Senior Azure DevOps Engineer at IQVIA

Job Summary:

• An Azure DevOps Engineer is responsible for managing and automating the infrastructure and deployment processes on Microsoft Azure. This role involves working closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure efficient and secure deployment of applications and services.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong experience with Azure services (VMs, AKS, Blob Storage, AppService plans, private endpoints, AGIC, APIM, Databricks, Service Bus).
• Experience developing code in Python.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, GitLab specifically.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (Terraform).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Understanding of release engineering best practices and patterns. Particularly trunk-based development.
• Experience with repository design best practices for enabling automation.
• Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to communicate in English (both spoken and written) required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipeline automation around GitLab. Maintain and update GitLab runner infrastructure.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools like Terraform and Packer.
• Monitor and optimize the performance, scalability, and security of Azure environments.
• Collaborate with development and ops teams to ensure streamlined building and deployment of applications.
• Implement and manage containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployment, and performance.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and policies.
• Maintain documentation for infrastructure and deployment automation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator, Azure DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies.
• Previous experience working in a regulated environment (Healthcare, Life Sciences) preferred