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We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of CI/CD pipelines for applications deployed on Azure Cloud, OpenShift Edge Kubernetes, and Azure/OpenShift Kubernetes clusters in cloud. The role involves managing a diverse technology stack including .NET, Java, multiple databases, messaging systems, and supporting deployments across various client devices within Retail Point of Sale team.
Position follows our hybrid schedule: Monday-Wednesday in Grand Rapids MI office, Thursday-Friday remote. Fully remote requests will not be considered.
Key Responsibilities:
CI/CD Pipeline Management
- Design, implement, and maintain automated build and release pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
- Integrate automated testing, security scans, and quality gates into pipelines.
Deployment & Infrastructure Automation
- Automate deployments to AKS, OpenShift Kubernetes on cloud and Edge clusters using Helm Charts, Terraform, ARM templates, Ansible, ArgoCD, Flux, and Python.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistent and repeatable environments.
Monitoring & Observability
- Deploy and configure monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, or OpenTelemetry.
- Ensure proactive alerting and performance optimization.
Collaboration & Governance
- Partner with development teams to align DevOps practices with application architecture.
- Enforce compliance, security, and governance standards across environments.
- Mentors specific domain engineering teams on principles and best practices.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s or 12 years’ experience (or comparable combination of education and related experience).
- Strong experience with Azure Cloud, AKS, OpenShift Kubernetes on cloud and Edge clusters.
- Expertise in Azure DevOps, GitHub, Helm Charts, Docker, and scripting (PowerShell, Bash).
- Familiarity with .NET and Java build tools (MSBuild, Maven, Spring Boot).
- Hands-on experience with CosmosDB, MongoDB, SQL databases, and messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus).
- Knowledge of Azure security best practices, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning.
- Experience in Scaled Agile framework is highly preferred.
- Experience with multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments.
- Experience with structured design, development and implementation of new and established computing architectures.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certifications: Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Solutions Architect, Red Hat OpenShift Certification.
- Experience with Edge computing deployments and multi-device client environments.
- Experience with Retail Industry and applications