Azure_Devops_Engineer

Responsibilities:

Recommend new or improve existing Data Platform Best Practices and Platform Technical Capabilities to onboard various datasets to PPL Cloud Data Platform

Works closely with Tech Leads and developers of various teams to assess existing problems and to come up with process improvement solutions

Identifies bottlenecks in coding development and deployment processes

Participates in planning delivery time, code quality, and process efficiency improvement projects

Executes on plan by building coding standardizations and automating processes for the organization

Performs daily tasks such as environmental health checks, disk space monitoring, and environmental status reports

Maintains and grows knowledge of platform configuration management and troubleshooting

Actively participates in deploying application artifacts to appropriate target environments using the supported technologies and infrastructure

Surveys developers and technical members of the organization to understand their main pain points in the coding and development process

Collaborates with the rest of DevOps team to deliver consistent and holistic solution to the organization

General:

Strong understanding of Data Warehousing: concepts, strategies, methodologies, Data Architecture: batch and real-time data integration with Data Lake and Cloud Data Warehouse, Azure Databricks and Apache Spark

Passionate about technology and excited about the impact of emerging/disruptive technologies

Wants to unleash inner self-starter and work in an environment that fosters entrepreneurial minds

Believes in culture of brutal transparency and trust

Open to learning new ideas outside scope or knowledge

Required skills:

Excellent coding and scripting skills (Bash, Perl, PowerShell) and experience with implementing high-scale cloud architectures using modern, cloud-based container platforms (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)

Working knowledge of deployment automation solutions (i.e. Terraform, ADO)

Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (Azure) and cluster management tools like Kubernetes

Experience with containers such as Docker, OpenShift

Experience with CI/CD pipeline and related tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Hudson, Maven, Ant, Git, Sonar, etc.

Strong understanding of Agile methodologies

Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex technical concepts and align organization on decisions

Sound problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply

Utilizes team collaboration to create innovative solutions efficiently

Experience as a DevOps or SRE Engineer on a cross-functional agile team preferred