Azure DevOps Engineer
About The Position
NCDST is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to lead the creation of DevOps automations and processes for the ORBIT system, a pension administration system for all NC public pension plans. The North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer is seeking an experienced Microsoft-stack focused DevOps Engineer to lead the creation of devops automation and processes for the maintenance of the ORBIT system. We are also looking for them to lead the creation of devops automations and processes related to the migration of the ORBIT system to the cloud from its current on premise hosting, including any potential transitionary states of a hybrid environment as that cloud migration occurs. They will help select or design an appropriate branching strategy, guide the transition in the early stages, create pipelines and scripts to build and deploy .Net projects to Azure and/or on-site Windows VMs, troubleshoot deployments and configuration issues; In this role they will provide ongoing recommendations, definition of, maintenance, and improvements to the new SDLC processes as it relates to the area of devops going forward. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are as important as technical ability to this role.
Requirements
- High level of expertise in role of DevOps Engineer specifically focused on Azure cloud platform & MS stack in general (Required 6 Years)
- Ability to lead modernization of legacy processes around build and deployment automation, code merges, related monitoring, maintenance, & support (Required 6 Years)
- Demonstrated history of acting as champion for modernization of devops tools and processes (Required 6 Years)
- DevSecOps experience and focus (Required 6 Years)
- Ability to train and coach team members of all skill levels on migration steps and ongoing devops practices (Required 6 Years)
- Create clear, well written training materials/plans for maintaining/extending the process framework as the # of microservices expands over time (Required 6 Years)
- Exceptional level of fluency in scripting tools/languages (Powershell/Azure CLI/Bash/YAML) (Required 6 Years)
- Experience with Azure DevOps/TFS, Azure Pipelines, work items or similar issue tracking mechanisms and their role in the overall picture (Required 4 Years)
- Experience with tools or technologies such as Bicep, Terraform, Ansible, etc. (Required 4 Years)
- Infrastructure as Code(IaC) & creating adaptable, repeatable, automation solutions w/ attention to mitigating configuration drift & change management (Required 4 Years)
- Demonstrable devops experience and migration patterns with monolithic enterprise applications and microservice architectures (Required 4 Years)
- Experienced with containers and orchestrators and general microservice orchestration (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Service Fabric) (Required 4 Years)
- Experience with hybrid cloud/on-premise deployment environments (Required 4 Years)
- Experience with automated unit and integration testing tools (MS Test, xUnit, nUnit) as well as infrastructure testing and monitoring (Required 4 Years)
- Strong knowledge of certificate management, DNS, AD, load balancers, firewalls, Windows server administration and Azure related security matters (Required 4 Years)
- Experience with "shift-left" security tools and practices (Required 3 Years)
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft DevOps Engineer Certification (Nice to have 2 Years)
Responsibilities
- Lead the creation of DevOps automations and processes for the ORBIT system.
- Lead the creation of devops automations and processes related to the migration of the ORBIT system to the cloud from its current on premise hosting, including any potential transitionary states of a hybrid environment as that cloud migration occurs.
- Help select or design an appropriate branching strategy.
- Guide the transition in the early stages.
- Create pipelines and scripts to build and deploy .Net projects to Azure and/or on-site Windows VMs.
- Troubleshoot deployments and configuration issues.
- Provide ongoing recommendations, definition of, maintenance, and improvements to the new SDLC processes as it relates to the area of devops going forward.
- Act as champion for modernization of devops tools and processes.
- Work with security/compliance teams to find optimal balance between security requirements and a healthy devops toolchain.
- Train and coach team members of all skill levels on migration steps and ongoing devops practices.
- Create clear, well written training materials/plans for maintaining/extending the process framework as the # of microservices expands over time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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