Lead Azure DevOps Engineer

We are

At Synechron we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industryleading digital solutions. Synechrons progressive technologies and optimization strategies span endtoend Artificial Intelligence Consulting Digital Cloud & DevOps Data and Software Engineering servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models Digital Underwriting mobilefirst applications and more. Over the last 20 years our company has been honored with multiple employer awards recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about Synechron has a global workforce of 14500 and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

We are seeking a Lead Azure DevOps Engineer to help us implement robust DevOps practices that will enable our teams to deliver highquality software at speed. Candidate expertise in Azure DevOps and modern cloud technologies will be crucial in overcoming these challenges and driving our initiatives forward.

Additional Information

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law the base salary for this role if filled within Weehawken NJ is $130k $140k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

• Configure and implement Azure DevOps workflows utilizing Azure Pipelines Azure Repos and Azure Artifacts to support the development lifecycle.

• Develop and establish continuous integration processes to automate builds and integrate regression test suites enhancing infrastructure efficiency and reliability.

• Establish build release and configuration management guidelines using industry best practices with a strong focus on public cloud services and resources (preferably Azure AKS Helm Terraform).

• Maintain and manage the container ecosystem including Docker Kubernetes and Helm ensuring best practices in containerization.

• Demonstrate strong practical delivery and administration knowledge of the Kubernetes platform and its ecosystem including service mesh (Istio preferred) network policy tools (Calico preferred) and crosscluster management tools.

• Oversee source code version control maintain code repositories administer database baselines and improve best practices for branching and code merging.

• Automate the release and deployment processes while enforcing established change management protocols.

• Implement CI/CD pipelines by managing quality and security policies/gates designing release strategies setting up release management workflows and applying appropriate deployment patterns using Azure DevOps.

• Work with build and CI tools such as Maven Gradle and Git. Experience in building CI and CD pipelines with GitLab is a plus.

• Develop cloud infrastructure using standard IaC tools such as Terraform and Ansible to ensure consistent and reproducible infrastructure deployments.

Requirements:

• 10 years of experience in DevOps engineering specifically with Azure technologies and practices.

• Strong understanding and handson experience with Azure DevOps including Azure Pipelines Azure Repos and Azure Artifacts.

• Solid practical delivery knowledge of public cloud services particularly Azure along with AKS Helm and Terraform.

• Proficiency in container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Strong experience in the administration of Kubernetes including knowledge of service meshes and network policies.

• Experience with source code version control systems particularly Git and familiarity with branching strategies and code merging best practices.

• Proficient in using build and CI tools such as Maven and Gradle with experience in GitLab being an advantage.

• Experience in developing infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively within a team environment.

Preferred but not required:

• Relevant certifications in Azure (e.g. Azure DevOps Solutions Expert) or other cloud technologies.

• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools for cloudnative applications (e.g. Azure Monitor Grafana).

• Understanding of security best practices related to DevOps and cloud environments.

We offer:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package.

• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad.

• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays).

• Maternity & paternity leave plans.

• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical dental vision life insurance and long/shortterm disability (plans vary by region).

• Retirement savings plans.

• A higher education certification policy.

• Commuter benefits (varies by region).

• Extensive training opportunities focused on skills substantive knowledge and personal development.

• Ondemand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.

• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.

• Cutting edge projects at the worlds leading tierone banks financial institutions and insurance firms.

• A flat and approachable organization.

• A truly diverse funloving and global work culture.

SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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