Release Engineer // Chicago, IL (Day 1 onsite) // Azure DevOps with Terraform.

Role: Release Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL (Day 1 onsite)

Specific skill set: Azure DevOps with Terraform.

Job Description

Who are we looking for?

A release engineer who will lead the efforts of migrate our TFS into Azure Devops and work on development of our continuous integration and continuous deployment practices (CICD).

Technical Skills:

• Minimum of 6 years developing CICD pipelines. Preference given to GitLab-based pipelines.?
• More than 4 years hand-on experience with Azure DevOps
• Hands-on experience in continuous delivery and continuous integration of CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Azure Repos, branching, code review and code analysis tools
• Proficient with Git, Git Flow, Azure DevOps
• Strong hands-on expertise in diverse DevSecOps concepts / tools, especially on Azure DevOps, Pipelines, GitHub, GitHub actions
• Ability to assess the requirement, environment and suggest right tools / technologies.
• Microsoft Azure Architecture Design
• Azure Landing Zone Design & Implementation
• Design and Creation of Infrastructure as Code (IAC)/Terraform Modules (Terraform experience is nice to have, but not at a premium cost.? There will be Terraform leadership/expertise already in place they can learn from)
• Design and Development of AKS (Azure Kubernetes Infrastructure) modules
• Infrastructure as Code - Terraform Development.
• Azure Support
• Security & Operational Governance
• Expertise on Azure Functions.

?Roles & Responsibilities:

·???????? Write software, from build system automation to automated deployment, to scale our engineering delivery.

·???????? Bring in continuous deployment practices to enhance our Agile posture.

·???????? Imagine, architect, develop, deploy, and evolve CI and CD systems for us on prem applications.

·???????? Write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Industry standard tools and services.

·???????? Write application deployment automation using industry standard deployment and configuration tools.

·???????? Design and implement continuous delivery pipelines that serve the purpose of provisioning and operating client test as well as production environments.

·???????? Implement systems support including responding to monitoring.

·???????? Implement and stay abreast of DevOps industry best practices and tooling.

·???????? Work with developers to identify necessary Azure resources and automate their provisioning.

·???????? Document automation processes

·???????? CI/CD infrastructure and process troubleshooting (disk space, network issues etc).

·???????? CI/CD pipeline support (troubleshooting, support with setting up in new projects)

·???????? Work closely with key stakeholders to capture, analyze, and derive DevOps requirements.

?Process Skills:

• Able to coordinate with developers and stakeholders on Devops issues.
• Able to proactively search for solutions from knowledge bases, support documentation and other information sources.
• Strong initiative; self-driven; ability to multi-task
• Should be responsible, accountable, and work independently.

?Certification (Preferrable but not mandatory):

Azure Certification, DevOps certification