Sr. Azure DevOps Engineer

TITLE: Azure DevOps Engineer

LOCATION: Atlanta, GA Hybrid - 2-3 days a week

ANTICIPATED DURATION: 3-month contract to hire

Responsibilities:

• Support the establishment, implementation, and continuous improvement of CI/CD automation frameworks across multiple tools and platforms.
• Administer, support, and improve Azure DevOps and GitHub platforms, managing repositories, branching strategies, permissions, policies, and access controls.
• Build, support, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure delivery.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate operational tasks, platform administration, reporting, and deployment activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform issues, pipeline failures, integration problems, and user access concerns.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement DevOps best practices, source control standards, and release automation.
• Support integrations between Azure DevOps, GitHub, cloud platforms, security tools, and enterprise systems.
• Monitor platform health, usage, and performance; recommend and implement improvements.
• Ensure platform configurations and processes align with security, compliance, and governance standards.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and user guidance.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for Azure DevOps and GitHub capabilities, features, and administration.
• Independently manage assigned work, prioritize tasks, and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal oversight.
• Lead automation framework initiatives to refine build and deploy processes.
• Assist development teams across the organization to implement CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects on DevOps tool chain decisions.
• Explain and promote DevOps culture, automation, lean, measurement, and shared practices internally and with business partners.
• Work with container tools such as AKS and OpenShift.
• Follow engineering best practices, participate in tool evaluations, and peer reviews.
• Architect solutions to support customer-facing products with emphasis on stability, scalability, security, testability, and maintainability.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or closely related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant IT experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently with minimal supervision.
• 5 years of DevOps experience in application delivery and deployment automation.
• Experience with automation of continuous deployment and service failover.
• Knowledge of applying agile methodologies in an enterprise environment, including Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile.
• Good understanding of Azure (including ARM and Bicep Templates, Resource Groups, secure networking, and vaults).

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with container tools such as AKS and OpenShift.
• Knowledge of architecting solutions for stability, scalability, security, and maintainability of customer-facing products.
• Strong automation, problem-solving skills, and ability to follow through to completion.
• Experience explaining and persuading DevOps culture and practices within teams and partners.
• Knowledge of SCM, PO, Coaching, and good coding practices.

The hourly pay rate range for this position is $50.00 to $75.00 (dependent on factors including but not limited to client requirements, experience, statutory considerations, and location). Benefits available to full-time employees: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k and commuter benefits.

Synergis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

For immediate consideration, please forward your resume to DWicks@Synergishr.com.

If you require assistance or an accommodation in the application or employment process, please contact us at DWicks@Synergishr.com.

Synergis is a workforce solutions partner serving thousands of businesses and job seekers nationwide. Our digital world has accelerated the need for businesses to build IT ecosystems that enable growth and innovation along with enhancing the Total Experience (TX). Synergis partners with our clients at the intersection of talent and transformation to scale their balanced teams of tech, digital and creative professionals. Learn more about Synergis at www.synergishr.com.