Senior Consultant - DevOps

Value Creed; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Value Creed is seeking a seasoned Azure DevOps Specialist to design, implement, and govern CI/CD pipelines and IaC across multiple teams. You will automate provisioning, deploy Azure services, and enforce security within DevOps practices.

The role emphasizes Terraform/Bicep/ARM, containerization with Docker and AKS, and strong scripting skills to streamline deployment, monitoring, and compliance processes.

Qualifications

• Azure administration, networking, IAM, monitoring, security, and governance.
• Azure DevOps components: Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts, Test Plans, and YAML Pipelines.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (preferred), Bicep, ARM Templates.
• Source control: Git, GitFlow, trunk-based development, and branching strategies.
• Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python preferred.
• Containers: Docker, AKS, and Kubernetes fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure DevOps organizations, projects, repositories, pipelines, service connections, security, permissions, and access controls.
• Establish DevOps governance, best practices, branching, merging, and release management strategies across multiple teams.
• Build and maintain YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines to automate build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Implement deployment approvals, gates, environment-based releases, and automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates.
• Automate Azure resource provisioning and configuration management.
• Deploy and manage Azure services including VMs, VNets, App Services, AKS, Functions, SQL, Storage, and Key Vault.
• Support Azure migration and modernization initiatives.
• Build and manage Docker containers, operate workloads on AKS, and implement container registry and image management practices.
• Configure monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Azure Alerts.
• Troubleshoot deployment and production issues to improve platform reliability.
• Implement DevSecOps practices, integrate security scanning tools, manage secrets with Azure Key Vault, and ensure compliance with security standards.

Skills

Azure administration

Azure networking

Azure identity & access management

Azure monitoring

Azure security

Azure governance

Azure DevOps

Azure Repos

Azure Pipelines

Azure Boards

Azure Artifacts

Azure Test Plans

YAML pipelines

Git

GitFlow

Trunk-based development

Scripting: PowerShell

Scripting: Bash

Scripting: Python

Containers: Docker

Kubernetes (AKS)

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

Git

Docker

AKS

Kubernetes

SonarQube

Snyk

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Checkmarx

OWASP concepts

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure DevOps organizations, projects, repositories, pipelines, service connections, security, permissions, and access controls.
• Establish DevOps governance, best practices, branching, merging, and release management strategies across multiple teams.
• Build and maintain YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines to automate build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Implement deployment approvals, gates, environment-based releases, and automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates.
• Automate Azure resource provisioning and configuration management.
• Deploy and manage Azure services including Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Storage Accounts, and Key Vault.
• Support Azure migration and modernization initiatives.
• Build and manage Docker containers, operate workloads on AKS, and implement container registry and image management practices.
• Configure monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Azure Alerts.
• Troubleshoot deployment and production issues to improve platform reliability.
• Implement DevSecOps practices, integrate security scanning tools, manage secrets using Azure Key Vault, and ensure compliance with organizational security standards.

Mandatory Skills

• Azure: Azure Administration, Azure Networking, Azure Identity & Access Management, Azure Monitoring, Azure Security, and Azure Governance.
• Azure DevOps: Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Boards, Azure Artifacts, Azure Test Plans, and YAML Pipelines.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform preferred, Bicep, and ARM Templates.
• Source Control: Git, GitFlow, Trunk-Based Development, and branching strategies.
• Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, and Python preferred.
• Containers: Docker, AKS, and Kubernetes fundamentals.

Preferred Skills

• DevSecOps: SonarQube, Snyk, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Checkmarx, and OWASP concepts.
• Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Grafana.
• Artifact Management: Azure Artifacts, Nexus, and JFrog Artifactory.
• Cloud Migration & Modernization: Azure Landing Zones, Azure Migrate, Application Modernization, and VM-to-PaaS transformation.

Requirements: