Senior Azure Devops Engineer

Job Description

Key Responsibilities Engineering Excellence Responsible for designing, building, and optimizing the automation processes for provisioning infrastructure and applications – via infrastructure-as-code Standardize and streamline build and release pipelines – CICD Configure and administer platforms and services Support operational activities by ensuring platforms and infra for pipelines are optimal, recoverable, and easily scalable to meet the capacity demands Provide incident management oversight – root cause analysis, stakeholder communications, post-mortems, and manage preventative measures and resolutions Drive improvements in operational efficiency for all services Actively involved in deployments of platform and pipeline artefacts Ensure security, high availability, and disaster recovery are always front of mind Continuous monitoring of cost and risk – with a view to reducing and mitigating Ensure production and non-production environments stay in sync through the alignment of stable standards, code and configurations Identify relevant emerging trends and build compelling cases for adoption e.g. tool selection Involved in PoCs, prototypes and innovation spikes to seek directional outcomes Capabilities and Experience Essential Experience Proficient with CICD toolchains (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, Artefactory etc.) Proficient in one or more scripting languages for automation (e.g. Linux Bash, PowerShell, Python) Proficient in provisioning platforms via Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) techniques (e.g. Terraform, YAML, Azure Resource Manager (ARM)) Working experience configuring, securing and administering platforms in Azure; knowledge in Cloud infrastructure and networking principles (e.g. Azure PaaS, IaaS) Demonstrable knowledge of working with distributed data platforms (e.g. Azure ADLS, Data Lakes) Experience working with vulnerability management and code-inspection tooling (e.g. Snyk, SonarQube) Possess an “automation-first” mindset when building solutions; considerations for self-healing and fault-tolerant methods to minimize manual intervention and downtime Desirable Experience Experience building/maintaining an API-led event-driven architecture, e.g. using Azure Event Grid, Azure Functions Cluster image container management (e.g. Azure Container Registry) Good understanding of network configuration – DNS, Routing, VPN, Firewalls, Endpoint management Experience of including vulnerability management within the deployment pipelines – for package dependencies and containers Experience in implementing custom Data Observability, capturing telemetry to understand the health of data and pipelines better Show more Show less