Azure Site Reliability & Cloud DevOps Engineer

Title: Azure Site Reliability Engineering & Cloud DevOps Engineer Description: STG is a SEI CMMi Level 5 company with several Fortune 500 and State Government clients. STG has an opening for Azure Site Reliability Engineering & Cloud DevOps Engineer. Please note that this project assignment is with our own direct clients. We do not go through any vendors. STG only does business with direct end clients. This is expected to be a long-term position. STG will provide immigration and permanent residency sponsorship assistance to those candidates who need it. Position Description: We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to lead the migration of on-prem application to Cloud and to maintain the Cloud applications. This role is a hands-on role involving design, coding, implementation of Azure Infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. Furthermore, this role also will be responsible for reliability engineering of applications, monitoring and incident response. This role requires experience in Azure Cloud Software continuous integration & delivery, infrastructure automation and site reliability engineering.DevOps Support for Software Development and Testing- Set up infrastructure environments on Cloud using an infra-as-code approach- Migrate on-prem applications to the Cloud- Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines for the application- Set up monitoring and alerting solutions for the application- Deliver corresponding code and scripts- Manage suppliers to ensure delivery of IT services- Support application DevOps lifecycle- Perform POC with new technology solutions that are recommended by architects (50%)Site Reliability Engineering Support for Application- Provide L3 Support for production incidents- Maintain application, infrastructure, and DevOps pipelines- Monitor application and infrastructure- Collaborating with Developers in testing and fixing bugs- Onboard APIs to OneAPI/Kong gateway for the application- Perform DB data refresh to the lower environment from the Production environment (40%)Communication Support- Guide developers and quality assurance engineers on how to use the software environment- Communicate with upstream and downstream IT teams to ensure smooth application development & operations- Provide on-call support for the application when needed (10%)Bachelor's Degree is required - Recommended majors - Computer/Information Science Experience in setting up and managing environments on Azure using Terraform infrastructure as codeExperience in setting up CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure using GitHub Actions and FluxCDExperience in on-prem to cloud migrationExperience in containerization of applications using KubernetesExperience in Monitoring and alerting solutions: Azure Monitor and DatadogExperience in DevOps and Site Reliability EngineeringFamiliar with Azure & Cloud technologies: Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure FrontDoor, Azure Storage account, Azure virtual Network, Azure Postgres, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Kong, etc.Familiar with DevOps technologies: Github Enterprise, Github Actions pipelines, FluxCD, Helm Chart, Kustomize, Terraform, Datadog, Jira, Confluence, etc.Familiar with security and compliance practices: Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark, Coverity, BlackDuck, Wiz, etc. Education Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in computer science, engineering or related disciplines. Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect ExpertAzure DevOps Engineer ExpertAzure Administrator Associate – Its basic certificationAzure Site Reliability Engineering & Cloud Devops Engineer is based in Farmington Hills, MI or from Texas. A great opportunity to experience the corporate environment leading personal career growth. Resume Submittal Instructions: Interested/qualified candidates should email their word formatted resumes to Vasavi Konda – vasavi.konda(.@)stgit.com and/or contact @(Two-Four-Eight) Seven- One-Two – Six-Seven-Two-Five (@248.712.6725). In the subject line of the email please include: First and Last Name: Azure Site Reliability Engineering & Cloud Devops Engineer. For more information about STG, please visit us at www.stgit.com. Sincerely, Vasavi Konda| Recruiting Specialist “Opportunities don't happen, you create them.” Systems Technology Group (STG) 3001 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 500 Troy, Michigan 48084 Phone: @(Two-Four-Eight) Seven- One-Two – Six-Seven-Two-Five: @248.712.6725(O) Email: vasavi.konda(.@)stgit.com