DevOps Support

Duties and Responsibilities

-Leads deployment and release planning for solutions in the delivery pipeline.
-Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD Pipelines).
-Deploys new modules, upgrades and fixes to the production environment and implement rollback plans where necessary.
-Interact with development teams to ensure runbook documentation, smoke test documentation, deployment plan is up to date.
-Coordinate with a different team and support groups to resolve issues with the Software, applications and Cloud Services.
-Review artifacts for related projects within the Application repository.
-Verifies the functionality of components and services and ensures deployment meets customer and business expectations.
-Support production maintenance activities that include the development of automated scripts and scheduled tasks, Infrastructure maintenance, application/system monitoring, software/security updates and patching, archiving/disposition of system logs and/or data records.
-Design, setup, and maintain core infrastructures that run the business’s platforms.
-Deploy and maintain various DevOps related tools and scripts on various environments (development, test, pre-production, production) on on-premises & related cloud infrastructure.
-Manages entire software release process, updating documentation and assembling release notes.
-Managing support ecosystem of digital applications, including close engagement with business and vendors to guarantee post-release application stability.
-Monitors digital applications for platform security and health using automated toolsets.
-Design and development of solutions to fix bugs and new feature requests.
-Perform automated and manual testing of applications.
-Produce documentation for digital infrastructure and automated processes.
-Build, maintain and monitor configuration standards.
-Leverage DevOps skills and knowledge combined with research to bring to the fore innovative DevOps practices.
-Scale DevOps practice to the rest of IT delivery practices using automated tools, processes and people.
-Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science or equivalent.
-3+ years of hands-on experience with software and application development (on premises and Cloud) and administration or experience with managing middleware application technologies is required.
-2+ Years Prior experience with DevOps and Automation of deploying applications.
-Strong Knowledge of Azure platform, including its various services and features is and added advantage.
-Experience with Azure DevOps or similar Platforms in areas such as code management, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), and release management.
-A firm understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and tools such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Terraform, and PowerShell.
-Proficient in scripting languages such as PowerShell and Python, and have experience automating tasks using tools such as Azure Automation, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps
-Working experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
-Experience setting up and configuring monitoring and logging tools, such as Azure Monitor, Azure Log -Analytics, and Application Insights.
-A good understanding of Cloud Security Frameworks such as Azure security and compliance features, -such as Azure Security Center, Azure Policy, and Azure Governance.