Azure DevOps Platform Specialist A0923653
ITProposal
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Job summary
ITProposal is seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Specialist to redesign and professionalize an Azure DevOps environment within a complex public-sector setting. The role focuses on secure-by-design, standardized DevOps with clear policies and guardrails for autonomous development teams.
Responsibilities include analysis, design, migration planning, and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, policy as code, and security integration across repositories and environments.
Qualifications
- Completed HBO ICT education or equivalent (e.g., Computer Science).
- Microsoft Azure DevOps certification – Level 3 or equivalent.
- 5+ years hands-on Azure DevOps experience in complex IT environments.
- 3+ years supporting CI/CD for development teams.
- 2+ years translating policies into technical implementations.
Responsibilities
- Review current Azure DevOps setup and security; identify gaps and opportunities for standardization.
- Design branching strategies and standardized pipeline templates; establish governance model.
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Job description
Senior Azure DevOps Specialist – Netherlands | DevSecOps & Azure DevOps
We are looking for a Senior Azure DevOps Specialist to redesign and professionalize an existing Azure DevOps environment within a complex public-sector organization.
The assignment focuses on moving from a fragmented, organically grown setup toward a secure-by-design, standardized and compliant DevOps platform where development teams can work autonomously within clear policies and guardrails.
Location: Netherlands
Role: Senior Azure DevOps Specialist
Focus: Azure DevOps | DevSecOps | CI/CD | Governance | Security | Migration
You will work in a small team to analyze, redesign and implement improvements across the Azure DevOps landscape, including the complete migration of the existing Azure DevOps environment from one Azure subscription/environment to another.
Analysis & Design
- Review the current Azure DevOps setup, including repositories, pipelines, agent pools and security
- Identify risks, bottlenecks and opportunities for standardization
- Design branching strategies and standardized pipeline templates
- Establish a governance model with clear policies and guardrails
- Define the approach for the Azure DevOps migration
Governance & Policy as Code
- Define branch policies and pull request strategies
- Establish CI/CD standards and security/compliance controls
- Develop Policy as Code principles
- Create reusable blueprints focused on automation and enforceability
Azure DevOps Implementation
- Configure branch policies, reviews and quality gates
- Develop centralized YAML pipeline templates and libraries
- Implement standardized CI/CD pipelines
- Configure access controls and secret management
- Improve consistency across repositories and development teams
DevSecOps / Security Integration
- Integrate SAST and SCA tooling into CI/CD pipelines
- Implement automated security and compliance checks
- Establish quality gates, reporting and auditability
- Embed security into the development lifecycle through a shift-left approach
Self-Hosted Agents & Automation
- Redesign and optimize Azure DevOps agent pools
- Standardize self-hosted agent configurations
- Automate agent image build and maintenance
- Improve reliability and manageability of the agent infrastructure
Team Enablement
- Coach and support development and DevOps teams
- Introduce DevOps and security best practices
- Deliver technical workshops
- Provide documentation and knowledge transfer
- Support teams in adopting new standards and ways of working
- Azure DevOps governance framework
- Policies, guardrails and Policy-as-Code principles
- Standardized YAML CI/CD templates
- Pipelines with integrated security controls
- Automated agent image provisioning and management
- Migration of the Azure DevOps environment
- Documentation and team adoption approach
- Completed HBO ICT education or equivalent, e.g. Computer Science
- Valid Microsoft Azure DevOps certification – Level 3
- At least 5 years of hands-on Azure DevOps experience, including setup and configuration in complex IT/IV environments
- At least 3 years supporting developers and DevOps teams with CI/CD
- At least 2 years translating policies into technical implementation
- Proven experience integrating security into Azure DevOps pipelines
- Practical experience with SAST / SCA security tooling
- Experience collaborating with Development, Security and Architecture stakeholders
- Experience coaching and enabling DevOps teams
- Experience working in complex (semi-)government environments
- Knowledge of Sonatype and/or Fortify
We're looking for a hands-on specialist with a strong DevOps and security mindset who can combine technical implementation with governance and stakeholder management.
You are:
- Proactive, communicative and results-oriented
- Experienced in professionalizing non-standardized DevOps environments
- Strong in Azure DevOps, CI/CD and DevSecOps
- Comfortable translating policies into practical technical controls
- Experienced in technical workshops, coaching and knowledge transfer
- Able to work effectively across Development, Security and Architecture teams
Are you a Senior Azure DevOps / DevSecOps specialist ready to help transform a fragmented environment into a secure, standardized platform?
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