Azure DevOps Consultant
Azure DevOps Consultant
Specialized and highly qualified full-time consultant to evaluate existing Azure DevOps environment and advise on prioritization of created backlog items. These items would be improvement opportunities aimed at streamlining various components of the Azure DevOps environment with focus on optimization of CI/CD pipelines.
-Streamline the software development lifecycle by identifying pain points and productivity barriers and determining ways to resolve them.
-Collaborate closely with development teams to understand their current build and release processes and make recommendations for improvement.
-Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, including development, operations, quality assurance and security, to streamline processes.
-Provide guidance to development teams to improve performance and operability of the solutions they develop.
-Build and maintain the CI/CD pipelines to improve developer productivity, agility, and code quality.
-Develop and continuously improve automation solutions to enable teams to build and deploy code efficiently and consistently.
-Build automated testing to reduce manual effort and improve product quality.
-Ensure that systems meet business and customer needs for reliability and availability.
-Identify means to monitor and manage application performance and service quality, including initial troubleshooting, identification of root cases and issue resolution.
-Prepare and present design and implementation documentation to multiple stakeholders.
-Highlight and promote DevOps principles and culture across the software engineering organization.
-Mentor and coach junior-level DevOps engineers.
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
-Senior Level with Microsoft tools and services, including Azure DevOps and supporting software.
-Expert level repository manager, including TFS, Git, and repo migration.
-Extremely proficient with CI/CD pipeline development.
-Senior level experience with Agile Methodologies and DevOps principles.
-Experienced Release Manager, including containerization services.
-Skilled at application virtualization and modern desktop environments.
-Full understanding of development platforms and issue trackers product such as Jira.
-Strong automation scripting skills.
-Experienced in areas relating to configuration management and test-driven development.
-Strong analytical, technical, and troubleshooting skills.
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
-Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork and facilitation.