Azure DevOps Engineer

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Title: Service Engineer 3Location: Onsite/Redomnd,WA

Role Summary

• Seeking an Azure DevOps Engineer to own and support the infrastructure, CI/CD, automation, hosting, and DevOps processes used by UX Engineers and design prototypers.
• This person will manage Azure infrastructure and Azure DevOps, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate operational tasks, support security/compliance requirements, troubleshoot deployments, and maintain technical documentation and self-service resources.
• The role requires both strong technical expertise and excellent communication. Candidates must be proactive, responsive, capable of managing multiple requests/projects, and able to explain technical concepts clearly to designers and other non-technical stakeholders.

Typical Day in the Role

• Purpose of the Team: The team supports the Windows Design organization, consisting of 100+ designers. The role will support the Azure infrastructure used by the team for hosting and development across various projects and tools.
• This role will focus on maintaining, enhancing, and expanding the team’s existing Azure infrastructure rather than building new infrastructure from scratch. The individual will support multiple projects and tools across the design organization, collaborate directly with designers to understand their requirements, and implement effective infrastructure solutions.

Candidate Requirements

Disqualifiers:

• Missing DevOps/platform engineering and software development experience.
• Lacking Azure infrastructure experience, including Web Apps, Container Apps, VMs, Container Instances, and Azure AI/OpenAI.
• Insufficient Azure DevOps experience with pipelines, repos, artifacts, boards, and permissions.
• Missing CI/CD pipeline design, build, and deployment experience.
• Lacking experience with Python, Node.js, and YAML.
• No demonstrated React or Next.js experience.
• Insufficient PowerShell, Bash, or equivalent scripting experience.
• Missing Docker/containerization experience.
• Lacking Git/GitHub workflow experience.
• No demonstrated enterprise security/compliance experience.
• Weak or lacking written and verbal communication skills, including difficulty communicating clearly, confidently, and effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Limited or no experience supporting non-technical stakeholders, including responding to requests and working directly with multiple stakeholders.
• Lacking project/request management skills, including intake, prioritization, documentation, status reporting, time management, and keeping multiple projects on track.
• Inability to independently triage priorities and escalate issues when needed.

Best vs. Average:

• Multi-project Azure DevOps administration experience, including reusable CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments to Azure.
• Windows development experience using C++/C# and XAML.
• Experience working within a design or research organization.
• Self-service platform and documentation experience.
• Figma plugin or design-tool integration experience.
• Strong Azure technical expertise, with the ability to serve as a primary resource for Azure-related questions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-support skills, with the ability to confidently and responsively support designers and other non-engineering users.
• Strong ownership and independent project management skills, including managing multiple projects, organizing workloads, and prioritizing competing needs.
• Strong triage and escalation skills, including proactively identifying risks, communicating blockers early, and escalating issues when appropriate.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills, with the ability to keep multiple projects moving and maintain clear documentation.
• Comfort working in a dynamic environment where priorities and requests may change.

What is the ideal background of a candidate for this role?:

• Azure DevOps management
• Full stack engineering
• Excellent communication skills mandatory
• Previous experience working in UX/UI/UX Research.

Top 3 Must-Have HARD Skills

• Azure DevOps, platform engineering - 3+
• Full stack app development - 3+
• Tooling, automation, scripting - 3+

Thanks

Salary Range: $1,45,000 - 1,55,000 Annually -Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year]. The paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertain to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year]

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