Lead DevOps Engineer/Upskilling Partner (Contract Position)

American Computer Services Inc. is hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer/Upskilling Partner with expertise in process improvement, mentoring, driving automation, and migrations.

YOU MUST have:

• At least 8 years of experience with .NET and security practices.
• Strong hands-on DevOps experience.
• Very deep technical background.
• Proven leadership skills.

As the Lead DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Design and implement highly scalable DevOps processes to support the development and deployment of large-scale applications.
• Lead initiatives focused on automation, CI/CD, and cloud technologies, centralizing code repositories into GitHub to streamline development workflows.
• Assess and improve coding and review practices, ensuring a high standard of code quality and security by integrating automated scanning tools into the development cycle.
• Proactively address technical debt before it escalates and ensure continuous improvement of development processes.
• Optimize processes around code branching, merging, and releases to facilitate seamless and efficient deployments.
• Automate build and deployment processes, reducing manual effort and increasing operational efficiency.
• Enhance unit test and integration test coverage, ensuring application reliability and performance.
• Mentor and coach the team on new DevOps skills, driving the adoption of best practices in development and deployment.

You MUST have experience with:

• Lead DevOps Strategy (60-70% hands-on, 30-40% leadership):
  • Balance hands-on work with leadership, focusing on automating CI/CD pipelines, establishing best practices, and leading development teams through migrations.
• C#, ASP.NET, MVC, .NET Core.
• Security Practices:
  • Implement security practices like static code analysis and encryption.
  • Hands-on experience with security tools (e.g., SonarQube, Checkmarx, GitHub Advanced Security).
  • Ability to maintain compliance with standards (e.g., ADA).
• Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions:
  • A deep understanding of Azure DevOps, GitHub, and CI/CD tools is required.
  • Prior experience migrating TFS/ADO to GitHub, building out automation and best practices.
• Test Automation and TDD:
  • Implement automated testing.
  • Improve test coverage.
  • Ensure reliability through unit and integration tests.
  • Set-up tools like Selenium, NUnit, or xUnit.
• T-SQL and MS SQL:
  • Query tuning and database automation are required.
  • Query optimization and automating database-related tasks.
• Technical Leadership and Mentorship:
  • Establish and enforce code review standards.
  • Guide development practices.
  • Provide technical leadership in DevOps strategies.
• Code Quality and Security Scanning Tools:
  • Utilizing tools like GitHub Advanced Security, Dependabot, and Snyk to integrate security and code quality into the pipeline.
• Code Branching, Merging, and Release Optimization:
  • Optimizing the code branching and release management processes is essential.
• TypeScript/Angular, Client-Based Authorization:
  • Work with front-end teams and discuss front-end design and technologies, including TypeScript and Angular.

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or a computer-related program.