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Job Title: DevOps/TFS Administrator
Location: Lansing - MI
Duration: Contract
Primary Purpose
Responsible for the design and development of builds, scripts, installation procedures, and systems including source code control and issue tracking. Provide communication and collaboration between software development and infrastructure team.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Develop and implement .NET application software release practices that can be used enterprise wide to create a consistent and commonly understood process by all concerned parties
Collaborate with developers and establish Visual Studio solution organization
Setup Azure DevOps Services builds, transformations and deployment configurations for each environment
Setup continuous integration capabilities
Delegate access to application developers to trigger non-production builds/deployments
Perform production build/deploy activities for application releases
Support production deployments, assist with troubleshooting deployment issues
Assist with branching/merging in support of parallel development requirements
Collaborate with testing teams and assist with performance testing setups/executions
Facilitate load/performance testing in support of business sales cycles
Liaison between application development and infrastructure teams in the establishment of needed infrastructure in the development and subsequent support of application solutions
Develop an understanding of infrastructure footprint of existing .NET solutions and utilize as a pattern for new solutions
Serve as the SME for software development life-cycle tools - tools support testing, monitoring, integration/release and scheduling areas
Work closely with internal teams such as Development, Infrastructure, DBAs, and Storage
Install, configure, troubleshoot, patch, and upgrade software application products
Monitors usage and changes configurations to improve capacity or performance of servers
Participate in system performance tuning and technical troubleshooting sessions
Minimum Skills and Competencies:
Bachelor degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems
Strong hands on experience in CI/CD implementation within Azure DevOps Services (formally Visual Studio Team Services)
4 - 6 years of distributed build/deploy experience
Heavy hands on experience in Azure DevOps Services (formally Visual Studio Team Services) GIT experience, including build and release pipeline automation, branching and merge strategies.
Strong knowledge of iterative Software Development methodology including design, coding, testing and implementation.
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Performs work under minimal supervision
Handles complex issues and problems, and refers only the most complex issues to higher-level staff
Ability to lead and work with other team members, including mentoring less experienced team members
Ability to work with and understand business client requirements
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish working relationships with individuals at varying levels within the organization.
Effective organizational and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, adhere to project deadlines and procedures, multi-task and be detail-oriented
Desired Skills:
Strong knowledge of scripting languages - Powershell preferred.
Strong knowledge of server technologies (ex. IIS configurations, monitoring agents) and network configurations (ex. DNS, proxy, firewall rule exceptions)
