Devops Architect

Job Title: DevOps Architect Job Duration: 3+ Months Contract to Hire role Interview Method: Phone then In Person Address: Frisco Texas USA 75034 POSITION SUMMARY: Under general direction of the Director of Platform Engineering or other director level associate, operating as a champion for DevOps practices across the organization, providing solution design and implementation guidance, coaching, mentoring, and technical support. EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: • 3+ Years of experience in a Development Operations organization leading, administering, building and maintaining an automation environment • Knowledge of Service Oriented Architectures • Track record of delivering applications and cloud-based infrastructure delivery in an agile environment • Experience with automated deployment, continuous integration, and release engineering tools • Knowledge of software development and software testing methodologies • Knowledge of cloud environments and how to implement cloud architectures • Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, auto-scaling and auto-healing concepts • Knowledge in various branching/merging methodologies and release procedures • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely and a flexible mindset to handle a quickly changing culture TECHNICAL SKILLS: • Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.) • Experience with Microsoft tool chains (.NET, VSO/VSTS, Powershell) • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (ARM Templates/Terraform/CloudFormation) • Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools (Bamboo, VSTS, TeamCity) • Experience with Monitoring Tools (Splunk, ELK, Data Dog) • Experience with Scripting (Powershell, Bash, Python, etc) • Experience with configuration management (Chef, Ansible, or Puppet) • Experience with Git based workflows • Experience working with REST APIs OUR STACK: • Azure Cloud PaaS • Visual Studio Team Services • .NET / Angular2 • Azure Resource Manager Templates • Powershell / Azure Automation RESPONSIBILITIES: • Serve as a champion/SME for DevOps practices across the organization, providing coaching, mentoring, and technical support • Guide design and Implementation of DevOps solutions • Bring new and emerging concepts in DevOps to our organization All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.