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Job Role: Devops Engineer
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Role Description
Design, implement, and oversee deployment pipelines for cloud-native applications, primarily in Azure. Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to ensure DevOps best practices. Automate infrastructure provisioning (Infrastructure as Code), configuration management, and deployment processes. Maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines for performance, scalability, and reliability. Ensure code management, branching strategies, and code review policies are followed using Git repositories. Lead incident response and post-deployment validation, ensuring rollback, recovery, and auditability. Mentor junior team members on deployment best practices and evolving cloud-native tools.
Required Skills
Cloud Platform Expertise: Deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure services (App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, ARM/Bicep, etc.). Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures (microservices, containers, serverless). CI/CD and Automation: Proven experience designing/managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar. Scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar) for automating workflows. Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Familiar with monitoring and logging solutions (Azure Monitor, App Insights). Strong analytical skills for diagnosing deployment issues. Collaboration & Communication: Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts, lead cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.
Nice-to-have Skills
Security Integration: Experience deploying secure apps and following security best practices (Azure Key Vault, managed identities, RBAC). Other Cloud Providers: Familiarity with AWS or Google Cloud Platform to support multi-cloud/hybrid scenarios. Advanced Automation: Experience with more advanced automation/orchestration tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Jenkins pipelines). Testing & Quality: Knowledge of integrating automated testing (unit, integration, load) into pipelines. Auditing & Compliance: Exposure to compliance standards (SOC2, ISO 27001) in deployment pipelines. Cost Management: Skills in optimizing and monitoring cloud resource consumption and cost. Agile/Scrum Environments: Experience working in agile teams, understanding of sprint-based deployments.
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