Azure Devops Engineer

Summary:

The successful candidate will be responsible for automating build, infrastructure, and software configuration management related tasks, and will be experienced in working across several Azure cloud applications.  They will also be responsible for building out the continuous integration platform across several products and different areas of the business, so the ability to quickly apply their technical knowledge & experience to a new project and add immediate value is something that is of the utmost importance.

The role is ideally a hybrid role with at least 2 days a week in the Ipswich office, but remote may be considered for the right candidate.  

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, maintain, and support high-quality in-house software build systems for Enterprise class software
• Design and maintain automated pipelines to continuously deliver value to clients
• Provide design, implementation guidance and tutoring as necessary to other team members in best practices, tool use, and DevOps principals
• Designing, training, and implementing source code control management best practices 
• Creation and maintenance of an automated build/release scripts and plans
• Work independently and within project teams to provide guidance and recommendations to business stakeholders and management for risk remediation
• Communicate effectively with members of software development and other project related groups to ensure processes and project objectives are met
• Contribute and review ongoing improvements of the implementation of standards, methods, and procedures for DevOps best practices

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps/SCM engineer, or in a position with similar skill sets and responsibilities.
• Experience building .NET applications using build tools like Team City, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, MSBuild.
• Experience deploying applications in a CD fashion (Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, Github Actions, etc.).
• Experience using a scripting language such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator or DevOps Engineer Expert certification
• Proficiency with Windows operating systems. 
• Experience with Azure supporting IaaS and PaaS software implementations.
• Experience with Cloud Native applications (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform or similar
• Strong knowledge of n-tier web applications. 
• Knowledge of desired state configuration technologies such as DSC, Puppet, Chef, SCCM/SMS. 
• Experience with continuous delivery concepts.

Key skills and behaviours:

• Courage to challenge the status-quo when you spot an opportunity.
• Experience establishing standards and procedures and advocate best practices.
• Familiarity with change management systems and processes.
• Familiarity with principles of continuous integration and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical, creative, adaptable, resourceful, innovative, and imaginative.
• Strong problem-solving skills required, and ability to follow through to completion.
• Customer focused and commitment to best-in-class processes and procedures.