Sr. DevOps Engineer (Azure DevOps)

Title:  Sr. DevOps Engineer (Azure DevOps) Location:  Vienna, VA (Hybrid) Duration:  Initial 6 month duration, with potential extension Compensation:  $65/hour to $80/hour Work Requirements:  US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.
Skillset / Experience: Seeking DevOps Engineer for data pipelines working with cloud platforms and has a passion for automation and developing DevOps best practices. This person will drive DevOps automation and adoption that align with DevOps principles and standards. DevOps engineer will collaborate with Product owners, developers, cloud engineers, DevOps engineers and operations to plan, design, test and deliver pipelines and infrastructure using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) framework. **

Responsibilities: • Hands on automation skills designing, building, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines
• Support the adoption of CICD framework for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services, perform DevOps health assessment, identify gaps and execute recommendations
• Build and support highly available data 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 and provide input into the CICD roadmap, identify gaps and dependencies
• Work directly with business leadership to understand strategic objectives; propose and develop solutions for program increments
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required: • A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Applications, Computer Science, Engineering, related field or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years’ experience in creating continuous integration and delivery pipelines leveraging cloud native architectures on Microsoft Azure Cloud
• 3-5 years’ hands on experience with Databricks, Data Factory, DataLake, CosmosDB, Function apps, SQL
• 3-5 years’ Experience with agile delivery, SAFe, and DevOps frameworks
• 3-5 years’ Experience with DevOps Tools for plan, build, test, release and monitor
• Experience with PowerShell scripting, Bash, YAML, Json, GIT, Rest API, and Azure Resource Management (ARM) templates
• Experience with Git flow branching strategy
• Experience with implementing standards and best practices for the CI/CD framework
• Knowledge of security scanning/monitoring tools and integration with pipeline
• Extensive experience with scripting and debugging on Linux and Windows environments

Desired: • DevOps-CI/CD experience with Azure resources related to Data, Analytics & AI
• Microsoft® Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Developer Associate
Our benefits package includes:**   - Comprehensive medical benefits - Competitive pay  - 401(k) retirement plan

• …and much more! 

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