Lead Azure DevOps Engineer

We are

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron's progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20 years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,500 , and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

We are seeking a Lead Azure DevOps Engineer to help us implement robust DevOps practices that will enable our teams to deliver high-quality software at speed. Candidate expertise in Azure DevOps and modern cloud technologies will be crucial in overcoming these challenges and driving our initiatives forward.

Additional Information

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Weehawken, NJ is $130k - $140k / year & benefits (see below).

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.

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S YNECHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative 'Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidate Application Notice

Salary : $130,000 - $140,000