Senior Consultant - DevOps

Value Creed; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Value Creed seeks an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to design and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines and governance across multiple teams in a cloud-first environment. You will build and maintain YAML pipelines, implement security and compliance controls, and automate infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates.

Responsibilities include provisioning Azure resources, deploying services such as AKS and App Services, and enabling migrations and modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• Azure and DevOps expertise with strong governance, security focus.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates.
• Experience with Git, GitFlow, and trunk-based development.
• Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Container tech: Docker, AKS, Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure DevOps organizations, projects, repositories and pipelines.
• Establish governance, branching, merging, and release strategies across teams.
• Build YAML-based pipelines to automate build, test, deployment, and release.
• Implement deployment approvals, gates, and environment-based releases in CI/CD.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates.
• Automate Azure resource provisioning and configuration management.
• Deploy and manage Azure services (VMs, VNets, App Services, AKS, Azure SQL, Key Vault).
• Support Azure migration and modernization initiatives.
• Build and manage Docker containers and AKS workloads; manage container registry.
• Configure monitoring and alerting with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, Azure Alerts.
• Troubleshoot deployment and production issues to improve reliability.
• Implement DevSecOps, integrate security scanning tools, manage secrets with Azure Key Vault.

Skills

Azure Administration

Azure Networking

Azure Identity & Access Management

Azure Monitoring

Azure Security

Azure Governance

Azure DevOps

Git

GitFlow

Trunk-Based Development

Scripting

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Containers

Docker

AKS

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

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.

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.