Azure DevOps Technical Specialist

Role Overview

As a Proficient DevOps Engineer, you will support backend applications within the Payments domain, specifically in the SEPA Direct Debits area. You will contribute to ensuring the availability, security, and lifecycle management (LCM) of critical platforms.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring high availability and operational stability of the platforms
• Managing technical and functional incidents, including participation in the on-call rotation
• Supporting pre-production and production deployments
• Contributing to monitoring and alerting improvements
• Driving automation initiatives to increase efficiency
• Ensuring compliance with ING risk and security standards
• Design and implement devops strategies utilizing Azure DevOps tools and services
• Automate software development, testing, deployment, and monitoring processes
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure smooth integration and efficient delivery of software products
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to build, deployment, and release processes
• Implement security measures within the devops pipeline to ensure data protection and compliance
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members on devops best practices
• Continuously evaluate and improve devops practices to enhance overall system performance and reliability

Requirements

• Strong experience in Incident, Change, and Configuration Management (ITIL)
• Experience in Lifecycle management, risk management, and documentation
• Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux environments (including Shell Scripting)
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift or equivalent container platforms
• Experience running containerized microservices and Java components in virtualized environments
• Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipelines using YAML, Ansible, Git)
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as ELK, Grafana, and Prometheus
• Experience with Oracle or other relational databases
• Experience with Kafka topics usage
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or ARM templates
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with scripting languages like PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Willingness to be part of an on-call rotation (24/7 service availability)

Skills

• Azure DevOps
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Ansible
• Terraform