Azure DevOps Consultant

Work Experience Requirements:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud computing, and related technologies

4-6 years of experience in deploying Azure infrastructure, Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), and Azure Landing Zones.

Experience in implementing end-to-end Azure Landing Zones such as Connectivity, Identity, Management, etc. , using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools

Azure Infrastructure (IaaS) code development and implementation: DevOps Terraform Code development, Create Repos and deployment thru CICD experience.

Azure App Services (PaaS), Web Services (PaaS) and Azure SQL (IaaS and PaaS) DBs, code development and implementation: DevOps Terraform Code development, Create Repos and deployment thru CICD experience.

"Infra As Code (IaC)": Design and Implementation experience

Experience in Azure landing zone design and implementation

In-depth understanding and experience in defining and implementing security, governance, and compliance frameworks within Azure environments.

Proven experience in both source and target architecture planning for applications. This includes understanding various application architectures and how to migrate them effectively to Azure.

Experience analyzing in-house or custom applications within a customer's environment to develop appropriate migration strategies (e. g. , rehost, replatform, containerization, refactor).

Experience in creating, updating, and reviewing migration playbooks. Demonstrated ability to finalize migration plans in collaboration with customers

GitLab, GitHub (Repo), Jekins: Design and Implementation experience

GitHub Actions (Orchestration): Design and Implementation experience

Experience in devising and implementing backup and disaster recovery strategies.

Proficiency in setting up monitoring solutions and automation processes within Azure.

Scripting - PowerShell, Azure CLI, ARM Template, Terraform

Bachelor s degree in computer science, Electronics, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent experience

Mandatory Skills:

Experience with deploying Azure infrastructure, including Azure CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework) and Azure Landing Zones.

Familiarity with implementing end-to-end Landing Zones like Connectivity, Identity, Management, etc. , using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Ability to independently create design documents.

Setting up Azure DevOps organizations or projects

Configuring Teams, Permissions, Project settings for multiple teams, dashboards, and parallelism.

Expertise in Azure migration, including application intake, assessment, and planning coordination.

Proficiency in planning both source and target application architectures.

Ability to analyze custom applications within a customer s environment.

Skilled in determining appropriate migration strategies such as rehosting, replat forming, containerization, and refactoring

Leading billing and auditing discussions with customers.

Managing policy and permissions at an organizational level.

Creating custom or nested modules based on specific customer requirements.

Job Description

Deploying Azure Infrastructure, CAF and Azure Landing Zone deployment

Implementing Landing Zones like Connectivity, Identity, Management, etc. , end-to-end, in customer engagement(s) using IaC

Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps.

Strong knowledge on AKS containerized apps automated deployment with tools like Helm charts & YAML. Powershell scripting.

Troubleshooting issue in Terraform. Integration of security tools with Terraform. Docker, Image repositories.

Configure and manage Azure DevOps services, including source control, build agents, and release pipelines.

Maintain and enhance infrastructure as code (IaC) templates using tools such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and Terraform.

Setting up a complete Azure DevOps organization or a project for a customer

Setting up Teams, Permissions, Project Configuration for multiple teams, dashboards, parallelism

Azure Migration Experience with Application Intake, Assessment and planning coordinator, migration dispositions.

Soft Skills:

Communication and Presentation skills to play customer facing roles.

Strong communication skills to lead and drive topics independently.

Flexible to adapt with the Project schedules and demands.

Good to have ability to demonstrate as cross functional and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Mandatory certification (if Any):

Certifications - AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

Additional certifications related to Azure infrastructure and DevOps practices would be advantageous

Good to have skills:

Exposure experience or knowledge in SQL, Oracle, PGSQL added advantage