Senior Consultant - DevOps

Job Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure DevOps organizations, projects, repositories, pipelines, service connections, security, permissions, and access controls.
• Establish DevOps governance, best practices, branching, merging, and release management strategies across multiple teams.
• Build and maintain YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines to automate build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Implement deployment approvals, gates, environment-based releases, and automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates.
• Automate Azure resource provisioning and configuration management.
• Deploy and manage Azure services including Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Storage Accounts, and Key Vault.
• Support Azure migration and modernization initiatives.
• Build and manage Docker containers, operate workloads on AKS, and implement container registry and image management practices.
• Configure monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Azure Alerts.
• Troubleshoot deployment and production issues to improve platform reliability.
• Implement DevSecOps practices, integrate security scanning tools, manage secrets using Azure Key Vault, and ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
  

Mandatory Skills

• Azure: Azure Administration, Azure Networking, Azure Identity & Access Management, Azure Monitoring, Azure Security, and Azure Governance.
• Azure DevOps: Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Boards, Azure Artifacts, Azure Test Plans, and YAML Pipelines.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform preferred, Bicep, and ARM Templates.
• Source Control: Git, GitFlow, Trunk-Based Development, and branching strategies.
• Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, and Python preferred.
• Containers: Docker, AKS, and Kubernetes fundamentals.
  

Preferred Skills

• DevSecOps: SonarQube, Snyk, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Checkmarx, and OWASP concepts.
• Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Grafana.
• Artifact Management: Azure Artifacts, Nexus, and JFrog Artifactory.
• Cloud Migration & Modernization: Azure Landing Zones, Azure Migrate, Application Modernization, and VM-to-PaaS transformation.