LATAM Senior DevOps Engineer

Praxent•International Falls, MN

5d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance the team's capacity to deliver assigned stories by the end of the sprint. This role involves cultivating camaraderie, delivering value through novel technical designs, mentoring junior developers, increasing velocity by documenting risks and advancing best practices, and guiding development as a technical SME. You will manage pipelines, environments, and oversee key deliverables, demonstrating expertise through technical and sprint demos. The role requires proficiency in building user interfaces, data-driven REST APIs, and administering databases/cloud/servers.

Requirements

Deep Azure DevOps expertise, including custom ADO project configuration, release pipeline management, and CI/CD process design
Strong Azure cloud architecture skills, deploying WebApps, Functions, VMs, and Scale-Sets using IaC tools like Bicep/ARM templates
Proficient in monitoring and observability via Application Insights, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics for operational reliability
Skilled in scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python), Git version control, and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes
Solid Microsoft stack background (.NET, ASP.NET, C#, MSSQL) with experience in microservices and inter-service communication
Familiar with Agile/Scrum ceremonies and continuous code quality tools like SonarQube
5-8 years professional experience in relevant technology and projects, including ongoing adherence of best practices, experience managing DevOps pipelines
Experience presenting to client stakeholders and communicating technical and business value
Experience understanding and articulating the business outcomes that your development projects impact
Experience with coaching and mentoring, demonstrated through ad-hoc collaboration and structured code reviews.
May include intensive programs, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

Enhance the team’s capacity to deliver assigned stories by end of sprint
Cultivate Camaraderie: Ensure that Core Values are living and breathing throughout the project team.
Deliver Value: Develop features requiring a novel technical design and act as a mentor to more junior developers through ad-hoc collaboration and structured code reviews.
Increase Velocity: Enhance the team’s capacity by documenting plans to anticipated risks/blockers, advancing best practices, and mentoring peers and more junior team members.
Guide Development: Serve as technical SME in the sprint, ensuring successful delivery of the sprint commitment by managing pipelines, environments, and oversight of key deliverables.
Demonstrate Expertise: Present technical and sprint demos, such as completed API methods and automated deployment processes during sprint review meetings.
Expand Frameworks: Demonstrate proficiency at two of the following: building attractive user interfaces, building data driven REST APIs, administering databases/cloud/servers.
Ensuring the team understands deployment requirements and environment standards
Tracking pipeline health and release readiness daily
Limiting failed deployments and rollbacks
Delivering infrastructure and automation work as assigned
Finding opportunities to increase deployment frequency and reduce lead time