TFS Administrator

TFS Administrator

Halo Group is a premier provider of IT talent. We place technology experts within the teams of the world's leading companies to help them build innovative businesses that keep them one step closer to their customers and one step ahead of the competition. We offer a meaningful work environment for employees, attractive and interesting engagements for consultants, and cutting-edge digital innovation for our customers. We delight in helping our customers execute their digital vision. Big projects or small, Halo Group knows that by combining the highest quality talent with our unwavering support, we will become an invaluable extension of the team. Halo Group's experienced consultants in Detroit, Atlanta and Dallas specialize in all areas of product/project governance, UX/UI, multi-platform applications, quality assurance/testing, cloud computing, and data analytics. Since its inception, Halo Group has been recognized for numerous awards, including: INC 5000, Future 50, 101 Best and Brightest, Michigan 50 Companies to Watch, Goldline Research, "Most Dependable Companies", Ernst & Young, "Entrepreneur of the Year" Finalist.

Job Description

Purpose of Position: The TFS Administrator will assist in creating a TFS 2017 environment to be used as our code and Agile artifacts repository including but not limited to managing work items for the Agile framework. This person will assist us in setting up Kanban boards / templates to manage our day to day support items. This person will help us leveraging the continuous building and integration capabilities provided by TFS to automate building, deploying and testing in our Windows and Linux environments. The individual will be responsible for accomplishing the tasks from start to finish and will be the designated point of contact. Individual will work independently to set the environment, and work with team(s) to customize accordingly.

• Create structure for Agile implementation using TFS
• Create templates to auto generate work item types, product backlog items etc. for stories
• Automate Tasks (Design, Dev, unit test, automation test, QA, etc.) and define workflow
• Create task board & Kanban board
• Tie work items to code changes and generate reports for audit trail and visibility.
• Source Code and Issue tracking repository migration
• Migrate existing code from TFS 2010 thereby preserving history / comments.
• Migrate code from GIT to TFS 2017 thereby preserving history / comments.
• Migrate defects from Jira to TFS 2017
• Migrate test scripts from SpiraTest to TFS 2017

Qualifications

Continuous Integration / Deployment / Testing

• Create build scripts for.Net and Java applications that can be customized by project / environment. Scripts should auto detect check-ins and can be used to build / deploy
• Ability to integrate with Jenkins for Java applications for building, deploying and running automated tests.
• Create scripts that can be used to deploy to other environments on demand. This includes Database updates including DDL and DML changes, as well as promoting store procedure using TFS.
• Create a process / job that can be scheduled to run automatically after every build and deploy to perform smoke / regression tests
• Create templates / models for the team to use as building blocks for performance and automated tests using TFS / Microsoft test tools.
• Investigate and implement rolling deploys using F5 pools
• Others
• Create scripts that will generate release notes at story, sprint, or release level. This should also help in creating a list of files for code review, generate a report that lays out the code changes
• General reporting for tracking and audit purposes.
• Integrate with Service Desk to auto generate and track tickets for support tasks.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• 3+ Years of experience in with Microsoft Team Foundation Server.
• Practical Experience in running TFS within an Agile environment
• Experience with MC (configuration management) and working in the various phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) using methodologies like Agile and Waterfall.
• Experience with Continuous Integrations and Deployment (CI/CD) tools, such as Jenkins, Maven, GitLab, etc.
• Familiar with integration touch points with Microsoft Project, Windows Server (2008+), Microsoft SharePoint (2013+), Microsoft's Systems Center, Service Desk, Jira, SpiraTest, GIT, F5 etc.
• Scripting (PowerShell and Batch) maintenance and customization
• Advanced knowledge on Microsoft Team Foundation Server including:
• Build and Enhance Process Templates / Forms
• Workflow modification
• Build & Test Controllers and Agents
• System backup and recovery
• Capable of supporting several versions of Visual Studio, Microsoft Test Manager and TFS Project Web Portal
• Hands on knowledge in various branching / merging methodologies and release procedures
• Report Builder
• Server Administration
• Knowledge of relational databases (Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012, SQL scripting etc.)
• Very detail-oriented with high level of attention for quality at every level

** All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Titles: TFS Admin, TFS Devops, Team Foundation Server, TFS Engineer, TFS Administrator

Skills: TFS2015, Templates, PowerShell, CICD CI/CD, CI-CD, Deployment, Integration