Job Description

job summary:
Solutions Development

• Drive innovation by delivering Azure-based projects for the enterprise; including migrations from on-premises, CICD pipelines, rehydration practices, managing containers, cloud security, and elastic computing.

• Work with development and other DevOps teams on building technical solutions that leverage established patterns for Azure and follow architecture strategies and guidelines.

• Establish and implement cost containment practices that provide robust guardrails and effectively balance developer productivity with controlling consumption-based cost challenges.

• Help evolve Azure solutions to a self-service deployment model.

• Rationalize technology and tool recommendations.

• Integrate solutions into the larger technical ecosystem to maximize impact and value.

Patterns and Standards Development

• Identify pattern and standard gaps for Azure development and/or administrative services and determine potential options to address.

• Research, develop, and drive the adoption of cloud-based design patterns and standards; align to Azure best practices.

• Publish thorough documentation of Azure standards/patterns and drive adoption across business and technical areas.

Operations and Support

• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, and implement preventative measures for Azure infrastructure, tools, and services.

• Help manage and maintain Azure environments in accordance with corporate, security, and compliance standards.

• Develop and implement Azure service health and operational metrics, including performance, availability, capacity utilization, redundancy, and cost.

• Participate in prioritization and other DevOps work planning activities.

Leadership and Mentoring

• Contribute to the internal cloud and architecture communities by participating in online forums, developing standards and patterns, and documenting solutions designs, which are shared across the community.

• Develop strong relationships with other business and technical teams and mentor less experienced developers and/or engineers in the development of their cloud skills.

• Be visible and inspire others to engage with and follow WRB\'s cloud and technical strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree from four-year college or university in computer science, engineering, business, or other related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.

• 4+ years progressive engineering experience developing/engineering solutions and leading multiple large-scale engineering initiatives.

• 4+ years hands-on experience in multiple Azure technical domains (DevOps/DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Cloud Networking, Cloud Storage, Cloud Data, Cloud Services, Virtual Desktop, High-Availability, etc.)

• 3+ years hands-on experience with DevOps/DevSecOps services and practices in the Azure environment, including CICD pipelines, blue-green deployments, canary testing, code scanning, regression suite enablement, and infrastructure as code (IaC)

• 2+ years hands-on experience using IAM, certificate, token/key generation and management, secure parameters, and code scanning tools within cloud applications and platforms.

• 2+ years hands-on experience with microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, and AKS.

• Extensive knowledge of both native and third-party cloud tools for development, administration, and management of Azure environments, applications, and services.

• Ability to thrive and produce results with little or no supervision in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

• Exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to interact seamlessly at all levels with both technical and business stakeholders.

• strong customer service focus and sense of urgency.

• Superior problem solving and analytical skills.

• Ability to quickly adapt and learn modern technologies and systems.

• Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications of individual decisions and organization goals.

location: Urbandale, Iowa
job type: Contract
salary: $65 - 75 per hour
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors

responsibilities:
The DevOps Staff Engineer will play a visible and influential leadership role to evolve and maintain our Azure environments and services. This role is intended to be a technically deep resource that seeks to implement automation through infrastructure and development pipelines and act as the subject-matter-expert for Azure tools and services. This resource will also leverage best practices for configuring and maintaining Azure resources, including VMs, databases, and storage. This role helps establish technical standards and patterns, creates tools and automated workflow capabilities, and builds cloud ecosystems that foster a high degree of innovation and enablement.

Staff Engineers lead deep, complex, or high-risk technical projects, and control the communication around them. They support the organization by providing context and technical direction, defining technical specifications, and documenting processes. They also play an important coaching and mentoring role by sharing best practices with other engineers and creating new opportunities for their growth. They contribute to technical performance reviews, aiming to improve the technical capacity of the entire engineering organization.

Solutions Development

• Facilitate innovation by leading Azure-based projects for the enterprise; including migrations from on-premises, CICD pipelines, rehydration practices, managing containers, cloud security, and elastic computing.

• Work with development teams, DevOps teams, and InfoSec teams on building technical solutions that leverage established patterns for Azure and follow architecture strategies and guidelines.

• Establish and implement cost containment practices that provide robust guardrails and effectively balance developer productivity with controlling consumption-based cost challenges.

• Help evolve Azure solutions to a self-service deployment model.

• Rationalize technology and tool recommendations.

• Integrate solutions into the larger technical ecosystem to maximize impact and value.

Patterns and Standards Development

• Identify pattern and standard gaps for Azure development and/or administrative services and determine potential options to address.

• Research, develop, and drive the adoption of cloud-based design patterns and standards; align to Azure best practices.

• Perform Azure technology and tool evaluations, including proof-of-concept and feasibility analysis.

• Maintain contact with vendors, industry peers, and professional associations to keep informed of existing and emerging Azure trends, standards, and technologies.

• Publish thorough documentation of Azure standards/patterns and drive adoption across business and technical areas.

Operations and Support

• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, and implement automated preventative measures (e.g., "self-healing") for Azure infrastructure, tools, and services.

• Help manage and maintain Azure environments in accordance with corporate, security, and compliance standards.

• Develop and implement Azure service health and operational monitoring, including performance, availability, capacity utilization, redundancy, and cost.

Leadership and Mentoring

• Contribute to the internal cloud and architecture communities by participating in online forums, developing standards and patterns, and documenting solutions designs, which are shared across the community.

• Develop strong relationships with other business and technical teams and mentor less experienced developers and/or engineers in the development of their cloud skills.

• Participate in prioritization and other DevOps work planning activities.

• Be visible and inspire others to engage with and follow WRB\'s cloud and technical strategies.

qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 7 years of experience

• Education: Bachelors

skills: * DevOps

• terraform
• azure

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate\'s education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

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