Apex Systems has an Immediate Need for a (40% Remote) Azure DevOps Engineer in Merrifield, VA !! This will be an Estimated "12+ Month Contract" opportunity, supporting one of our Largest Commercial Clients across the Untied States. Please see below for Complete Details.
- Job Title: AzureDevOps Engineer
- Location: ** 40% Remote ** / Merrifield, VA
- Contract Layout: Est. "12+ Month Contract"
- Contract Pay: $70.00 - $80.00 / Hourly Rate
*** REQUIREMENTS ***
- Eligible for US Citizenship, Green Card, Perm Resident
- 5+ years hands on experience with Microsoft Azure or similar Cloud native offerings
- 5+ years experience in creating continuous integration and delivery pipelines leveraging cloud native architectures on Microsoft Azure Cloud
- 5+ years Experience with agile delivery, SAFe, and DevOps frameworks
- 5+ years Experience with Azure DevOps Tools for plan, build, test, release and monitor
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, PowerShell scripting, Bash, YAML, Json, GIT, Rest API, and Azure Resource Management (ARM) templates
- Hands on experience with implementing standards and best practices for the CI/CD framework
- Extensive experience with scripting and debugging on Linux and Windows environments
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Hands on automation skills designing, building, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code of enterprise applications
• Build and support highly available CICD tools for pipelines and related integrations
• Design, build, and implement reusable YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps while adhering to best practices
• Perform analysis of DevOps practices, identify gaps and impediments for continuous integration and delivery
• Engage with information Security and augment the CI/CD framework with DevSecOps and standardized security tools and controls
• Develop and apply quality controls and gates to the build, test, and deploy process while establishing Definition of Ready and Definition of Done to ensure quality of delivery
• Be a member of Center of Excellence for DevOps practices and develop policies, standards, guidelines, governance for both CI/CD operations and for work of developers
• Provide guidance, coaching, training on build, test, and release management best practices
• Collaborate on and provide input into the CICD roadmap, identify gaps and dependencies
• Onboard agile product teams to the CICD framework and perform DevOps health assessment on pipelines, identify gaps and execute recommendations
