Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure, DBA experince)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
You will collaborate closely with the Development, DevOps, and DBA teams to establish and implement Microsoft best practices, principles, and processes within an Azure-hosted environment, with a focus on database-related technologies. Your role will involve providing expertise in application design, infrastructure, and monitoring, all with a strong security focus. Additionally, you will guide engineering teams in developing secure software, integrating security controls, and fostering a security-first mindset in an Agile environment.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL

• Advocates for the application teams; DB Services, Cybersecurity, DevOps, and Agile engineering procedures, quality engineering practices and advanced requirement capturing techniques for improving end-to-end secure delivery practices;
• Design and implement strategies for collaboration, code, infrastructure, source control, security, compliance, continuous integration, testing, delivery, monitoring, and feedback with a heavy focus on DB infrastructure and automation;
• Manage Github Actions Pipelines with a heavy emphasis on custom flows and actions as well as Azure DevOps projects (minor). This will include implementing automation tools and frameworks for CI/CD pipelines;
• Assist with the configuration and setup of Azure SQL, MongoDB Atlas and PostgreSQL (future) following MS best practices;
• Responsible for day-to-day collaboration with the different application/asset teams to ensure successful implementation of secure coding practices, and integration of secure application and design processes. Supports the Secure Systems Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), including functional and non-functional cybersecurity and DB requirements;
• Monitor systems, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement solutions in a proactive manner;
• Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation;
• Provide training and support to internal teams, peers and stakeholders;
• Plan DR measures and maintain data storage security in Azure;
• Acts as the Devops DBA Champion for the application/cyber/Portfolio teams.
  
  IF YOU HAVE 
• Minimum of 6 years of combined experience in DevOps/DevSecOps engineering, Software and DBA engineering
• Working with Secure CI/CD pipelines (mainly GitHub Actions & Flows) and ALM tools to automate security requirements validation tasks;
• Experience with .Net/C#, PowerShell, Bash for scripting;
• Understanding and experience with Azure SQL and Mongo is a requirement;
• Experience with AKS and Linux is required;
• Expertise in Azure cloud services (Azure SQL, Azure ServiceBus, Azure Redis, KeyVaults, Azure Storage, etc) is a requirement (must be a senior);
• Strong Understanding of network architectures and services within Azure (e.g. VPN, routing, firewall, NSGs, App Gateway, Azure API Management, etc);
• Knowledge of Source Code Management concepts (e.g., code lines, branching, merging, integration, versioning). Proficiency in using Git for version control is a must;
• Knowledge of CI/CD Pipeline creation in Azure Devops is a plus;
• Ability to translate traditional SDLC approach (plan, code, build, test, release, deploy and monitor) to the phases of agile development when writing software to automate security related tasks;
• Azure certifications (e.g. Azure Devops engineer expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Administering Relational Databases (DP-300), and/or MongoDB certifications) is a plus.