Azure Devops Engineer - Johannesburg

My client is looking for an Azure Devops Engineer for a 6-month renewable contract.

High-Level Responsibilities Of DevOps Engineer

• Management: The role of the DevOps Engineer involves coordinating the efforts of product design and development with the more business-oriented operations and production to achieve successful new product launches.
• Design and Development: Design and development of an organization’s infrastructure are one of the key responsibilities of a DevOps Engineer, they also deploy automation which reduces risk management and uphold the infrastructure of the organization. Must be done in collaboration with the Agile Chapter, Development & Configuration Chapter and the Cloud and Infrastructure Services team.
• Collaboration and Support: Extensive collaboration is required to yield good results. Everything ranging from technical analyses to deployment and monitoring is handled, with the focus to enhance overall system reliability and scalability. Must be done in collaboration with the Agile Chapter, Development & Configuration Chapter and the Cloud and Infrastructure Services team.
• Knowledge: DevOps engineers have to stay on top of industry trends and best practices whilst recognizing opportunities for automation, design development, and other solutions in a comprehensive manner to boost operational efficiency.
• Versatile Duties: DevOps Engineers have to be adaptive to take on a variety of work.

Detailed Responsibilities Of Azure DevOps Engineer

All of the following responsibilities must be carried out in collaboration with the Agile Chapter, Development & Configuration Chapter and the Cloud and Infrastructure Services team where applicable.

Designing DevOps Strategy

• Recommend a migration and consolidation strategy for DevOps tools
• Design and implement an Agile work management approach
• Make a quality strategy
• Design a secure development process
• Create a tool integration strategy

Implementing DevOps Development Processes

• Design a version control strategy
• Integrate source control
• Manage build infrastructure
• Implement code flow
• Implement a mobile DevOps strategy
• Managing application configuration and secrets

Implementing Continuous Integration

• Manage code quality and security policies
• Implement a container build strategy
• Implement a build strategy

Implementing Continuous Delivery

• Design a release strategy
• Set up a release management workflow
• Implement an appropriate deployment pattern

Implementing Dependency Management

• Design a dependency management strategy
• Manage security and compliance

Implementing Application Infrastructure

• Design an infrastructure and configuration management strategy
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Manage Azure Kubernetes Service infrastructure
• Implement infrastructure compliance and security

Implementing Continuous Feedback

• Recommend and design system feedback mechanisms
• Implement a process for routing system feedback to development teams
• Optimize feedback mechanisms