DevOps (Azure/AWS, CI/CD, Terraform)

Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral Competency)

Must-Have

Strong experience in DevOps / platform engineering supporting software delivery teams in an enterprise environment.

Hands-on experience with Git-based source control, branching strategies, pull request workflows, code review practices, and release governance.

Experience in designing, building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Jenkins, or similar.

Good understanding of build, test, packaging, deployment, artifact management, and release automation.

Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise and/or Azure DevOps, including repository management, pipeline configuration, access control, service connections/secrets, and environment setup.

Experience with workflow/pipeline templates, reusable workflows, YAML-based configuration, and automation standards.

Working knowledge of DevSecOps practices, including secrets management, least privilege access, secure SDLC, auditability, and compliance controls.

Experience in scripting/automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.

Basic understanding of cloud platforms, preferably Azure/AWS/GCP.

Good troubleshooting skills for pipeline failures, repository access issues, deployment failures, runner/agent issues, and environment-related problems.

Strong communication skills with the ability to work with application teams, development teams, QA, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders.

Good-to-Have

Experience with GitHub Enterprise administration, including organization/repository settings, branch protection, rulesets, required checks, environments, secrets/variables, and governance.

Experience in Azure DevOps to GitHub migration or other source control/CI-CD migration activities.

Exposure to GitHub Actions reusable workflows, composite actions, GitHub CLI/API automation, and workflow standardization.

Knowledge of self-hosted runners/agents, runner scaling, patching, networking, secrets handling, and reliability.

Exposure to GitHub Advanced Security, CodeQL, secret scanning, dependency review, or other SAST/DAST tools.

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, containerized deployments, and cloud-native delivery models.

Experience integrating CI/CD with ServiceNow, change management, approval workflows, or audit evidence collection.

Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation, or similar.

Experience in creating runbooks, playbooks, technical documentation, templates, and enablement materials.

Cloud/security/platform certifications will be an added advantage.