DevOps Engineer – Azure-AWS

Job Description

DevOps Engineer – Azure-AWS

Our client is on a mission to help their clients unleash the full potential of the public cloud – and they are focused on hiring a new Azure DevOps Engineer/Consultant to make that happen.  As part of our client’s new Cloud Transformation Team, you will work closely with a cross-section of the most innovative experts and architects. From designing tailored DevOps solutions, to having the tactical know-how to put the pieces together, you will lead the way on how to use the best of DevOps technology and to transform all kinds of customer environments using automation, advanced tooling and a dedication to outstanding customer results.

Location: Remote

 

What you’ll do:

• Deliver excellence: Develop, test and manage DevOps cloud native and 3rd party tooling and automation technologies, delivered through code, templates and scripts to ensure top-quality client experiences, delivered with consistency and efficiency.
• Lead by collaboration: Work with software developers, application architects, QA engineers, and operations teams to deliver on – and exceed – client expectations. You will also team up with SME’s, practice leads and vendors to fine tune our strategy and overcome obstacles to adoption at every step.
• Evangelize the New: You aren’t just deeply familiar with cutting-edge concepts and technologies. You know how to tailor your insights to customers, occasionally working onsite with customers as a consultant to explore their needs to provide a compelling vision forward.

 

What you’ll bring to the table:

• Expert-level understanding about DevOps culture, methodologies, coding and automation.
• Innate ability to learn fast as the DevOps tooling and landscape is continuously revising itself.
• Proven experience driving results with relevant technologies and methods, such as architecting and implementing public cloud application solutions on Azure.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience using and managing DevOps tooling, monitoring, infrastructure-as-code and automation tools. (Relevant technologies include: Azure Monitoring, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Nagios/Zabbix; New Relic, DataDog; Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, ARM Templates, CloudFormation, Azure DevOps / VSTS, Jenkins, Codeship, Travis and so on).
• Experience working with Containers and associated technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Advanced software development skills and strong scripting experience, for example: Bash, Python, PowerShell, or Perl.
• Bonus points for having multiple related certifications for Azure, AWS or GCP and for being a master git user.
• Great communication and consultative skills, with the ability to occasionally work onsite with customers and be able to present technically advanced topics to large groups of people with confidence and impact.
• End to end ability to chart a strategy and identify the solution, while also being able to deliver it and support the client through adoption and maturity.
• Experience working in professional services and/or software engineering for clients in a provider to client relationship. Bonus if experience in a consulting firm.