Lead Azure DevOps Engineer
Weehawken, NJ
Our challenge
- We are seeking a Lead Azure DevOps Engineer to help us implement robust DevOps practices that will enable our teams to deliver highquality software at speed.
- Candidate expertise in Azure DevOps and modern cloud technologies will be crucial in overcoming these challenges and driving our initiatives forward.
The Role
Responsibilities:
- Configure and implement Azure DevOps workflows utilizing Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, and Azure Artifacts to support the development lifecycle.
- Develop and establish continuous integration processes to automate builds and integrate regression test suites, enhancing infrastructure efficiency and reliability.
- Establish build, release, and configuration management guidelines using industry best practices, with a strong focus on public cloud services and resources (preferably Azure, AKS, Helm, Terraform).
- Maintain and manage the container ecosystem, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, ensuring best practices in containerization.
- Demonstrate strong practical delivery and administration knowledge of the Kubernetes platform and its ecosystem, including service mesh (Istio preferred), network policy tools (Calico preferred), and cross-cluster management tools.
- Oversee source code version control, maintain code repositories, administer database baselines, and improve best practices for branching and code merging.
- Automate the release and deployment processes while enforcing established change management protocols.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines by managing quality and security policies/gates, designing release strategies, setting up release management workflows, and applying appropriate deployment patterns using Azure DevOps.
- Work with build and CI tools such as Maven, Gradle, and Git. Experience in building CI and CD pipelines with GitLab is a plus.
- Develop cloud infrastructure using standard IaC tools such as Terraform and Ansible to ensure consistent and reproducible infrastructure deployments.
Requirements:
You are:
- 10 years of experience in DevOps engineering, specifically with Azure technologies and practices.
- Strong understanding and hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, including Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, and Azure Artifacts.
- Solid practical delivery knowledge of public cloud services, particularly Azure, along with AKS, Helm, and Terraform.
- Proficiency in container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong experience in the administration of Kubernetes, including knowledge of service meshes and network policies.
- Experience with source code version control systems, particularly Git, and familiarity with branching strategies and code merging best practices.
- Proficient in using build and CI tools such as Maven and Gradle, with experience in GitLab being an advantage.
- Experience in developing infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within a team environment.
It would be great if you also had:
- Relevant certifications in Azure (e.g., Azure DevOps Solutions Expert) or other cloud technologies.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools for cloud-native applications (e.g., Azure Monitor, Grafana).
- Understanding of security best practices related to DevOps and cloud environments
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