Azure Devops Lead

• 7 years of professional experience in a DevOps SRE or similar role.

2 years of experience in a technical lead or senior-level capacity providing technical direction and mentorship.
Azure Expertise:
In-depth hands-on experience with a wide range of Azure services including Azure Virtual Machines Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Azure App Services Azure Functions and Azure SQL/Cosmos DB API management Azure AI Foundry Relay network rules Storage account .
Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools specifically Terraform and/or ARM.
CI/CD: Extensive knowledge and practical experience with CI/CD concepts and tools with a strong preference for expertise in Azure DevOps Pipelines and/or GitHub Actions.
Containerization: Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes (AKS).
Scripting: Strong proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g. PowerShell Python Bash).
Version Control: Expert-level knowledge of Git and repository management.
Soft Skills:
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong leadership and mentorship abilities with a passion for guiding and developing others.
Proven ability to work effectively in an agile fast-paced environment.
Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical
experience.
Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) or other relevant Azur
e certifications.
Configuration Management: Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible Chef or Puppet.
Monitoring: Experience with advanced monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus Grafana Datadog or New Relic.
Other Clouds: Familiarity with other cloud platforms (AWS GCP).
Experience with a specific programming language such as C#/.NET Java or Python