Full-Time Lead Consultant - DevOps

We are looking for a Lead Azure DevOps Engineer who will be primarily responsible for implementing DevOps solutions in Azure. The role is a technical, consultative, and client facing role that will be accountable for client solution development, delivery and support. The ideal candidate will have experience in consulting and have demonstrated success in technical implementations and project work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be an essential part of the team responsible for crafting and delivering creative cloud solutions for our clients.
• Participate in technical envisioning, technical design, and delivery of assigned projects.
• Work with solution architects to support project efforts from a technical perspective.
• Execute the implementation of designed solutions into client deliverables.
• Assist with design and deployment of client workloads into Azure.
• Provide technical expertise and support across the following four areas of specialization: 
  • Datacenter Transformation
  • Azure Infrastructure
  • DevOps and CI/CI pipelines
  • Cloud Automation

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in system administration (Windows and/or Linux), DevOps and/or software development and IT Operations.
• 5+ years project experience migrating and deploying cloud-based solutions.
• Must demonstrate hands-on experience with Terraform or Bicep, ARM Templates and Ansible (or equivalent)
• Hands-on implementation experience of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery in Azure DevOps (VSTS/TFS), Jenkins, and/or Bamboo (or another similar tool)
• 3+ years implementing and supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure and topologies (or demonstrated experience with AWS or GCP)
• Automation experience - very good scripting knowledge (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Groovy, etc.). Experience can be from any public cloud.
• Experience with various cloud deployment methodologies.
• Understanding of cloud ecosystem and leading-edge cloud emerging technologies.
• Performance analysis, troubleshooting and remediation techniques.
• Strong analytical problem-solving ability.
• Strong presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently or as part of a virtual project team.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related field

Preferred Experience/Skills/Certifications:

• Experience in Chef/Puppet, Docker and/or Kubernetes is a plus
• Microsoft Certification a plus