Azure DevOps Engineer

This is a full-time, direct hire opportunity; can sit 100% remote within the United States (Texas preferred).

What you will be doing:

• Design, develop, and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines and build processes
  
  
• Bring Azure-specific skills, with proficiency in Azure CLI
  
  
• Manage cloud-native tech stacks with Kubernetes and Container Orchestration
  
  
• Drive monitoring and observability standards
  
  
• Lead automation testing frameworks, integrated into the CI/CD process
  
  
• Operate and maintain cloud-native tech stacks like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), KEDA and advanced proficiency with Helm for automating Kubernetes.
  
  
• Experience with Azure Monitor, including setting up alerts, and utilize APM tooling such as DataDog and/or Dynatrace for observability and performance monitoring.
  
  
• Expertise in Azure DevOps for managing pipelines and build processes.
  
  
• Familiarity with data pipelines and the ability to troubleshoot them effectively.
  
  
• Required experience with SonarQube and lint tools for code quality and security scanning.
  
  
• Lead unit, integration, and load testing practices with tools like SonarQube and lint integrated into the CI/CD process.
  
  
• Proficiency in Azure CLI and networking services like Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), Private Endpoints, DNS, Private DNS, and VMSS ScaleSets will be critical for managing our cloud infrastructure.
  
  
• Maintains all server-side cloud and Security documentation to ensure compliance with the government's cyber security policy.
  
  
• Develops strategies to manage support package releases and patch management.
  
  
• Monitors cloud infrastructure and VM system maintenance and provides technical recommendations for improvements.
  
  

What we are looking for:

• 5 years of experience
  
  
• Bachelor s degree or comparable work experience
  
  
• Close collaboration with DevSecOps teams to integrate security best practices into DevOps processes.
  
  
• Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting for automation tasks and managing infrastructure.
  
  
• Experience in supporting centralized management and automation systems using Ansible playbooks and ad-hoc commands.
  
  
• Familiarity with data pipelines and the ability to troubleshoot them effectively
  
  
• In-depth knowledge of Linux based operating systems and services from the command line.
  
  
• Familiarity with industry best practices for Linux server security; ability to implement organizational security standards on the Linux platform
  
  
• Experience with automated software update mechanisms such as yum, up2date and apt-get
  
  
• A SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) mindset, to ensure a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement within the operation.
  
  
• Thorough understanding and workings of incident handling protocols, personally identifiable information, Server network procedures and information handling
  
  
• Thorough understanding and workings of cloud Server models: IaaS, PaaS, DaaS, SaaS
  
  
• Experience migrating existing applications to cloud
  
  
• Good consultative, communication, analytical and judgement skills
  
  
• Experience with implementing and maintaining highly available mission critical environments, disaster recovery testing and creating technical documentation
  
  
• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; attention to detail and accuracy; and time management and organizational skills
  
  

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