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For an international project in Chennai, we are urgently looking for a Full Remote Senior Azure DevOps Engineer. The DevOps Engineer needs to be well versed with (Software Development LifeCycle) SDLC methodologies and various DevOps tools/extensions, including Azure DevOps.We are looking for a motivated contractor. Candidates need to be fluent in English.Tasks and responsibilities: Design and implement Azure DevOps solution for automating Agile based change management operations covering the following SDLC areas: o Demand Management/Pipeline/Reporting o Planning / Project Management o Business Analysis/Requirements o Systems Design & Development o Testing (Test case to Requirement Traceability) o Deployment Management o Compliance o Performance Monitoring o Security o Knowledge Management (KB) Develop solutions to migrate TFS (On-Prem Azure DevOps) collections, with customized process templates, to Azure DevOps SaaS. Solution must include migration of work items, repos, dashboard, queries, users/groups, wikis, and pipelines along with any history; Work closely with the SDLC working group in understanding, implementing, and testing the requirements; Leverage the available tools in integrating the SDLC areas. Recommend new extensions/tools and work with teams in seeking required approvals and implementing them; Develop a robust requirement management capability using Modern Requirements 4 DevOps (MR4D) tool and iGrafx; Develop management dashboards and reports; Develop complex custom work item tracking process workflow that can be uploaded onto Azure DevOps. Develop custom fields as part of the workflow for capturing the necessary information; Identify and configure the project roles. Handle related project administration activities; Work with the teams in rolling out the new SDLC landscape for various projects; Support and maintain the production environment, fix issues raised by the users; Document the entire process; Train the application teams;Profile: Bachelor or Master degree; +7 years of DevOps Engineer experience; Hands on experience on Azure Platform and its various offerings; Experience in cloud architecture and design; Expert in implementing end-to-end Azure DevOps on-prem and SaaS/Cloud solutions; Experience in implementing COTS as well as home grown solutions for on-prem to cloud migration of Azure DevOps; Expert in Source Control Management, including branching, integration, and merging techniques; Experience performing integrations for production builds and server hot fixes; Experience with Application Lifecycle Management tools and Source Control systems, such as GIT, Azure DevOps/VSTS and TFS; Hands-on experience in setting up DevOps pipeline for a project (Automated deployments with Continuous Integration/Delivery workflows); Experience with software build and deploy tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins; Exposure to configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or similar - Scripting experience in Groovy or PowerShell; Experience with static code analysis for codes quality and security, such as SonarQube, Checkmarx, Veracode; Hands on experience with integration of testing using tools, such as, Selenium, Test Links, etc; Experience in creating and customizing Azure/VSTS/TFS process workflows; Proficiency in designing, developing and implementing business processes and workflows, specifically, creating and customizing Azure/VSTS/TFS work item tracking workflows; Experience in integrating tools, such as, Jira, Version One, Service Now, etc. using protocols REST, JSON, SOAP, and others; Proficiency in implementing APM solutions, such as Azure Insights; Experience with Cloud Native Platforms including Kubernetes, Docker Enterprise, Azure AKS; Fluent in English;