Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer — CI/CD & Azure Expert

Vizient, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 102,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer to partner with infrastructure, development and security teams. You will define and implement CI/CD and Azure DevOps requirements for multiple initiatives and support automation, monitoring, and deployment delivery across environments.

Responsibilities include designing multi-cloud toolsets, configuring Azure CI/CD, testing system integrity, and automating deployments with Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Experience in a Cloud Engineering, DevOps role, or related position required.
• Experience in a software development role using languages such as Java, C# or Python with an understanding of CI/CD concepts is required.
• Knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, and Chef is required.
• Experience with SOA applications and cloud-based services, preferably Azure required.
• Experience with Windows Server preferred, Linux experience preferred.
• Deep knowledge of PowerShell or other scripting languages preferred.
• Certification as an Azure Architect, DevOps Administrator, or other cloud-related certification preferred.
• Understanding of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and distributed networks preferred.
• Extensive experience with open-source technology, software development, and system engineering preferred.
• You must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and maintain native toolsets in a multi-cloud environment, that automate operational processes to improve development delivery.
• Partner with Agile Product teams to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Assist in setting Azure CI/CD and integrations to Azure cloud environments, Artifactory, automation testing tools, Octopus, Jenkins, Infrastructure as Code, Pulumi, etc.
• Work with developers and other DevOps-oriented engineers to test system integrity.
• Partner with Internal IT Infrastructure to establish appropriate automation frameworks in support of fully automating code deployments.
• Monitor Azure cloud deployments and application performance.
• Administer tools or environments to support platform and application delivery teams.
• Support code deployments and pipeline monitoring across all environments, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with Vizient’s Security team to understand, implement, and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validations.
• Collaborate with Agile product teams to assist with configuration needs and ensure those needs align with efficient release of each product.
• Support engineers in other departments in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and demonstrating them to other team members.
• Stay up to date on emerging technologies, and understand trends and opportunities to ensure we are utilizing the best techniques and tools.

Skills

CI/CD concepts

Azure DevOps

Scripting (PowerShell)

Open-source software

Networking basics

Cloud DevOps

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

Pulumi

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Jenkins

Artifactory

Octopus

Job description

Vizient, Inc in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer to partner with infrastructure, development and security teams. You will define and implement CI/CD and Azure DevOps requirements for multiple initiatives and support automation, monitoring, and deployment delivery across environments.

Responsibilities include designing multi-cloud toolsets, configuring Azure CI/CD, testing system integrity, and automating deployments with Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.