DEVOPS / Automation Engineer consultancy

Job Description

We are currently looking for a DevOps Automation Engineer to join our growing team in one of the biggest European organizations.

Tasks:

• Azure DevOps Maintenance: Maintain and improve both on-premises (Azure DevOps Server) and cloud-based (Azure DevOps Services) infrastructure.
• Automated Deployments: Implement and manage automated deployment and configuration processes.
• Operational Support: Assist in day-to-day activities, including server and application deployment.
• CI/CD Support: Facilitate and enhance continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Deployment Procedures: Establish and maintain standardized procedures for deploying information systems.
• Infrastructure Monitoring: Monitor and maintain the CI/CD infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Technical Review and Design: Conduct technical reviews, provide assurance, and design deployment strategies.
• Build/Release Management: Design, implement, and maintain the build and release infrastructure.
• Terraform Development: Develop and enhance deployment processes using Terraform and related tools.
• Azure DevOps Maintenance: Maintain and improve both on-premises (Azure DevOps Server) and cloud-based (Azure DevOps Services) infrastructure.
• Automated Deployments: Implement and manage automated deployment and configuration processes.
• Operational Support: Assist in day-to-day activities, including server and application deployment.
• CI/CD Support: Facilitate and enhance continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Deployment Procedures: Establish and maintain standardized procedures for deploying information systems.
• Infrastructure Monitoring: Monitor and maintain the CI/CD infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Technical Review and Design: Conduct technical reviews, provide assurance, and design deployment strategies.
• Build/Release Management: Design, implement, and maintain the build and release infrastructure.
• Terraform Development: Develop and enhance deployment processes using Terraform and related tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 9+ years of experience in ICT (e.g. as developer, system administrator, software engineer, infrastructure engineer, DevOps engineer, etc.) 
• English on level B2.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with systems and IT operations
• Minimum 3 years of experience with lifecycle maintenance (patch/upgrade/maintain) of CI/CD tools, such as Azure DevOps (ADO) server on-premise and ADO Agents on-premise.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working with agile methodologies.
• Minimum 1 year of experience working on infrastructure as code with Terraform (design and implementation).
• Excellent knowledge of infrastructure lifecycle maintenance (patch/upgrade/maintain) for Azure DevOps server on-premise and for Azure DevOps agents.
• Excellent knowledge of Azure DevOps CI/CD Yaml Pipelines creation, templating and maintenance.
• Very good knowledge of DevOps principles and best practices (CI/CD, use of automation to improve efficiency, feedback loops, fail fast, etc.)
• Good knowledge of infrastructure as code design and implementation using Terraform.

Desirable:

• Certification: RHCSA/RHCE
• Certification: Terraform Associate or Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional
• Certification:  Microsoft  DevOps Engineer Expert / AZ-400